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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I believe this is also relevant to the debate around our ability to have committee hearings. Public health advice about the health implications of proximity is acting as a barrier to having further committees to cover the many different areas in our society where people are in real trouble and need their voices heard. We are told we can only have one committee because of physical...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: This House is doing essential work to represent the people of this country.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would appreciate it if the Taoiseach would respond to my inquiry as well.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He has not done so far. My point concerns the procedures and the schedule for this week. This schedule is a sham. Commitments to transparency relating to issues such as the expert advisory group to the NPHET are made in the House and then they are just ignored.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The point of this place is basic transparency and accountability. If I ask for the minutes of the expert advisory group for two months, am promised them time and time again and never get them, something is wrong. I want the Taoiseach to tell the Minister for Health to publish the minutes of the expert advisory group. We need to know what the experts told NPHET.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did hear it-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, hold on, a Cheann Comhairle. I am pointing out that the procedures and the mechanisms for accountability set up by the Business Committee, where I first sought the publication of the minutes of the expert advisory group on 16 March-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On 16 March-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: There were multiple commitments. Are commitments made-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am asking whether commitments made in this House and to the Business Committee are respected or are they just meaningless.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I got answers, I have got commitments and promises and they have come to nothing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: At this point the Dáil and the Business Committee are being treated with contempt by the refusal to publish the minutes of the expert advisory group; the people who are supposed to be advising NPHET on the public health response.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not just the sub-committee; it is this House and the Business Committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I concur with that point, but I want to raise another issue. The sessions we are having this week, and indeed every week, were established on the basis that we could ask questions of Ministers and get accountability during the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week in the Dáil, I was given a commitment by the CMO that they would publish the minutes of the expert advisory group to NPHET.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to support the need of members of the Defence Forces for secure long-term housing; if the matter will be addressed through local authority housing or council mortgages or by the Defence Forces directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7638/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Banking Sector (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to ensure that banks which offered term extensions to loans, including mortgages, will not add penalties or recapitalisation or accruals but will resume the exact same repayments pre-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7665/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some employers in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme are making the employees continue to work full-time but for substantially reduced salary; if he will address this matter immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has checked or will check the number of companies that are registered offshore but are operating here that are in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme or other special Covid-19 financial supports; the number of companies in this category; the amount of public funds they are receiving in total and on average; his views on whether companies avoiding tax...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if in the interests of supporting a fair economic recovery, he will continue to provide full income supports to workers in sectors particularly hard hit by the impact of Covid-19 and the public health measures (details supplied); if he will establish specific tailor-made financial packages of support for these workers and sectors and urgently engage with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students of social care will be given clarity with regard to their placements; if they will not be held up from graduating as a result of placements being cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7501/20]