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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...

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

Alan Kelly: 288. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of addressing pay inequality in the health service in 2021; if he will provide a breakdown by grade; the position of his Department on this policy issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/20]

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

Alan Kelly: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on agency staff in 2020 to date across the health service; the breakdown for the amount spent on nursing agency staff to date in 2020; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22903/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned reduction in prescription charges from budget 2020; when it will be implemented; the additional funding that was provided to his Department for this reduction; when charges for persons over 70 will be reduced to €1 per item and to €1.50 per item for all others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/20]

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

Alan Kelly: 291. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a free contraception service, as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eight Amendment to the Constitution; his plans to provide it by 2021 as committed to by his predecessor in Dáil Éireann; the specifics of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of reducing prescription charges for all persons to €1 per item with a cap of €10 and to €1.50 per item with a cap of €15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of removing all inpatient hospital charges, all out patient hospital charges, all emergency hospital charges, all long-term stay charges and exempting all children under 18 years of age from acute hospital charges in tabular form; the total collected for each in 2019; the projected yield for 2020; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards in 2021 to all terminally ill patients and those diagnosed with cancer, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22908/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing medical card income limits by 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22909/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (9 Sep 2020)

Alan Kelly: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the home support service in 2020; the number of home care packages funded; the projected additional cost of providing a home care package to every identified case in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22910/20]