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Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Réada Cronin: I am glad to see the Minister back again. I congratulate him on his new post. I hope the United Nations report on biodiversity did not keep him tossing and turning in the leaba last night. Between that report and the screening of "Unquiet Graves" on RTÉ 1 yesterday, I certainly did not get my seven hours' sleep, but I digress. Few politicians get to debate not just the kind of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (9 Sep 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I still believe a solution must be found. There is no shortage of personal protective equipment, PPE. At the start of this pandemic, we are all very anxious and there was a shortage of PPE. Naturally, it had to be kept for our healthcare workers but there is no shortage now so a solution can be found. Labour can go on for 24 hours, or more...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (9 Sep 2020)

Réada Cronin: This is such a serious issue for expectant parents that it requires us to choose the terms we use very carefully, but the only word that comes to mind to describe the position is "bonkers". It is straight up bonkers that an expectant father can go for a pint in a dry pub with a €9 meal and will soon be able to go for a pint without a meal in a wet pub, but he cannot accompany his...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Cancer Screening: Motion [Private Members] (8 Sep 2020)

Réada Cronin: I commend my comrade, Teachta Cullinane, on bringing forward this important motion. For many of us, time is of the essence in catching and treating cancer. Medicine is so advanced that a person has the opportunity to become cancer-free if a diagnosis is made and treatment is begun as soon as possible. Since the Covid-19 crisis, I have been contacted by people and families all across north...

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Réada Cronin: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit as ucht an post nua atá aici. Go n-éirí an t-ádh léi. Tá a lán obair thábhachtach le déanamh aici. I have spoken to many parents throughout north Kildare whose children require special education. Parents of children on the autism spectrum and with other special needs feel...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank the witnesses for their hard work trying to keep the country safe. A friend called me yesterday to tell me to turn on "Drivetime" because the Kildare county coroner, Professor Denis Cusack, was on. I heard that, according to him, he had sent his report to Dr. Glynn. I asked the then Minister, Deputy Harris, to examine this-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: Okay. I asked the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to investigate this matter in early June. Will Dr. Glynn examine Professor Cusack's report, please, and undertake a swift process to determine why Kildare suffered so disproportionately? I had believed it was because we had more nursing homes than other counties, but that was not the case. There is some reason for Kildare...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: Why are we not testing healthcare workers regularly?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: I would have thought that testing of healthcare workers was warranted.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: What about the environmental health officer? I still had 30 seconds when the Chairman rang the bell.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: When the information is showing that many cases are arising at one address, should the environmental health officer not get involved to check for overcrowding?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: I am a new Deputy from north Kildare, which is one of the lockdown counties. Upset has been expressed to me by small business owners across north Kildare who followed the rules and are just getting off their knees to open again. In stark contrast to the treatment of some employees in the meat industry, every business owner I met mentioned the fact that their employees have mortgages and...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: Is Meat Industry Ireland aware of any of its employers doing this?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: Will the witnesses investigate and find out if that happened? It would demonstrate an imbalance of power if a factory owner felt he or she could do that. It happened since the onset of Covid-19 as the reason given was that women would not have to touch the doors of a toilet when using the bathroom. The fact that women would have to undress and attend to their intimate or personal needs in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: I ask Mr. Healy to respond to that.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: Have any of the factories in Kildare-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: If there is any time to spare at the end-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: Dr. McGuinness said that the authority was invited to the national outbreak control team in May. That is a long time ago and it is August now. Has the HSA met with the team since?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Réada Cronin: I take it the HSA has met since.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: Public consultation is mentioned frequently in the programme for Government, as well as engagement with citizens. In north Kildare, it has been suggested that the water supply will be moved from the Poulaphouca reservoir, the water from which is six times softer than water coming from the River Barrow. This has caused consternation and upset for people living in north Kildare. Swopping...