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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure that the Covid-19 social distancing transport and public realm plans being proposed by the National Transport Authority take into account the needs of persons with disabilities; if consultation will take place with service user and representative groups; if the proposals are in line with guidance and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 855. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the case of persons whose provisional licence expired during the Covid-19 crisis, he will make an exemption to the rule that persons seeking to take out a third or subsequent provisional licence must show evidence of having taken a driver test or hold an appointment for a forthcoming driving test in view of the limited access to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1046. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a regulatory framework exists which planning authorities must adhere to for granting extensions of permitted working hours on construction sites; and if planning authorities are required to consult with affected residents and stakeholders before granting an extension. [11274/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 1103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding financial support for higher education; and if there are additional subsidies available. [11270/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Did we get anything from the Central Bank?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome all the witnesses. A reference was made a few moments ago to the cost of Sláintecare and I was quite taken aback at the figure used. I ask that Mr. Barnes provide me with details of how that figure was reached. I am not asking him for it today but could he send it on in correspondence? It is very much out of line with costings that have been done in the past couple of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I asked Mr. Barnes about the principle of investing in public services on a universal basis as a means of reducing the cost of living, not about a temporary stimulus package. However, I want to move on. Mr. Barnes can come back to me in writing with his response to that question. How will the stimulus package and investment in public services be funded, and what support is available from...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: If he does not mind, I would prefer that Mr. Barnes answer the second question I asked. What is his estimate of what funding would be available from that Next Generation EU plan?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: These are substantial sums that would be available to Ireland, either as grants or through low-cost borrowing. What is Mr. Barnes's estimate of what is available?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I would like Mr. Barnes to respond to me on both my questions, because they are significant regarding how we get out of this crisis.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on the Fiscal Position (16 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Does IFAC have a working estimate at the moment?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I want to make a few comments on Sláintecare and the programme for Government. There was a commitment in the programme for Government to "accelerate the implementation of Sláintecare". That vanished out of a later version of the programme yesterday but I gather it is back in it now. It sounds good to say "accelerate the implementation of Sláintecare" if we take that sentence...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is a complete and utter contradiction to say that the new Government will accelerate the implementation of Sláintecare and at the same time that the only financial commitment to it is to examine the period post-2022. That is entirely disingenuous and feeds into the view that the outgoing Government party, supported by Fianna Fáil, was never really serious about having a proper...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: We have had yet another week without a roadmap for the reopening of the health service. We are coming to the end of a very expensive deal with private hospitals. In recent weeks, I urged the Minister to ensure that all of that additional capacity was used to make progress with the public hospital waiting lists because we are paying very dearly for that extra capacity. The other area of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: It is important that we all recognise the Government policy context in which care for older people is being provided. In respect of nursing homes, as we are aware, that is largely privatised. It is an 80% privatised approach using for-profit services with no clinical oversight, and it is also a political context, which allows for poor staffing ratios and practices. Many questions have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I accept that, but does Mr. Reid intend on doing an analysis of that cohort of patients who were transferred? A serious allegation has been made in respect of that, and many things need to be accepted in the context of that, but surely, it makes sense to do an analysis of that cohort of patients. We want to collect whatever data we can on deaths, whether it is from testing or fromwww.rip.ie....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Does the HSE have a timeframe for that analysis?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: The HSE should treat this as a matter of urgency.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Department of Health publish that guidance?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (18 Jun 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. Breslin.