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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the minor flooding relief schemes received from Mayo County Council in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeals system will be introduced for 2020 leaving certificate students which allows the calculated grades given to be challenged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26531/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a redundancy waiver or similar intervention will be reintroduced for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment in view of the fact they are not in a position to pay redundancies to their staff with zero income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26535/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 826. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to alleviate the waiting times being imposed on children and their parents when availing of State provided orthodontic care in counties Mayo and Galway; his plans to tackle the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26529/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for State-provided orthodontic care in counties Mayo and Galway; the number who have been categorised as having a high level of need for orthodontic treatment but have been subjected to a waiting time of 36 months and more; the number of orthodontists assigned to tacking general waiting lists in the counties; and if...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: The HSE employs more than 135,000 people. The fact that its own internal audit and risk management committees have not identified this or presented adequate information on the inadequacies around financial management and good governance in respect of procurement is something that the committee probably needs to evaluate. Every organisation upgrades its systems. We are in a digital age in...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (23 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State, and the Department for their continued work in ensuring transport connectivity, especially public transport connectivity, has remained operational during the past few months. Mayo's Inishturk and Clare Island rely on ferry services as there are no alternative options available, so it is important to recognise the efforts of those working in our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (22 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an area aid application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/20]

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

Alan Dillon: First, I thank the Tánaiste and Minister with responsibility for enterprise, trade and employment as well as the Ministers of State, Deputies English and Troy, for their work in providing an update on the range of business supports now available. Confidence and certainty are critical sentiments required by local businesses and enterprise operating in the real economy. Thankfully, this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 70. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the key recommendations and lessons contained within the publication of the Covid-19 Mayo University investigation report; the Department which will oversee implementing of solutions to the key findings; and the timeline for same [23724/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 761. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the key recommendations and lessons contained within the publication of the Covid-19 Mayo University investigation report; and the Department which will oversee implementing of solutions to the key findings; and the timeline for same. [23852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 759. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans extending the opening hours for primary health centres to elevate demand for acute accident and emergency hospital settings and address the trolley crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Sep 2020)

Alan Dillon: 760. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for reopening general practitioner clinics for routine medical assessment for patients who require a medical examination and have tested negative for Covid-19. [23851/20]

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

Alan Dillon: First, I wish the Minister of State the very best in her new portfolio. I welcome the opportunity to highlight the incredible effort and sacrifice made by our older people in recent months as we navigated the Covid-19 era. I cannot overstate the significant changes Ireland's older people made to their daily lives in order to adhere to public health guidelines and those efforts must be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to private school bus operators that have suffered huge losses of earnings due to Covid-19 and are unable to resume services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she plans to take to ring-fence arrangements for physical education capital projects and to allow unspent grants to be carried forward into the academic year 2020/2021 (details supplied). [19402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (30 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide employment contracts to school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16294/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (29 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: I will continue. I thank the Minister for providing an update tonight for the business owners who genuinely feel let down by insurance products that they thought they could rely on. In any case, it remains the case that retailers continue to be distracted by something they feel should be straightforward and takes away from them getting their business operating to the best of their abilities...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (29 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: I raise a Topical Issue matter relating to the difficulties facing insurance policyholders with regard to claims arising from business interruption. I can speak of two serious cases that have been brought to my attention by local retailers in recent weeks - and I am sure there are many more nationally - in which claims under business interruption cover were refused despite very clear wording...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jul 2020)

Alan Dillon: On 20 June, the Government set up a task force to report to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Government on the restructuring of the aviation sector. The task force report was sent to Government on 10 July. How is it proposed to deal with the task force's recommendations? Are they to be referred to a special committee or dealt with by the Covid-19 committee? If they...