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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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses in the Kildare County Council area; the funding allocated to the authority; the number of businesses in north County Kildare that received funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19782/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for supports under the various schemes for businesses impacted by Covid-19 received from businesses in north County Kildare; the number of these that have been processed to date; the number that have been successful; the funding allocated to these businesses; the amount that was sought; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist homebuyers that are being refused drawdown of approved loans due to one or both borrowers being on the temporary wage subsidy scheme in view of the fact that refusal can see them lose both their new home and deposit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of businesses in the Kildare County Council area that have had their rates waived; the number that requested a waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (30 Jul 2020)

Réada Cronin: 440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time spent on the social housing list in north County Kildare; his plans to reduce same; the number on the social housing list for each of the past 12 months and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19776/20]