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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Will the Minister of State come back to me on the electrical vehicles suggestion?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I do not want to name a particular brand but I will send the Deputy the details of one that was announced this month.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarity regarding the pandemic unemployment payment amendments announced in Budget 2021; if a person in receipt of this payment was fortunate enough to earn over the €480 in one month for any reason, the knock on implications for their PUP payment. [32088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given with regard to those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payments and their ability to join full-time retraining courses that would allow them to upskill in which their current employment is adversely affected due to Covid-19. [32089/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 203. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if retailers, including supermarkets, are permitted to sell children's clothes and shoes under level 5 restrictions. [33895/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 204. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if industry specific supports have been considered for those who rely heavily on weddings as their primary source of income (details supplied). [32319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 373. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with officials from the RSA to discuss the backlog in both driver tests and driver theory tests; if consideration has been given to allowing the latter to be held outside a traditional classroom settings such as an online test to account for level 5 restrictions. [33898/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 395. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given with regard to including the coach tourism and private bus sector in the CRSS scheme to reflect their inability to operate in level 5 restrictions. [33882/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sports in which school-age children can participate under level 5 restrictions with the caveat on group size and non-contact requirement accepted; and if the position will be clarified for the less mainstream sports that include but are not limited to horse riding and archery amongst others. [32830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered issuing a directive to those involved in the hare coursing industry to release the hares that they have in captivity in view of the clarity given about the activity being banned as part of the level 5 restrictions. [33040/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [33219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the proposed universal basic income pilot that was set out in the programme for Government; and if there is further information on this pilot. [33038/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has considered allowing for a provision that would account for Covid-19-related school absences (details supplied). [33216/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarity to private music school operators in relation to the Covid-19 restrictions (details supplied). [33218/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 1021. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarity in relation to the €250 to be provided to third level students announced in the budget; the way in which this will be administered; and if there is a timeframe for this to be rolled out. [33042/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 1104. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided to teachers who are in close contact with a student in their class who is diagnosed with Covid-19; and if they are deemed to be a close contact by the HSE that would require notification, a period of self-isolation and a test. [32831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 1265. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered funding a national ad campaign that would encourage positive health choices such as promoting exercise and quitting smoking specifically in view of the Covid-19 pandemic to remind persons of the importance to maintaining a healthy immune system [32833/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 1202. To ask the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided to persons or companies that provide services related to weddings including hairdressers, make-up artist and other related services; and if these services can be utilised outside of a salon setting at the wedding venue in view of the new level 5 restrictions. [32636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 1203. To ask the Minister for Health the rules with regards to level 5 restrictions regarding the attendance of a designated partner in maternity wards, specifically the terms included in compassionate grounds, and if there is scope for discretion by individual doctors in this regard. [32637/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: We are here to discuss the proposed referendum on the right to housing. We are joined, in person, by Mr. Wayne Stanley, Chair, Home for Good Coalition, and Ms Rebecca Keatinge, Mercy Law Research Centre. We are joined, via video link, by Professor Gerry Whyte, Trinity College Dublin, and Ms Rosemary Hennigan, Focus Ireland. I thank them for their attendance and for the submissions they...