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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Before I come to the subject of today’s debate, I would like to welcome the important announcement made yesterday on additional support for the arts community. As the Minister knows, I spoke about the issue not long ago and drew attention to the enormous contribution the arts sector makes to our society despite the precarious nature of the work for many artists and staff. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons that are regarded as high-risk and unable to return to former employment due to cocooning can continue to avail of the Covid-19 enhanced payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10397/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made provision in the calculated grades system for the leaving certificate for students who would have had valid reasons, including working towards the HPAT, to not focus on their mock leaving certificate exams to ensure that their grades will be fair and reflect their true ability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9320/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 689. To ask the Minister for Health when consultants will be able to schedule public appointments for patients they had been treating in a private capacity prior to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (3 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to give direction to private landlords of third-level on-campus accommodation to issue rent rebates or provide credits to students who have been unable to avail of their accommodation due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (3 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to uphold the status of the freshwater pearl mussel as a qualifying interest in the main channel of the Blackwater River special area of conservation as recently affirmed by a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9321/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (3 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement measures at least in the special areas of conservation for which the species is a qualifying interest with the goal of improving the bad overall status of the freshwater pearl mussel to be in compliance with the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am deputising at short notice for our health spokesperson, Deputy Ossian Smyth. I apologise if there is crossover with previous questions and answers. My first question relates to the transfer of patients for consultants who did not sign the new contract. Was a mechanism in place for those patients to be transferred onto the public list? If so, and if that has happened, is there a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: How many cases might we be talking about in this kind of scenario? Mr. Varley has indicated there is no existing mechanism to deal with that movement if it happened.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: The Government states the deal is ending but in the eventuality of another surge, as we know is extremely likely, it is likely private hospitals might be needed again to provide capacity. How has the engagement of the organisation been with the Department of Health on the matter? Does the witness have recommendations, although we should be more prepared now than we were? Are provisions in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will ask the questions generally and whoever is best placed might provide the answers.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (2 Jun 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Ms Clyne. I have a quick final question. Since services began to resume on 5 May, is there a number for the private consultants treating public patients in that timeframe?

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: We all have that Chinese blessing, or curse in disguise - may we live in interesting times - rattling around in our heads. The times we are in at the moment are far more than interesting. They are challenging in the extreme. They are tragic for many and they do not have precedent in the past 100 years. We find ourselves, however, as a Dáil today in a very difficult position. These...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if reassurance will be provided to the thousands of women whose BreastCheck and CervicalCheck appointments have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis that their appointments will be rescheduled and the backlog cleared in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with secondary school students that missed their HPV vaccine (dose 2) and MenACWY vaccines and young children that missed scheduled childhood vaccines due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the backlog in elective procedures that have built up in University Hospital Waterford and other hospitals nationwide due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8093/20]

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Like Deputy Cathal Crowe, I am not long out of the classroom myself. As such, the topic of education is of special interest to me. I welcome the chance to address the challenges posed in the sector by the current health crisis. In the first instance, I commend the efforts being made by teachers and other educators throughout the country to help parents structure the work they can do at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the temporary suspension of the collection of professional withholding tax from payments made to dentists contracted by the HSE and the Department to treat medical card and PRSI eligible patients, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6919/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms that will be put in place to award grades to leaving certificate students that have been studying an extra subject outside of school in order to have flexibility to choose their most successful subjects for CAO points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6911/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to address the needs and concerns of students that had planned to repeat the leaving certificate in 2020 in a new school with the hope of achieving higher points in view of the fact that the teachers in the new school would have no background knowledge of the student and the student may be relatively unknown to their...