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Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I am sharing time. With the permission of the Minister, I will engage in rapid fire questions and answers. There are three major issues in the childcare sector which I wish to raise, the first issue being childcare for health care workers. I listened to the Minister's statement. What amazes me is that her first mention of the Department's provision for emergency childcare for essential...

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. Will the Minister explain to me why then for the past two weeks when I have sought the detailed minutes of all the meetings that have happened between her Department and NPHET they have not been provided?

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I have asked for them on three occasions and I have had no response.

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. When it was becoming apparent that the outreach model was not going to work did the Minister examine the possibility of extending the partial state indemnity to childcare providers for Covid-19 related claims and did she consult with other insurance companies?

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Minister has responded in regard to consulting with the providers to assess the buy-in but only six signed up to the scheme. Can I hear the Minister's thoughts on only six of over 4,500 providers in the country signing up to the scheme?

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I will now move to the impact of Covid-19 on childcare more generally. Under the Government's plan to reopen Ireland, more workers will return to their places of work and this will create enormous pressures on the childcare sector. The road map provides for phases 3 and 4. On the last day the Minister was in the Dáil, I asked her what is an essential worker. Will she tell me today...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if childcare employees who are due to return to work following maternity leave are eligible for a subsidy under the temporary wage subsidy scheme [5560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if crèches that filed their P30 form and other documentation before 1 April 2020 are eligible for full payment under the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [5564/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if recipients of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment will be subjected to tax on the payments at a later date; if no decision has been made, when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with disabilities will be afforded one day per week in school before September 2020; the availability of additional supports for parents of children with disabilities in the provision of education if schools are remaining closed until September; the advice to parents on easing the pressure they are under in caring for children with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate results will be issued on the same date as in August 2019; if students applying to colleges abroad will have their results on time to begin their studies in other countries; if consultations have been had with UK authorities in relation to the situation with the leaving certificate and the knock-on effects for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will be tabling a motion to extend sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998, which are due to expire on the 29 June 2020; if he will be tabling a motion to extend section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, which is due to expire on the 29 June 2020; when he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legislative measures that expire in 2020 if a motion to extend them is not passed; the dates such legislation are due to expire in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 514. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure couples do not lose deposits if a wedding is cancelled due to restrictions; if hotels must refund couples amounts paid or expected if weddings are cancelled as a result of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5823/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency Data (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims submitted to the State Claims Agency relating to Covid-19; the number of expected claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that may be restricted from attending large social gatherings such as weddings as referenced in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business under phase 5 of community health measures; the meaning of to be restricted in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5813/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 726. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of smear tests that have not been carried out due to Covid-19 restrictions; the date normal operating times are expected to commence; the expected date for full capacity to be restored for carrying out smear tests; the plans in place to work throughs backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6145/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 889. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the availability of grants for farmers to provide a herd wide tuberculosis test following positive tests in recent years which would allow trace whether the source is internal or external to the herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6281/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (20 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 957. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage at which persons working in water sports can recommence work; if consideration has been given to persons that teach water sports with regard to the easing of restrictions for outdoor workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5889/20]