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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue with school transport for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Monuments (22 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Ryan Report recommendation to have a national memorial erected; her plans to have such a memorial erected; the timeline for same; if consideration has been given to the matter since the failed attempt in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Archives (22 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Ryan Report recommendations to have a national archive created for all records relating to children placed in institutional care and foster care and to have the archives of the religious orders and congregations that provided residential care to children included in such a national archive; his plans for same; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances to allow the granting of citizenship to elderly Irish persons that have lived here their entire lives but happen to be born in England, Scotland or Wales as their parents had been migrant workers there and then returned home soon after the baby was born; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the relevant authorities, for example, An Garda Síochána or the Health and Safety Authority, responsible for enforcing the provisions of the S.I. No. 296/2020 - Health Act 1947 (Section 31A – Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (Face Coverings in Certain Premises and Businesses) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Given the unprecedented circumstances in which we find ourselves, it is no surprise that we are talking about an unprecedented level of public expenditure. So far this year, expenditure has grossly exceeded projections and that is all down to the Covid pandemic. We are in the most extraordinary of circumstances and we all accept the underlying reasons for the substantial additional...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Liquidations (17 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: 47. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and his response to the proposal. [24593/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome the members of the expert panel and congratulate them on the panel's report. It is an excellent and comprehensive report which sets out a substantial number of recommendations, identifies the lead agency, which is very important, and suggests a timeframe. There is no doubt that we need to substantially change the policy on elder care and move towards a new model of care....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Professor Kelleher. It is important now that we look like being on the cusp of a second wave, regrettably, that all those recommendations are in place with regard to immediate concerns. Regarding longer-term policy changes that are so badly needed, is she satisfied that a mechanism is in place to implement the recommendations the expert panel is making or does it have further...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Professor Kelleher very much and I will pick up on a couple of points she made. She mentioned a reference group to be set up comprising members of her own group, which is important. Has she a timeline from the Minister for the setting up of that group?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Does the expert panel receive copies of the minutes?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the witnesses very much.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the officials from the Department and the HSE for their attendance and presentations. I will follow on from an issue raised by Deputy Duncan Smith. Questions of low pay and precarious work are clearly very pertinent to this whole issue. I would like Mr. Walsh to go into a bit more detail about the comments he made about the accommodation many of the staff are living in. It has been...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Approximately how many people have been involved?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Does Ms Tuohy have a ballpark figure?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. On what basis is that provided? Is it that the HSE meets the cost?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I am glad that is happening and that there is a contingency in place but this and so many other issues arising from the recommendations really underline the totally precarious nature of the funding model for nursing home care. It is very delicately calibrated to maximise the return on investment for the owners of the nursing homes while limiting the financial exposure of the State, neither...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: Okay.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I will ask Mr. Walsh a question about the need to change the model of care but, before I do, I will talk about changing the financial model around nursing home care, the dominance of the private sector, the tax-based approach, returns on investments and all of those kinds of things. Those kinds of issues work against quality care. Who is carrying out costings? What is the timescale...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (Resumed) (16 Sep 2020)

Róisín Shortall: I appreciate that as it relates to the model of care but my question related specifically to the continuation of nursing home care. There will be some element of that, and hopefully a reduced one, but questions arise about the role of the State and private sector, tax breaks and all of that kind of thing. I was curious to know whether any of that work has started. What is the level of...