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Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry that I was delayed. I was not expecting this session to start so early. On the maternity leave, there are two issues. If a person does not go back to work but is available for work, does he or she get the Covid payment? The second is the possibility of extended maternity leave being introduced. I understand that would take legislation. The Minister might tell me if it would...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expedite the introduction of the part of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 that relates to statements of truth, as outlined under head 12 of the general scheme of the Bill as published, in view of the urgency of facilitating continued business without compromising the health and safety...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an up to date risk assessment has been carried out in relation to managing the risk of Covid-19 entering the prison system and at the same time reducing the negative impact of these measures in the medium-term on prisoners and prison life; if plans are in place to ensure sufficient capacity for quarantining within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken as part of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to lessen the restrictions in prisons due to the Covid-19 pandemic on a phased basis; if a roadmap in this regard has been published; if so, the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8134/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reduction in the prison population needed to ensure there are adequate facilities available to deal with a possible outbreak of Covid-19 in the prison system; the criteria being used to determine Covid-19 related early releases to reduce overcrowding in the prison system; if this is purely risk based; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken to ensure in the absence of visits to prisons due to the Covid-19 pandemic that prisoners have continued access to their families by way of phone and video calls; if the enhanced facilities have been extended to all prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8133/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the reason different rates of funding are being paid in respect of wigs and hairpieces to medical card holders residing in different areas in the country; if a breakdown of funding based on each local authority area will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 621. To ask the Minister for Health when the temporary measures he introduced as part of his response to the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to doctors being allowed to prescribe abortion pills after a teleconference with a patient rather than a physical visit, as required heretofore, will be rescinded in view of the reduction of pressure of work on general practitioners in recent weeks and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the medical advice given to him before he changed the regulations in relation to the need for a physical visit to a doctor before abortion pills could be prescribed, which he said was in response to the changed circumstances due to Covid-19; who gave this advice; whether he is willing to publish the advice given to him on this matter; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a grant similar to the restart grant for livestock marts that had to close during the Covid-19 crisis or were impacted by a 25% reduction in turnover to assist them out of the crisis caused by the pandemic in view of the fact marts are not eligible for the scheme announced by the Minister for Business,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 842. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to providing special support to the small public service vehicle tourism sector due to the fact that the industry has come to a standstill for the 2020 tourism season and will only make a slow recovery in 2021; the measures in place to sustain this vital link in the tourism chain over the medium term;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 890. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to set up a public enquiry into an organisation (details supplied) in view of the publication of a report to establish the facts formally, including an examination of the actions of staff and volunteers and to make recommendations for change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8129/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 992. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a carer's allowance appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) within 21 days of a decision of a review request is not being accepted; her plans to change the law to ensure that the Appeals Office must accept an appeal within 21 days of the final decision after a review has been turned down; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1011. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the law suspending the right of workers to claim redundancy payments to exclude from the law workers whose employers have had a liquidator appointed by the High Court and that are therefore closed permanently; if so, when is it planned to amend same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8128/20]

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister, Deputy Creed, tell us whether something more than guidelines on social distancing in workplaces was issued by the HSE and the Health and Safety Authority? It is factories today, but it could be some other type of enterprise tomorrow. Will the Minister tell us whether the inspectors now enforce a regime that means that people work at a social distance from one another...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am thorough about my work and I made an inquiry to my Whip as to whether there was a definition of heritage for the purposes of the debate. I was told there was not and it would concern all heritage matters. Mura oidhreacht í an Ghaeilge, tá an-iontas orm déanta na fírinne.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One of the primary responsibilities of the Minister is to that great part of our heritage, the Irish language. I was surprised that she did not address issues relating to the language.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not on the Covid-19 committee and I want an answer in the plenary session of the Dáil. Tá sé de cheart agam é sin a fháil. Táim ag caint i mBéarla inniu mar níl aon chóras aistriúcháin ar fáil inniu. Therefore, I will address myself to the matter because the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan,...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has responsibility for the Gaeltacht. There are 15 Ministers in the Cabinet under the Constitution and she has ministerial responsibility for the Gaeltacht. As I stated, the Irish language is a particularly important part of our heritage. It is one of the oldest written languages in Europe and it is still a vernacular. Of course, the Gaeltacht is the place that is a living...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 May 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that wish to pursue a postgraduate course in the United Kingdom or in other EU countries but are permanently resident here are eligible for assistance under the normal conditions of the SUSI scheme; if not, the reason postgraduate students are not afforded the same assistance as undergraduate students; and if he will make a...