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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Is Professor Nolan saying it was published prior to the CMO's comments?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: That is the full model for how the R-nought is calculated.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Are there additional measures the witnesses believe we should be taking in order to minimise the risk of an upsurge?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Public Health Advice (9 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The witnesses do not think there is a need for any stricter quarantining for people coming into the country. Is that the case?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I have given the Minister notice of my intention to raise an urgent and serious matter with him today. It concerns the brain tumour research study proposed by Beaumont Hospital and Genomics Medicine Ireland, a commercial company that intends to use the DNA from brain tissue samples obtained from tumour patients. Research in this area is critically important but it should be carried out...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has not explained why he cannot extend the deadline. Given that Beaumont Hospital is a State-funded body, will he undertake to pick up the telephone to the hospital today to speak to the person or section responsible and request very seriously that the deadline be extended? There are lots of questions around this entire project. I have serious concerns about it but the most...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Time does not permit anything further on this-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: -----but I do have serious concerns about that panel and I will return to this issue when time allows because I think it is of the utmost importance.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: There is another point I want to raise. A couple of weeks ago I raised with the Minister here the funding crisis facing many disability organisations for various reasons, Covid obviously, but also resulting from the €20 million cut that took place earlier this year in January. Two weeks ago in this House the Minister stated: Being blunt and honest, they will not be in a position to...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I take it from what the Minister is saying that it sounds like good news-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: -----and that €20 million at least will be reinstated. I hope I am correct in that and that there will be news soon. The third issue I want to raise is the question of Citywest. The HSE is paying at least €25 million for the use of the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre as an isolation facility and field hospital and it has the use of that facility up to the end of...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept that there is considerable potential for making progress through the waiting lists if these facilities that we are paying for are used properly? One sees it often in the private sector where somebody goes in for elective surgery, he or she is only in for one night or possibly two nights, and then goes in to another facility, which is often a hotel. We should be...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I have three questions. For the first I would like to go back to the issue of face coverings. It has been suggested here that cloth face coverings are not especially effective. "They aren't fantastic" is the way they have been described. What is Dr. Nabarro's advice on the quality of mask that is required? What is the optimum quality, bearing in mind limitations on the availability of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the arrest of two Iranian students and other Iranian dissidents and activists (details supplied); if he will condemn these arrests and call for the immediate release of political prisoners and activists; if he has engaged with the Iranian ambassador; and his views on calls for a fact-finding mission to Iran to meet with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made contact with a bank (details supplied) to discuss the temporary closure of more than 100 branches and the future of same; if he will write to the bank seeking a timeline for the reopening of the branches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10680/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the reopening of schools will be staggered to ensure the safety of children and staff; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if preschool children with special educational needs will be included in the revised proposal for the July provision; if children with Down syndrome will be included in the 2020 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11017/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding financial support for higher education; and if there are additional subsidies available. [11269/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will urgently implement new standards for direct provision centres and carry out independent inspections of these settings. [11275/20]