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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: Because we need a briefing. As for having it in two hours, we should have had the briefing already. This is going to happen tomorrow.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: No, it is not. If I could just make the fundamental point that the Taoiseach missed; he conceded that these Estimates are on a no-change basis. If that is the case, then the two most fundamental payments that are on the minds of people who lost their jobs, namely, the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and the wage subsidy scheme, are to end in June.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: That is the reality.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: The Estimates will then be obsolete.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: It would be helpful if the Taoiseach was able to give us a guarantee that there will be a verbal briefing today. I am sure he appreciates that this is an important part of our work here in the Dáil. We all accept that we are in unprecedented times. We have a Minister who is not elected. We have a caretaker Government. We have our job to do. A briefing needs to take place. ...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: A Cabinet decision should have been made prior to the preparation of the Revised Estimates. The Government then could have come before the Dáil and we could have had the debate on what the changes would be. Instead, that is hanging over the heads of all of those workers who need certainty at this time. That is deeply unfortunate. This motion should be taken with the proviso that we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: We did not get a commitment on a briefing. Can the Taoiseach make that commitment?

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing with Deputies Kerrane and Stanley. The allocation of time will be six minutes, five minutes and four minutes, respectively.

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I will put questions directly to the Minister. I want to go over and back during the time if that is possible. I want to deal with two issues very quickly. We only have six minutes so I would appreciate if the Minister could be as succinct as I will be in putting the questions. The first is on the just transition fund after which I will ask questions about the media. There are three...

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: Can the Minister tell me how many workers in Bord na Móna and the ESB are due to lose their current jobs by the end of the year? How many of those are benefitting from either the just transition fund or the retrofit programme at this point? The answer is "None of them". The Minister says these initiatives are at an advanced stage and the just transition fund is open for tenders, but a...

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: We have a very short time and that is not relevant to the question that I put. I asked how many workers would lose their jobs. The answer is 190.

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I asked the Minister for a number. He gave it to me and then he waffled about other issues that have nothing to do with the question I asked. There is every prospect that a lot of the workers who are going to lose their jobs will never see a transition. Unless the Minister puts his skates on, the only transition they will see is a transition from their current jobs onto the dole queue....

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: That was exactly six minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the provisions of the wage subsidy scheme to allow women coming back from maternity leave to take part in the scheme. [7335/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: 415. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors available to carry out enforcement of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: 416. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional inspectors will be recruited or seconded into the HSA to carry out inspections in the workplace to police compliance with the HSA guidelines on companies reopening during the Covid-19 emergency. [7331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: 417. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will establish a confidential phone line for employees to make complaints in respect of potential breaches by employers of health and safety measures and protocols aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19. [7332/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: 418. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if further details will be published regarding the companies that can open and when they are in line with the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [7338/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: 718. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a request for financial support was made by RTÉ; if his Department is considering additional financial support for RTÉ; and the amount sought by the organisation. [7337/20]