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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: My first question is to each of the organisations. I refer to the €70 million in funding secured by Sport Ireland in response to Covid-19. I understand that the applications opened in July and that €40 million of the €70 million was to be divided between the three main sporting organisations. Do they know how exactly that funding is to be divided up between the three...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: According to the FAI's statement, it has also applied for the Government's resilience fund. I acknowledge all the changes that have been made in the FAI, on the board and within the organisation as a whole, that losses have been suffered and that funding has been restored. The new board of the FAI has been set up but I refer to proper governance, etc. It is in receipt of public funding but...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: I have another general question for all of our guests. How would the restrictions on the number of spectators at outdoor sporting events compare with international experiences?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Team Sport in Ireland (18 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: What measures, if any, have the witnesses had to take to combat the threat of people congregating outside of sports stadia and grounds? That was one of the reasons initially cited for limits and restrictions on attending matches. On a practical level, what measures have been put in place? Have the witnesses had to make changes to the grounds, for example, to combat that? That was one of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: It is the second time it is over the seven-day average.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: I raised this issue with the Taoiseach on Tuesday. Louth has had the third highest case numbers of Covid-19 and, four times in the past week, Louth has had the second highest number of cases recorded. The acting Chief Medical Officer, CMO, said earlier this week that Louth is showing a particularly concerning trend. This morning, first, second and third year students from a school in...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: Yesterday's announcement will have offered very little in the way of comfort or clarity for those working in the tourism and hospitality industry. Those representing the sector had hoped to see additional sector-specific support, but unfortunately it was not forthcoming. The tourism season is now over and hundreds of thousands of people who work in the sector are staring into the abyss....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Support Services (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the DPG scheme is a separate funding stream to the housing adaptation grant funding; the way in which the criteria for the two grants differ; if he will clarify what is covered by the DPG grant and the application criteria for the grant; the amount of funding local authorities can apply for under the DPG funding stream;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Support Services (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the funding for disabled person's grants has been amalgamated with housing adaptation grants. [24285/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Support Services (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation by each local authority for housing adaptation grant for people with a disability in each of the years 2013 to 2020; and the amount each local authority drew down in each year from the allocation for the purposes of the grant. [24286/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 125. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to locate a Covid-19 testing centre in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 126. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to locate additional Covid-19 testing centres in County Louth or in east County Meath; if so, the locations in which the test centres will be based; and when they are expected to commence operations [24234/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (16 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has ceased testing staff for Covid-19 at a company (details supplied) despite the fact that a number of night shift workers previously tested positive thus leaving day shift workers potentially exposed to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24272/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: The Taoiseach spoke over and over again this morning about the Government's commitment to ramping up testing and tracing. I want to raise the issue of the provision of a Covid testing centre for Drogheda. As the Taoiseach knows, Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland but we are left without a Covid testing centre. The people of Drogheda and of south Louth who have been referred by their...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: Cases are rising in Louth. Will the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health direct the HSE to examine the possibility of using the health centre in the Haymarket as a Covid testing centre, or another identified site, as soon as possible?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: Cases are rising and that is where the confusion and the chaos lies. The Taoiseach says they are ramping up testing and tracing yet the largest town in Ireland is left without a Covid testing centre. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment so people do not have to put up with this rubbish?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 59. To ask the Minister for Health when educational day services for children and adults with special needs will reopen; his plans for the reopening of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19289/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (15 Sep 2020)

Imelda Munster: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next sports capital programme grant application process will be open; the funding available for the programme in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23920/20]

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

Imelda Munster: -----where healthcare provision in this country is concerned. They need the State to support them and they need intervention from the Minister.

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

Imelda Munster: We are facing into a very difficult winter. In fairness, we are used to difficult winters in this State and to what comes with them - delays, trolleys and overstretched services - but this year is expected to be much worse due to Covid-19. Successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments have developed and maintained a two-tier health system which has led to a poorly functioning public...