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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: To say the least.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: From a systems, practices and procedures point of view, this is wholly unacceptable. Can the witnesses provide a breakdown of the numbers of high-dependency residents in private nursing homes versus public ones? Do they keep a record of that at all? I refer to medical card charges. Pensioners have an entitlement to a medical card whether they are in a private or public nursing home,...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: -----free wound dressings, prescription painkillers, incontinence wear and so on, and even physiotherapy or speech and language therapy. However, if he or she is in a nursing home he or she is not entitled to those things. Where is the breach there? These people are ordinarily entitled to such things-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: -----under the medical card but as soon as they go into a nursing home, they are charged for those basic things.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: The last question requires a longer response because the issue has not been addressed and has been allowed to continue for years.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Discussion (1 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: Briefly, however, are the witnesses aware of the breakdown of high-dependency residents in public or private nursing homes?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (30 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall. [27685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the representations she has made to the Minister for Social Protection and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the need to return the employment wage subsidy scheme to the previous rate under the temporary wage subsidy scheme for the tourism sector given the long-term effects of the Covid-19 restrictions on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Capital Programme (30 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department gives weighting to clubs applying for sports capital grants in circumstances in which women in sport will directly benefit; if not, her plans to include weighting of this type for clubs and groups applying for the grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27687/20]

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: I commend my colleague, Deputy Mac Lochlainn, on tabling this motion. Fianna Fáil's track record in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine since coming to power has been an absolute shambles. When it comes to Fianna Fáil, U-turns, talking out of both sides of the mouth and breaking promises should not really surprise us but its U-turn on the penalty points scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to introduce to the VRT system to reflect the world harmonised light vehicle test procedure requirements; the safeguards he plans to introduce regarding potential increases to the VRT rate; if the rate will increased as a result of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce changes to the VRT to encourage the purchase of new vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27020/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax incentives he plans to introduce to encourage the purchase of new cars including new electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27021/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 172. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the supports available to the chauffeur sector in view of the extreme hardship experienced by the sector due to the Covid-19 emergency; the grant aid available to chauffeur services; if a long-term debt relief plan has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27024/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation for the disabled person’s grants in each of the years 2013 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and the amount that each local authority drew down in each of those years from their allocation for the purposes of the grants. [27215/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to the chauffeur sector in view of the extreme hardship experienced by the sector due to the Covid-19 emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27025/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 944. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of each Covid-19 testing centre or testing facility in the State by county. [27103/20]

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: As we are all aware, in the past few weeks the British have done a U-turn on the withdrawal agreement. Businesses throughout our island have already been brought to their knees due to the pandemic and now they again have to contend with the shock of a potential no-deal Brexit. The British are clearly not prepared for this eventuality and their chaotic approach will affect Irish businesses...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: Looking at the response we had got back in respect of offences that were before the court or the judge for holding a mobile phone while driving, the figures state that there were 3,886 offences that did not result in a conviction. The second paragraph on page 2 is problematic and I will outline why. First, it says that the Courts Service does not record the reasons for any strikeout....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: I asked when I raised this initially whether there might be a role in it for the Committee of Public Accounts. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General the same question. How would we investigate this? If there is simple clarification, fair enough, but 49% is high and the reasons are not crystal clear. As I said, given all the problems we had with the PULSE system, penalty points and so...