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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policies he expects to pursue over the next five years to compliment Government objectives with regard to expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which FEMPI restoration policy has been completed in line with previous agreements and expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which recruitment throughout the public sector continues in line with expectations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which accommodation has been or can be reached in respect of returning public servants that have expressed a wish to remain in employment for some time after their anticipated retirement age while adhering to Government policy in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Issues (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the potential outcomes in respect of Brexit continue to include the role of his Department as a means of ensuring the best possible performance in any situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to pursue policies likely to encourage the provision of a major local authority housing building programme thereby achieving enhanced value for money through increased access to affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17447/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to allocating an additional teacher to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16683/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16621/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct rate of illness benefit payable in the case of a person (details supplied); if an exceptional needs payment will issue in the meantime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16708/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16610/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17422/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 768. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE clinic at the Harbour, Maynooth, County Kildare, has been relocated to Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17420/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Like others, I compliment our witnesses on being here today, the replies they have given, and the tremendous work they have done throughout the Covid crisis. With regard to staffing levels, which has always been a sensitive issue, will Ms Ní Sheaghdha comment as to whether she is satisfied that nursing staff levels were increased proportionately when staffing levels throughout the HSE...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Essentially, my question was to what extent Ms Ní Sheaghdha was reassured by the increased strength of general nursing staff in the period during which a considerable increase in health staff numbers took place throughout the country. Was she disappointed with the degree to which nursing staff increased or was she pleased that, proportionately, staffing levels in the nursing sector were...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: That is not the case.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Out of the total number of new staff appointed before the moratorium, nursing levels were increased by a proportion. My question was and is whether that was sufficient or if it was lower than required. We believe that it was, but we have not seen the information to back that up.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: That is not true.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Colm Burke has already outlined the total number of extra staff employed by the health services. This is not a criticism of anybody. It is simply an effort to ascertain to what extent the staffing levels of nurses were increased, and whether that was in proportion to the general increase of 20,000 or whatever it was.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I was not asking for a comparison with 2007.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Infection Rate among Healthcare Workers (21 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: On the concerns expressed about staff in various situations throughout the country being reluctant to report with symptoms on the basis that they might be disadvantaged or that they might have competing needs, does SIPTU have documented evidence to that effect? If so, how widespread was that?