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Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am sharing time with Deputy Paul Murphy. I have no questions that require an answer now, but I wish to make a few comments on the climate crisis in light of the Covid-19 crisis. It has been said by many commentators that the Covid-19 pandemic is only a slight foretaste of the type of disruption to society and economics that we can expect as we move further down the road to catastrophic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 330. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact on applicants that need or seek a new or renewed visa application after 20 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 519. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent transfer of land earmarked for the development of the new national maternity hospital by an organisation (details supplied); if the land will be owned by the State or owned by an organisation and leased by the State; if it is leased, the terms and duration of the lease; and if the organisation will have a mandate or influence in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety Inspections (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the interventions made by his Department and the HSE in meat processing plants in relation to the Covid-19 outbreak; and the inspections undertaken by public health bodies in these plants [8197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients released from acute hospitals to residential nursing homes since January 2020; if a protocol was in place in relation to Covid-19 in the transfer of these patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 915. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the details of road passenger transport operators that received payments in respect of the acceptance of the free travel pass on their bus services; and the list of routes for which these operators received payment for 2019. [7432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Benefit (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 1008. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending maternity leave to all women currently on leave or who were on leave prior to the passing of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 for three months or until that legislation is revoked [8122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 1009. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for stopping the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment to residents in direct provision centres who lost their jobs as a result of the crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Company Closures (27 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: 1010. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she plans to take regarding the closure of a business (details supplied); and if changes in legislation are planned to prevent employers taking similar actions in the months ahead specifically in respect of redundancy legislation and the provisions of the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003. [8124/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: We are seeing a serious attempt to pass the parcel today on the part of all the witnesses. It is not a failure of any one body - Nursing Homes Ireland, HIQA, the HSE or the Department - but at its heart it is a gigantic political failure to act in the interests of our elderly people. Since the late 1980s we have been privatising the care of the elderly. It was described by the Ombudsman in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: Was Mr. Walsh brought on to NPHET specifically for this issue?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: That is fine. I will run out of time.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: It is clear that prior to Mr. Walsh coming on to the committee there is no mention of care of the elderly in the NPHET minutes. Despite this being a global phenomenon, it seems to have gone under the radar. In the first three months of this year, 2,500 people were transferred from acute hospital settings into nursing homes under the fair deal scheme. Can Mr. Walsh tell me how many of...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: Could he get that detail for us? I find it surprising that he does not know how many patients were moved from acute hospitals to nursing homes, having been or not been tested.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: I thank Mr. Walsh. My next questions are to HIQA. In its statement, HIQA said it told the HSE about specific homes. What specific homes did it warn the HSE about? Did it warn the HSE about specific homes and what action did the HSE take on foot of that? The statement also said that HIQA told the HSE where the homes were. Does that mean HIQA told it where all of the homes all over the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: Can I ask one final question?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: I lost seconds because of the Chairman's intervention.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: I am not asking for names. I want one short message from the HSE. Is it now testing staff before they take up roles in nursing homes?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: Until 12 March, the HSE was not testing staff in nursing homes. Then, the testing started after we raised the issue here in the Dáil. Is the HSE now, this day, currently, testing staff who enter nursing homes to take up a job?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Bríd Smith: It is a "Yes" or "No" answer.