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Standing Orders 21 and 22: Motion (30 Apr 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I do not want to delay the House. I would most respectfully ask that the Ceann Comhairle might consider my points in the same spirit in which they are being given, which is in the interests of democracy and the functioning of this House. I would never want to undermine whatever is in the best interests of health and safety for Members and staff. I think, however, we have a growing and...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on this issue. I am very conscious that I am one of the very few that have had the opportunity to do this. I want to express our thanks as a party to all people on the front line, not just in the health service but those manning supermarkets, filling stations, doing deliveries, manufacturing and so on. It is to their eternal credit and we...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Marc MacSharry: The Minister can log those questions. I am conscious that I have very limited time. The Minister will have much more speaking time than me in the future so if she cannot answer them during my time, she can do it during her own time, perhaps to the media outside the Chamber.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I know that but I am being creative with the order and we are wasting each other's time.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Marc MacSharry: No. He will have five minutes too. In terms of working capital, as my colleague said, interest free loans will be needed. On laundering it through the SBCI with its innovation clause expecting viable businesses to be able to reinvent the wheel in order to get money at 5% because the costs have to be paid to the pillar banks which are going to get it out there, if the rate is less than...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I saw on television that it is proposed to have a new committee to discuss Covid-19. Is it possible for Members to be given the terms of reference of this committee? I notice its membership-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I note that it seems to be done on something of a d'Hondt system in that the larger parties have four members and there are disproportionately fewer places for the smaller groupings. With what frequency is the committee going to meet and would it be the same frequency as the Dáil reform committee that was constituted here six or seven weeks ago? It would be superficial for us to set up...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I will share time with Deputies Calleary, Foley and Christopher O'Sullivan. I will use six minutes to make a statement rather than pose questions. Perhaps the Minister will impose on the Taoiseach to use one of his "Six One" or "The Late Late Show" slots to give answers. In the meantime, I want to get some things on the record. First, I regret that the senior Minister is not here. I do...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I wish to share time with Deputies Niall Collins, Cathal Crowe and Cormac Devlin. I will take six minutes and each of the other Deputies will take three minutes. As is the case with other contributions, I will use my six minutes to pool a number of questions and the Minister may decide to answer in writing on another day so that we are not wasting speaking time in the House. I welcome...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (13 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 1061. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered offering temporary extensions to elderly drivers that need medical or optical certificates of fitness to renew their licences and that are presently unable to access such services due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. [5103/20]

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: To be of assistance to the House, and if it is okay with the Ceann Comhairle, I will bank my questions with the Minister and accept those answers in writing from his officials later today. The economic and health impact of the Covid-19 crisis is without comparison in the modern world, as we all know. For this reason I believe that we must disregard the conventional approach to the...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I have just two more points. Ireland is just 1.1% of the population of the EU whereas Italy, for example, is nearly 14% and they are in a very bad way themselves. While I appreciate that many of our supports will be contingent on what the EU gives to Ireland, the SME sector is made up of some 250,000 companies, which is 1 million employees, this is substantially less than the figure for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 768. To ask the Minister for Health when the increased income threshold limits announced in Budget 2020 will be implemented for persons over 70 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 892. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have their appeal heard against the refusal of an afforestation application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6421/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 1003. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 December 2019 under tshe heading B8.1 Smarter Travel/Sustainable Urban Transport; the individual projects and associated expenditure of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 1004. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver tests conducted in respect of category B driving licences in each month in 2019, in tabular form. [6122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 1005. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if temporary or alternative measures are being considered to support learner drivers unable to sit their test owing to Covid-19. [6123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 1006. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent driver test instructors currently employed. [6124/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (20 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: 1245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the entitlement to the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment to persons who have an established historical work pattern of annual substitute teaching, exam aide, invigilator and or exam superintendent and are currently precluded from receiving the payment in view of the fact they were not in employment...

Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

Marc MacSharry: I am going to use my brief few minutes to make a couple of points and the Minister of State's officials might email his response to me at a later date. Considerable sacrifices have been made by local authorities all over the country. I commend all the workers in local authorities who have helped in the front-line effort throughout the Covid crisis. Recent grant schemes are very...