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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23638/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Earlier, I asked the Taoiseach about travel restrictions and the statement in the plan that those living in Dublin should be encouraged to limit their travel etc. The Taoiseach is probably aware at this stage that the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, said the opposite on the "News At One". In regard to the elderly and those who waited for the peak season to be over and have booked a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [23636/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform gave an interview to the Business Postover the weekend, which I presume the Taoiseach read. Is the Taoiseach ruling out increases to income or wealth tax in the coming budget? Has he ruled out increases to social welfare payments or the Christmas bonus? What will be the size of the national recovery fund, and will this be new money? We do not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: No, it was not.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: On a point of order.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: This is a very strange ruling. I would like the Ceann Comhairle to outline his ruling in writing to Members.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: The ruling to adjourn the Dáil earlier. I rang the Taoiseach to question him on what was happening, and to say that I did not understand why the Dáil was adjourned. The Taoiseach subsequently rang me back to say he agreed and that he had asked for the Dáil to be reconvened. We have 19 junior ministers. I am not sure what the legal basis was for this. Under the Constitution...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Ceann Comhairle will put that in writing, I take it.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: That is what I asked for at the beginning-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Just the process by which the Dáil adjourned. The Ceann Comhairle has outlined it to us now but it is just the detail of that process. Obviously the Taoiseach or somebody approached somebody and the Dáil ended up being adjourned and the process by which that happened-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Okay, that is clarified.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 47. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national children's hospital; the details on the level of spending to date in 2020 on legal fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23651/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: I thank all three Ministers of State for standing in beyond their briefs and wish the Minister the best. There is no doubt that the children's hospital will not be built on time and that it will cost much more than expected. I was across this issue quite a bit in the previous Dáil, as many will be aware. What we need now is a projection of timelines and costs. Covid-19 will bring...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: There are so many competing issues going on. For instance, we all know we need budgets throughout the country for hospital prevention measures. The HSE has been excellent in my country, producing an elderly care unit in Thurles, which is fantastic and fair play to them, to analyse those who are elderly and to prevent them ending up in hospital in the first place. I encourage more of that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 36. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering introducing a self-referral system for Covid-19 testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23654/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Given all of the issues we now know about in regard to testing, I am very supportive of the HSE and its endeavours to sort out this issue but it needs support from Government. The deployment of occupational therapists and physiotherapists to testing has to stop. Is there a plan potentially or will we have to move some form of limited self-referral for testing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Minister of State for the information. I really appreciate it. The issue is that general practitioners are inundated and we all know it. Increasingly, they are being swamped. For one particular general practitioner in Cork, the number of people presenting has been impossible to deal with. What does the Government propose to do to free up or create a more streamlined process...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Tests (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Interestingly, I offered to speak to the Minister about it but I have not heard back from him since. It is an open invitation. I have no problem referring people who provide it. There are a number of variations of the device. As a country, we need to consider it. If it is good enough for other jurisdictions, we should look at it as well, particularly as winter approaches. I am not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 73. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the clearing of the CervicalCheck backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23653/20]