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Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Denis Naughten: I never advocated a US model.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Denis Naughten: Rather, I showed the stark contrast in the levels of support being provided in the US versus Europe. Many colleagues in the Dáil have highlighted the disparaging level of support of €8 per EU farmer that is being provided. While we are on the issue of the European model of agriculture, I listened intently to the Minister's response to Deputy Carthy regarding beef imports from...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Denis Naughten: I am not. I notice the Minister is not answering the question.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Denis Naughten: I note that the Minister did not answer my question about beef imports. That is the point I am making. I understand the broader issue very well. As the Minister knows, the United Kingdom is not a net exporter of beef. Ireland is a net exporter. We export nine out of ten animals, yet we are importing beef. What is the justification for that? I do not believe there is one. There is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (13 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: 687. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4803/20]

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: I have been watching the handling of the Covid-19 infections within the meat industry over the last number of weeks. It gives me no pleasure to say that I am very seriously concerned by the manner in which this particular infection is being managed. I have a genuine fear that if the reopening of the economy continues next week, we could be looking at the resurgence of this virus. We have a...

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: The only conclusion I can come to is that the delays I have outlined to the Minister are being used to wallpaper over the gross system failures, particularly in contact tracing. We have been informed as public representatives by the HSE that people are being given results within a day of their return from the laboratory and those who are positive are being contacted directly by a health...

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: I will give that information to the Minister. What we have here is playing with figures. The Minister has said that 90% of those who are positive would be contacted within three days. I have outlined to him a fundamental problem with the negative results which is leading to a situation whereby people are not self-isolating and there is contamination and people being infected as a...

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: It has happened in a number of instances across the country.

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: Those due back to work after maternity leave are being told that they cannot avail of the wage subsidy scheme because they were not on the payroll in January and February of this year. This is even though they are technically still employees as they have not received their P45. By law, women on maternity leave cannot be discriminated against in the workplace, yet this is what is now...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response on the two issues, especially the Bord na Móna issue. I will give him a copy of a letter I gave to the Taoiseach on 28 April specifically on this issue. I have been promised by the Taoiseach on a number of occasions since that I will get a response but I have not received one. This matter is causing huge frustration and there is no justification...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his positive reply in respect of the role the credit union movement can play but I wish to bring him back to the question I asked about amending the primary legislation in this area. The reason I bring that to the floor of the House is that I believe there is a fundamental problem with the culture within the Central Bank of Ireland. When it comes to any type of...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: The legislation was tabled last November.

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for the work she did in respect of people who had their PRSI records broken and who were in receipt of minimal State pensions. The Acting Chairman will know of my involvement with that issue. He was the Aire Stáit in the Department when I was first elected to the House. I raised this issue, which affects thousands of women throughout the country, with nine...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: Does the Government realise the HSE's contact tracing system is just not working? While the HSE is trying to bamboozle us with its mean and median figures for positive and negative test results and figures for the performing of tests and contract tracing, giving eight different figures, the reality is that the disclosure of medical results to employers rather than employees was, I believe,...

Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: The reason I flagged this with the Minister is that she has raw data within her Department that could be of use to Government in clarifying the absolute failure of the HSE on the contact tracing system, which is just not working. My final question to the Minister concerns people who are self-isolating because they have been advised to do so as they are vulnerable to the risks of Covid-19....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (20 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: 416. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend maternity leave for those currently availing of same in view of Covid-19 restrictions regarding childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6106/20]

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

Denis Naughten: I wish to take the Taoiseach up very briefly on the comment he has just made. I believe it is bizarre that we would consider an Estimate on Thursday which has implications for the rest of the year and yet Members are not to be provided with information as to the implications of that until there is a Cabinet decision next week. It was my understanding that we would have some clarity on both...

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

Denis Naughten: I do not want to hold up tomorrow's business. It is important that the Estimate is adopted. I have a very serious concern around the justification for the way the Minister will present to the House tomorrow. This is referencing the justification given last week by the Minister for Health as his reason not to come in to answer legitimate questions which I had raised here the week before...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (27 May 2020)

Denis Naughten: First, I hope the Taoiseach and the other groups in this House can join with me in recognising that today is international Emergency Medicine Day. The response of all our medical staff during the pandemic, and particularly those at the front of house, has been exceptional. The Covid-19 crisis has shown the entire country how we should do things and how we should not. The greatest tribute...