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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the fact that a strategy has been announced and that the Taoiseach took on board a number of the proposals the Labour Party put forward last week. We were very clear on where we thought the country needed to go, unlike some others. In regard to what was announced, we are not going to magically wake up on 1 December and see what has been delivered. We need metrics and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate what the Taoiseach is saying. I believe the Government needs to simplify this, particularly if it is to bring in new regulations for An Garda Síochána, so I urge the Taoiseach to consider that. I also wish to ask the Taoiseach a question about something I revealed yesterday. We have 200 fewer full-time nurses in the HSE than we did in December, which is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The figures came in an answer to a parliamentary question. They are HSE figures.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: It has been a very difficult 24 hours for the nation but it has been an even more difficult last few hours for Cork city, as I am sure the Taoiseach will agree. The businesses based in the lower mall, Oliver Plunkett Street and around that area, which the Taoiseach is aware is an area I know very well, face into devastation from flooding. I read the his statement in which he said...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: How much will be available?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: What is the timeline for it?

Ceisteanna – Questions: National Economic and Social Council (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [31297/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: National Economic and Social Council (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the State boards and agencies that civil servants from his Department are appointed to by the Government. [31300/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: National Economic and Social Council (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: The work programme of NESC does not cover any issues around the educational system, which is a glaring omission as far as I am concerned. We all know the Minister for Education and Skills also does not sit at the Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19. To make progress, economically and socially, we need to manage and monitor all our developments in education and how they will interact. I...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with housing last met. [31298/20]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: When the residential tenancies legislation went through the Seanad last July, we proposed a very clear enabling amendment that the Government and the Minister opposed. It would have possibly avoided the need for us to sit this week because it gave power to the Minister to reintroduce a ban on evictions. It was an either-or. It did not force him; it just gave him the power to do so if there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the amount a company (details supplied) is being paid per month for Covid-19 related services from March to September 2020. [30992/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the amount a company (details supplied) is being paid per month per Covid-19 test from March to September 2020. [30993/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (20 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost his Department is paying for a Covid-19 test. [31191/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: This is about tracing and not about testing. I always have a degree of sympathy and sorrow for the Taoiseach and particularly for the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, because it is obvious that they were not aware of this until very recently. They have been out in the public and they have been talking in here expressing confidence in testing and tracing. On a point of order, I ask the Ceann...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I would say you have a fair idea now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: At what time yesterday, or whenever, was the Taoiseach made aware of the issue? When was the Minister made aware of it? I compliment The Irish Timesbecause I do not think we would have known about this if it were not for the work of Simon Carswell, Jack Horgan Jones and their colleagues. The Taoiseach mentioned that it is taking 2.2 days from end to end. The real figure we need to know is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I am not into quangos. It is just a situation where the whole thing is being inspected, run and-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2020)

Alan Kelly: I asked a few questions that the Taoiseach did not answer. I respect his point that he got this information by text, which is extraordinary. I do not believe the public would know about this were it not forThe Irish Times. Were it not for Simon Carswell and Jack Horgan-Jones, we would not be talking about this issue this morning. That needs to be looked into. Will the Taoiseach inform...