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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: In the House yesterday, the Taoiseach, speaking about nursing homes, told us we had learned from the first phase of the pandemic. We find this morning that in my constituency, 90% of the residents and staff in a nursing home have now tested positive for Covid-19. A nursing home has been run for the past three days by a cook and two other staff, which is totally unacceptable. I know the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number of breaches of these conditions recorded by An Garda Síochána in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to recognise the residency of non-EEA nationals under 16 years of age; if she is satisfied that the current situation is not open to legal challenge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30684/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to revise Regulation 3 of Statutory Instrument 353 of 1994; the number of applications in 2019 remission or repayment of Value Added Tax and Vehicle Registration Tax by persons with a disability; the total cost of this relief; the number of persons that have availed of the fuel grant in 2019; the total value of grants paid; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the current cost-benefit analysis criteria for flood relief works; his plans to provide a separate CBA for turlough flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures which the OPW plan to take to address the flooding of homes and farmland at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32235/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rural social scheme participants provided for in the original 2020 and the 2021 estimate; the expected out-turn of participant numbers for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32239/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 8 October 2020, the efforts made by his Department to develop and validate new and improved TB tests; the potential variation in test results due to human error in reading skin test results; the measures taken by his Department to ensure consistency across the veterinary surgeons reading...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open up the flooded farmyard relocation scheme for applications following the severe flooding of 2015/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32237/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to allow farmers who have permanently lost grazing lands due to climate change to stack entitlements for BPS and ANC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32238/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (22 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will withdraw correspondence (details supplied), particularly in view of the fact that an engineering report has just been published and work by the GSI is ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32260/20]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: If we had seen enforcement at level 3, rather than engagement, we might not have found ourselves at level 5 at all. It is obvious that, for some, education and encouragement just will not work and their behaviour will not change until we get real about enforcement. We have heard the stories about house parties and other scenarios whereby people awaiting test results failed to isolate and...

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I spoke on 14 May last about contact tracing and said at that time that the HSE was playing with figures. I said the system was not working and that members of Dáil Éireann were being fed "organic fertiliser", that is, manure, about what was going on with contact tracing. I went on to say: The Government cannot ask people to continue to make such efforts if the truth about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I will go through my questions and then ask the witnesses to respond. I accept that we are in a very difficult situation at the moment. We are seeing 1,000 cases a day, each one of which has numerous contacts. Let us take a step back to last month before this recent surge. A report, entitled COVID-19 Testing and Tracing: Roadmap to enhance capacity and turnaround, was published to great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: I am not happy with that response. The reply I received today contradicts it. We have been told that 866 staff were employed in this role in September. We are now hearing that there are 24 today. There is utter confusion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Contact Tracing: HSE (28 Oct 2020)

Denis Naughten: The parliamentary question related specifically to contact tracing. The HSE is now saying that it misled the Dáil in relation to the parliamentary reply it furnished to me rather than misleading me here this morning. This is part of the difficulty we have had. We are getting information out of two sides of the HSE's mouth in relation to what is going on here. I had this conversation...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: The problem with lockdowns is we do not know which bits work and which do not. While they do contain the spread of a virus, they also impose huge costs on communities, businesses and, most important, individuals. The costs imposed by the recent move to level 5, including a major increase in unemployment, the removal of social outlets for most of us, and the possible permanent closure of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: We need to use Irish data to inform Irish decisions and not continue to rely on NPHET advice, which is based on what the EU health authorities are saying. Managing the virus in France and Germany is very different to a rural island in western Europe. The tools used by EU colleagues to tackle the virus may also be very different to the tools that would be used in Ireland that could allow our...

Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this matter and to say we will support the amendment the Minister of State has tabled. I understand the complexity here is that the Minister of State has to come back before the House for its approval before the statutory instrument can be enacted. It would be useful if the same mechanism could be used regarding some of the Covid-19 regulations,...

Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6)) (Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: The Minister of State is making the argument for me. I thank him.