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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: We understand that the CE scheme is used as a stepping stone back to employment and that positions are neither full time nor sustainable over a long period of time. I am aware that the former Minister, now Senator Doherty, agreed to an interdepartmental group, IDG, to explore social inclusion schemes. The current Minister previously mentioned that she recently chaired a group meeting. Can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of places on community employment, CE, schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39720/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: What are the Minister of State's plans to increase the number of places on the CE scheme? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I recognise the full value of the CE schemes, especially for participants in rural communities. They provide vital social and community services that otherwise could not be afforded by many organisations. These include childcare, including early childhood care, environmental and resource work, bus driving, caretaking and other work of this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the increase to the fuel allowance payment will take effect; the number of persons in County Mayo who will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39721/20]

Public Accounts Committee (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the Chairman's statement. The Committee of Public Accounts is one of the most important and effective of the parliamentary committees. The Chairman's actions have impacted on the work of the committee, especially given his privileged position as the Chair. The public see accountability as a moral construct which is only achieved when public officials serve with the commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of work undertaken by the Northern and Western Regional Assembly in view of the European Commission official downgrade of the Northern and Western region from a More Developed Region to a Transition Region post-2020; and the way in which he is planning to administer the estimated €1 billion in European Structural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding for replacement dispensing units to schools impacted by the recall of a sanitiser (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40536/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to enable those who have signed a grandfathering declaration to continue as childcare workers beyond September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40535/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has legislative plans to remove the Edward's principle, which allows a party causing a nuisance to refuse compensation to the suffering part due to the land outside their railings, trestles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40545/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting list of 4 to 8 months for urgent paediatric scans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40531/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will update Covid-19 advice for pregnant women to include the findings of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and The Royal College of Midwives and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine that women who are 28 weeks pregnant and beyond are at an increased risk of becoming severely ill upon contraction of the virus; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for respite services for children with special needs in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40534/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision on the approval of duodopa by the HSE; if any of the €50 million allocation for the approval of new medicines is being used for this consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40540/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the funding allocated to early intervention and school age disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the occupational therapy and speech therapy staff resources allocated to disability services in County Mayo in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fully reinstate the provision of early intervention and school age disability services [40543/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 145. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing resources to disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40544/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: 212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address the imbalance in ferry subsidies on islands (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40533/20]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Alan Dillon: I welcome our guests. I concur with Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan and acknowledge Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland's teams, as well as the Department officials who work extremely hard to promote Ireland. The tourism sector makes a vital contribution to the local economy in the constituency I represent in Mayo. It supports over 5,500 jobs and generates something in the region of...