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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 442. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of WRC inspections that took place remotely since the Covid-19 restrictions were put in place. [8699/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 443. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current policy of the WRC regarding carrying out inspections either on-site or remotely [8700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: 439. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of WRC inspectors that will be assigned to the Health and Safety Authority to help enforce the back to work protocols and or assist in related matters. [8696/20]

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Deputy Ó Snodaigh is getting ready for the big job.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I have four minutes. I will take two minutes and give the Minister two minutes to respond. There are a lot of questions. I want to follow on from the question Deputy McGuinness asked about technological university status for the south east. The Minister stated that the Department is working on it and that he wants to see the matter progressed. Since 2011, when I was first elected to...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Is the Minister in a position to publish the reports from the Munster consortium? Can they be made public so that we can see it was a transparent process? I am not saying it was not, but the questions are being asked. It would be helpful if we could see those panel reports.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I have two quick points. A letter was sent to the committee from Colm Gildernew, MLA, the chairperson of the committee for health in the North, seeking some interaction between that committee and ours. We should progress that if we can. The Association of Childhood Professionals, ACP, has also written to all of the committee members, I think, but certainly to us, seeking to be one of the...

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

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their service in recent months and for the work they have done. I will put distinct questions and ask that they provide distinct responses because each Deputy only has five minutes. We have a plan to reopen the economy. It involved five phases but this has been reduced to four. I have seen the fruits of that. I drove up from County Waterford...

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

David Cullinane: I understand that and I also understand all the other parts, in particular the holistic approach and the individual responsibilities that come into it, and that the control measures and all those factors are important. However, there has to be a number. Is Professor Nolan saying the number is above 1 and that if it went above 1, that creates a difficulty and that is where the risk becomes...

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

David Cullinane: I understand that.

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

David Cullinane: Professor Nolan's job is to provide that data and that modelling. We know it is a virus and we know it is a virus that spreads. If it spreads more quickly, we may have more community transmission as a consequence of more people moving about. I am asking what is the number. There has to be a number when Professor Nolan is doing the modelling and when he is providing the Government with...

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

David Cullinane: I will move to Dr. De Gascun. With regard to the control measures, obviously, to keep that below 1 involves many different things. The witnesses are both right in saying that testing, tracing and isolating is one part of the component. We also have to make sure that we have capacity in our hospitals. Dr. De Gascun knows that the contract with the private hospitals will come to an end and...

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

David Cullinane: The middle part was in regard to the wearing of masks. Specifically, what I am asking is whether Dr. De Gascun is satisfied across all those holistic measures, whether it is wearing a mask or any of the other issues, that there is a plan to deal with Covid as well as a plan to reopen the economy? Are both in sync, in his view?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses and wish them well in the time ahead, as I am sure everyone else has. It has been a tough time for everybody, including big and small businesses, and I wish everyone well. I will start with Mr. McDonnell. His opening statement got some understandable media attention and focus because of some references he made, on which I want further clarification. One of the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: To follow on from that, Mr. McDonnell also said: "Our interaction with the upper reaches of our public service and Executive leaves little doubt as to their perception that big business is good and small business is bad." What Departments or who specifically was Mr. McDonnell talking about?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: When Mr. McDonnell talks about the upper echelons of the public service, to whom specifically is he referring?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I am not arguing whether Mr. McDonnell's analysis is right or wrong, but it is important that Departments of the Taoiseach and Public Expenditure and Reform were at the heart of his remark that there is a perception that big business is good and small business is bad in the upper reaches of our public service. It was more than a perception. Mr. McDonnell went on to say that "big...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Senior trade union officials and officials in Department of Finance have said to Mr. McDonnell that their perception is that small business owners fiddle their expenses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Senior officials?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: Are they at the highest level?