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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Next week is a big one for the Government. The legislative programme will be announced and the plan for how we are going to live with Covid is also going to be announced and that is very much needed. It is important at this juncture to point out that the public is very much waiting for this and living on every word that is being said by the Government. We need to have a watershed next week...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the reason exemptions have been made for certain occupations to avoid having to self-isolate when returning from a non-green list country since Covid-19 reached here by categories (details supplied) in tabular form. [23043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 218. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €10 per month as announced in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free general practitioner care for children under eight as announced in Budget 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has submitted to him to increase ICU capacity; and the number of ICU beds he expects to be available in acute care by the end of 202. [23122/20]

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: There was a mix-up last night.

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: In the last session, Deputy Shortall followed me.

Mental Health and Older People: Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: I wish the Minister of State all the best. I only have a short amount of time. I could talk for hours but I presume Members are all glad that I am prevented from doing so. My parents are in their 80s so I wish to concentrate on relaying the concerns of a son about having two parents in that age bracket. My mum is 80 and my father is 81. They are active and very much community people...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: My time is very short so I want to get straight to it. I would like the Minister, in his response, to propose some solutions, particularly regarding Covid versus non-Covid care. I am sick and tired of commentary, which I do not want any more. I want to know what the Minister's plan is, what his solutions are and where we are going. I would like him to tell us as much as he can. While I...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe last met; and when it is next expected to meet. [18561/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: The Cabinet committee on Europe is obviously important and should be meeting pretty regularly, possibly at short notice, given current dynamics. It has been a difficult few weeks for Ireland on the European stage, culminating in the events that led to our previous discussion. All of us in this House need to work together to fight for the best interests of our country. We have lost a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: Are the figures still around €1.3 billion in grants and €1.4 billion in loans? We have not much information or clarity in that area. Have we any details about conditions attaching to such money? It would be helpful to know that, particularly the conditions that might apply to loans. I understand that under the recovery and resilience facility, of which approximately...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: The timelines are similar.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: The timelines for applications to the recovery and resilience facility and the announcement of the budget are the same. Are we preparing our submission in tandem with the budget? Where do they cross over? Will the Taoiseach give detail about that? The potential funding from that facility will cross over a range of areas. Who is in charge of making the submission? Was it discussed at...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: I brought in the legislation.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [18560/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Taoiseach. Britain does not renounce treaties. Indeed, to do so would damage our integrity as well as international relations. I hope that is the first and last time I ever have to quote the former UK Prime Minister, Mrs. Thatcher. We are in a difficult situation, given what the British Government has stated. I was interested in the Taoiseach's tweet yesterday: Any...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 1. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold referendums in 2020 and 2021. [18559/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly:  I thank the Taoiseach. We are aware of what the Taoiseach has committed to and what is on the schedule. We are also aware of the Covid situation. I will focus on the referendum on housing. The Taoiseach has listed what he intends to do and what is proposed in the programme for Government but I want to get more detail on projections and timelines for where the Government is going...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 287. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the restoration of pay for staff in outstanding section 39 funded organisations; the funding that has allocated for this in 2020 and 2021; the name and number of organisations that await having funding restored; if he has discussed this with his Cabinet colleagues; the estimated cost in 2021 to restore pay for those workers in the outstanding...