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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (15 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the construction of the new children’s hospital; the new estimated date of completion; if the total cost of the hospital will now exceed the figure of €1.73 billion from the independent review; the legal costs arising from the current legal challenge; and the total legal costs to date. [16604/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (15 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Tá sé soiléir on gceist gur cuireadh isteach é tamall maith ó shin. It is clear from the question that it was submitted some time ago but hopefully the answer will be no less relevant. What is the reason for the delay in the construction of the new children's hospital? What is the new estimated date for completion? Will the total cost of the hospital exceed the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the forestry licensing system. [24110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of derogations from requirements to self-isolate for contacts of confirmed cases that have been granted or given within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24022/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (10 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the family court and family law Bill promised in the programme for Government will be delivered; and the way in which the Bill plans to make family law proceedings less adversarial. [22960/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process will be superseded by the forthcoming white paper on direct provision. [22959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process will be superseded by the forthcoming white paper on direct provision. [22371/20]

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: I had two meetings today. One was with vintners who had come up from Kerry, old friends from Tralee, such as Pat Creagh, whose pub has been closed for the last six months and Aidan O'Connor from the Greyhound Bar, as well as some new friends from Killarney, who had been there earlier. The other meeting I had was in the Special Committee on the Covid-19 Response. Speaking with vintners and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the criteria for calculating SUSI grant eligibility to include whether a parent is in receipt of the working family payment. [22386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: 278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the rheumatology department in University Hospital Kerry; and the length of time persons are awaiting an appointment there. [22872/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: My thanks to the three people who made submissions. I will address my first question to Ms McNally. I congratulate her on her recent appointment as chairperson of the Bar Council of Ireland. She mentioned her concerns in respect of video hearings. Is it her view and that of the council that, for example, bail hearings, contested trials and even sentence hearings are not suited to video...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Not from outside the Judiciary, but from within, was there any-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Okay.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Does Ms McNally think that the Courts Service could have been more flexible in hiring large sports halls or halls in hotels so that juries could have been sworn in there and trials could have continued, for example, in Mayo?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Is it the view of the Bar Council of Ireland that, wherever possible, jury trials should continue in their designated venues?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: I have one question for Dr. Kenny. He mentioned the legal lockdown requirements which were introduced in March. Dr. Kenny referred to people being required to stay in their homes. He said that these were not, and never had been, legal requirements. Is Dr. Kenny saying that most or all of the stringent lockdown measures, including cocooning, were not legal requirements at all?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Dr. Kenny maintains that was an abuse of State power. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Legislative Framework Underpinning the State's Response (9 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Dr. Kenny maintains that there is no requirement for a constitutional referendum for remote hearings of the Dáil. Is that the case?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: I am glad the Minister raised that side of the matter with regard to NGOs. Has he spoken to any NGO that might be involved in providing accommodation when the transfer is done? Has a date been identified for the transfer, as it is going to fall on the Minister's desk? As the Minister already has the Oireachtas report which was carried out over the last Dáil term, is there really any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (8 Sep 2020)

Pa Daly: Did the Minister speak to the NGOs already?