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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: On the broader issue with the NTA, has it provided any of the representative bodies for taxis with sample return to work protocols or any industry guidelines that they could in turn distribute to their membership?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: The NTA has long had a dysfunctional relationship with the taxi drivers, and Covid has exposed that further. Regarding the financial impact on taxi drivers, the joint submission has called for a step-down social welfare payment to encourage drivers back to work without being financially impacted. Do the witnesses have any indication of what level or percentage of pre-Covid activity taxi...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Waldron makes a valid point that, while for many PAYE workers, the €350 PUP might be enough to keep them ticking over, for someone in the taxi industry who is self-employed, that €350 should be going towards them being sustained but, in fact, they have to use it to cover some of the costs of their business. I turn to the restart grant that is available for self-employed...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Waldron raised the issue of insurance, which I had hoped to address. I and many others with private insurance have received a rebate on our motor insurance policies. What has been the experience of how the insurance industry has dealt with taxi drivers?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Public Transport (24 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: It is very clear that the NTA needs to establish a Covid response unit for taxis. It needs to be done very quickly or else we will have a mass exodus of people whose cars are being repossessed and who will be forced to exit the industry.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sports Facilities (23 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the business restart scheme managed by local authorities to allow sports clubs with bars that paid commercial rates in 2019 to qualify. [17730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (23 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase funding for the trading online voucher to help sole traders upgrade their online presence through their local enterprise office in view of the fact Dublin City Council has reached capacity. [17748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (23 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the pension case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17764/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a process will be initiated with Dublin City Council to build affordable homes on the 33 ha of mainly public land identified in the Ballymun local area plan. [17955/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (23 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal of a reduced pandemic unemployment payment in the case of a person (details supplied). [17747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that arts and cultural bodies in Dublin are consulted to ensure that they recover and enhance their impact in the aftermath of Covid-19. [17281/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Night-Time Economy (22 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of the night-time economy taskforce; if the taskforce will advance the appointment of a night-time culture mayor for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a reduced pandemic unemployment payment in the case of a person (details supplied). [17560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (22 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a reduced pandemic unemployment payment in the case of a person (details supplied) [17557/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 43. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to limit travel here from countries with a high rate of Covid-19 transmission. [16597/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 60. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if legislation or measures to prevent tactical insolvency will be implemented in order to ensure that workers are better protected. [16591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidance will be provided to persons who have booked overseas travel in cases in which the country to which they are travelling is not on the green list and the airlines and or tour operators are refusing to offer compensation or credit for deferrals or cancellations. [16596/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to legislate for the regulation of e-scooters in 2020. [17231/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Traffic Management (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the decision to open the gates of the Phoenix Park to through traffic is a permanent one; and if the decision is under review. [17273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (21 Jul 2020)

Paul McAuliffe: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [16896/20]