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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources and budget increase being considered for the NCSE to deal with the substantial increase in the needs of children that are being very negatively affected by school closures due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts spent by the Legal Aid Board on solicitors, barristers and personal insolvency practitioners for applications under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7541/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 360. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review Legal Aid Service since its inception; the details of these payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and person; the amounts that have been incurred...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of Covid-19 deaths by age, profession, socio-economic class, gender and details of underlying illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8280/20]