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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 361. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options available to an employee if they are of the view their workplace is failing to comply with public health guidelines in relation to reopening; the actions they should take if they are of the view the workplace is not in compliance; the agency and or body they should contact; if a confidential hotline number is available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide each of the advices and directions from the expert advisory group to NPHET in relation to the original Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, the accelerated roadmap, the one metre versus two metre social distancing advice, travel and quarantine restrictions and the wearing of face coverings; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 564. To ask the Minister for Health if each of the minutes from the expert advisory group to NPHET for May and June 2020 will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13648/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 565. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a second wave of Covid-19 in the view of the fact that a number of major hospitals are now working at 100% capacity and that the health service should only be running at 80% to provide for surge capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13649/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 566. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity permanently across the health service in order to ensure that in the event of a second wave of Covid-19, there will be immediate availability for Covid-19 patients to be separately cared for to other patients; his plans for emergency departments and for Covid-19 specific hospitals in this regard; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the current permanent ICU and critical care capacity in the health service; the additional amount that was available during the peak of the Covid-19 crisis; if this capacity fluctuated or reduced in recent weeks; if there are plans to further increase the permanent ICU and critical care capacity; if so, the way this would breakdown between the public health...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 719. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a NCT appointment can be made by telephone for persons that are not online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13357/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 720. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving instructors are permitted to return to work on 29 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13358/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance recipients; the number in receipt of the half and full rate, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 865. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make a substantial reward payment to those in receipt of the carer's allowance in view of the contribution they are making in the Covid-19 crisis while those in their care were unable to attend day care centres and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13646/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy should speak for himself.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: SME Recovery (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank Mr. Moran and his colleagues. All present agree on the need to inject money into the economy, SMEs and the pockets of workers in order to get the economy moving again. It would be useful, particularly in light of the worrying indicators from around the world and possibly even in Ireland in the context of the pandemic, for those representing the business sector to clearly acknowledge...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Chairman and the committee for agreeing to my request to have this session and to get EPIC and the National Campaign for the Arts in before the committee. It is hugely important that their voices are heard. The terrible irony of the current situation is that society has never before needed the arts, music and culture more than it does now to sustain itself in a difficult time....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank all our guests for a very powerful presentation. There seems to be a sympathetic ear from all members, and I hope we can discuss how the committee can put forward recommendations arising from what our guests said. The point made by the Chairman is a very good one. It is a bit baffling that for us to engage with NPHET and the Health and Safety Authority to ask the simple question of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Arts and Entertainment Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That may be so, but I think the Government is possibly taking advice from public health authorities. It is something we could try to get the bottom of and see what the rationale is because there does not seem to be a consistent one behind that. That change would make some difference but it still would not solve the industry's problem until we get back to normal. Is that correct? The...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the witnesses. I would like to pay tribute to the National Campaign for the Arts, NCFA, the EPIC working group, the EIAI and all the arts workers and crew who have made their voices heard. It is good that their campaigning has led to an additional €20 million in funding, although it is worth saying that is against a backdrop of historically low levels of support for culture...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have only one minute left and I want to ask one further question, if Ms Licken does not mind. It concerns the film industry, which she referred to in her answer. The Government's clearly stated policy with the wage subsidy scheme was that it wanted to maintain the relationship between workers and employers. In the film industry - which is essentially publicly-funded by means of section...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There were no PAYE employees on the working group on the guidelines. There were none, even though that is Government policy. Let us be clear on that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mr. Falvey should note the Abbey Theatre used the wage subsidy scheme and kept its employees. It did what the Government asked, which was to maintain the relationship between employers and employees. It is publicly funded. Why did the film producers not do the same thing?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Tourism, Arts and Entertainment Sector (2 Jul 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Not the film producers.