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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will help the committee by not taking all eight minutes available to me. I know we are under time pressure. I thank the speakers and witnesses for coming in today. I have a number of questions and many of them will be more relevant to the Department this afternoon. I want to ask the witnesses specifically about the adult day services, which were mentioned by Deputy Murnane O'Connor. Do...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: It is actually shocking to think that some people will have to wait that length of time. We seem to fail people with disabilities or additional needs continuously and consistently. We always seem to talk about the waiting lists, not even with regard to Covid-19 but in general. Everything is a battle. One always seems to have to accept a different standard. It is really frustrating and I...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: With all due respect to Dr. McCarthy, there are a lot more issues outstanding than those two. I do not think I have spoken to anyone with a disability or their families who have found the response to date acceptable. People have been totally abandoned. PA hours were cut, home helps have not been coming in and, as was clarified earlier, there are no dates for the resumption of some...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I want to ask the Irish Cancer Society about cervical screening specifically. I am one of the final speakers so I apologise if this has been raised already. Does the society have any information or figures on how many women are waiting for retests, particularly in the Carlow-Kilkenny region? These would not be initial tests but retests in cases where there were symptoms. Given the delays...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Morrogh. My second question is also for the society. This was obviously a very serious situation and everyone must take all the public health advice and measures seriously. However, does the society believe that it was necessary to cut the services to the level that was done? Was there not some safe way of carrying out some of these cancer screenings? Covid is extremely...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (17 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: The only reason I ask is that many women contacted myself - I am sure other people too - about their frustration at seeing certain shops and retail outlets being allowed to open in circumstances where they new they needed a second test and were being told that it was too risky. I am conscious of the irony of that for people who are in that situation and who are worried. Maybe some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if updates are available for women affected by pelvic mesh implants. [16209/20]

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Like my colleagues, I commend Deputy Kerrane, the National Women's Council of Ireland and all of the mothers who campaigned. It shows what a group of strong women can do when they get together. It is just common sense to extend maternity leave by 12 weeks. The programme for Government talks about extending maternity leave, parental leave and paternity leave. This is the perfect...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the train timetable for Carlow will return to a normal schedule; if services ceased during Covid-19 will be reinstated (details supplied). [16022/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of education is considered an essential service. [14845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to conduct research to ascertain the impact school closures have had on children and their families. [14846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if standardised testing will be mandatory for schools in September 2020 to ascertain the impact of school closures on educational attainment. [14847/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with additional needs will be subject to further school loss in September 2020 if social distancing is required of children. [14848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures which will be put in place to support children with complex needs and their families if a full return to school does not happen in September 2020. [14849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the ancillary grant of €163 per pupil to €171.50 per pupil. [15615/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount of additional revenue that would be generated if the 2.6% PRSI of classes B, C or D increased to 3% or a minimum of €315. [15614/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 872. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the removal of children from their breastfeeding mothers at birth by Tusla (details supplied). [15608/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 874. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years professionals by grade who earned below the living wage in 2019. [15784/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 875. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of raising the rate of pay of early years professionals to at least the living wage of €12.30 per hour. [15785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (14 Jul 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 876. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of raising the rate of pay of all early years professionals to at least €15 per hour. [15786/20]