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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 994. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children will be able to attend crèche multiple days per week in September 2020. [8424/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 995. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when all parents will be able to resume using childminding services in the child’s and childminder’s home. [8425/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 998. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has raised the possibility of childminders that mind children in their own homes to recommence minding children in the home of the childminder if they care for children from just one household. [8496/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Schemes (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1001. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she had planned on spending the €4.7 million per week on the childcare scheme for essential workers; the way in which this funding is now being spent in view of the fact the scheme has been cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1019. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if applications to the early years capital programme 2020 will be reopened in view of the fact that they were suspended before the original deadline of 27 March 2020; if there are alternative capital funding options open to services at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9053/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1020. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the introduction of pods in centre-based settings as part of the reopening of services from 29 June 2020; if all providers will have to introduce a pod system; if services can develop an alternative system of care tailored to their building and staffing arrangements; if ratios will be reduced to facilitate pods; if...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1021. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare worker is supervising a pod, which person then monitors the pod while that person is on break; if pods will overlap for part of the day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1030. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include representative groups for au pairs and in home care in her Department’s planning for reopening services on 29 June 2020, in view of the increase in remote working; if she will support agencies to place persons legally in the family home; if she has set a date from when agencies can start placing persons...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (3 Jun 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension will be given to those in receipt of jobseeker's benefit before Covid-19 restrictions were introduced in view of the fact that there were limited opportunities to secure work during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8492/20]

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Chambers for sharing his time with me this evening. I too acknowledge the fabulous work An Post has done in connecting in with people in recent weeks. However, the two issues I wish to address this evening are broadband and our new engagement with social media. Is the Department engaging with the Department of Education and Skills on creating a heat map to ensure teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tax Credits (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if childminders will continue to be able to access the childminders tax credit if they provide care in the home of the child on a temporary basis as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. [7609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student based at a network (details supplied) is entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment if already in receipt of jobseeker's; if he will reinstate the travel allowance of €12.70 and the meal allowance of €4; if not, when is he expecting to reintroduce such allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision is going ahead in 2020; if not, if it will be facilitated in the homes of the children; the alternate plans he is developing for the July provision; when these plans will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7547/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a means-tested intervention to assist student accommodation providers that may not be able to reimburse students for the time they will not be using student accommodation due to Covid-19 restrictions which would allow students to end their tenancy early without financial penalty; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in place to extend maternity leave and maternity leave benefit in view of Covid-19 and the restrictions this has put on mothers; if consultations have taken place over the impact Covid-19 restrictions have had on mothers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7391/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 400. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when physical therapists, reflexologists, homeopathists and yoga instructors can return to work; if guidance has been sought from NPHET for such businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7094/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if partners can attend the birth of their child in Portiuncula Hospital; the restrictions in place for the birthing process in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7557/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if the partner of a woman in labour can attend the birth in University Hospital Galway; if an alternative person can attend if the partner is unable to attend; the advice being offered by the HSE for such cases in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 860. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the Independent Review of Costs of Delivering Childcare in Ireland; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7237/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 868. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when childminders will be able to recommence providing services to parents that are healthcare workers, essential workers and all parents in their own homes and in the home of the child. [7608/20]