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Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [25398/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment for 2020. [27098/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: First, yesterday at the Taoiseach's announcement it was strongly reported that he was going to announce a new bank holiday.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: Yes. He can deny it was even in his thoughts or part of his assessments but it was strongly reported. In fact, it was assumed for some reason. A date was even given out. It was to be around Christmas. He can come back and let us know if that was in his thoughts. If it was not, he should just say it out straight. If it was considered, he should tell us why he dropped it at the last...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department has spent on advertising for online, print and broadcasting to date in 2020; and the expenditure plans for the rest of 2020. [26659/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department or agencies working on its behalf monitor and report on social media content relevant to Government policy. [26660/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach ran out of time earlier but he might inform the House why he bottled the announcement of 21 December as a bank holiday. Last night, we were led to believe this might happen. If the Government were never even considering it, he can tell us that as well. On the matter at hand, I have no issue with spending where it is appropriate but when the Taoiseach was leader of the...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The minutes are always six weeks behind.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: Give out the guidance on visors please.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It is not.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It is an interesting one.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It was in someone's head.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I will share time with Deputy Sherlock. I thank the Minister of State for her contribution and I thank the Deputies who tabled this joint motion. I must comment on the way the Minister of State finished. I know she is a formidable person. I like her style and I compliment her on getting the €37.8 million. However, it says a lot about the Government that she had to fight so hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (6 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Brexit Readiness Action Plan and the role of his Department in implementing same. [25029/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Taoiseach is in a unique position today. Last week, I told him the question I would ask him today. I subsequently wrote to him, outlining it in detail. I do not know how often that has been done before. I again outlined the issue to him when we spoke approximately 15 minutes ago. I also raised the matter with the Minister. I am seeking a comparative analysis year-on-year, January to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: He was taking something down from his phone. I would prefer it if he were listening to me. The real reason I am raising this issue is that I have a deep concern regarding the number of missed diagnoses and delayed treatments. Obviously, there are consequential issues relating to morbidity and mortality. The Irish Cancer Society estimates that more than 450 cancers and 1,600 pre-cancers...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: If the Taoiseach thinks it will not be possible to get the figures, he should make that clear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: These are complex issues.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I think the State should buy private hospitals. I am asking the Taoiseach to provide the analysis I am seeking. I will give him another week to so do. That is two weeks he will have had, as Taoiseach of the country, to get those figures. We need diagnostics in other spheres. We need a public awareness campaign to stop people missing appointments. We need that analysis today. People...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The new normal is working from home. We encourage it in the pandemic and I support that but it brings additional costs to workers. In the context of the budget next week, I ask the Taoiseach to consider the following. We need the Revenue Commissioners to inform employees of what they are entitled to by way of a public awareness campaign. The self-employed are allowed to write-off of costs...