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Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made by HIQA employees in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of staff that made protected disclosures that are working on a full-time basis with HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Communications (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 803. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken formally with the Director General of the WHO since 1 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24053/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting 120 extra paramedics. [24054/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with farmers to ensure that participants in the beef data genomics programme will not face penalties due to not having sufficient four or five-star animals in their herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation provided to farmers for blanket bog land under their control; his plans to provide additional supports to those with land designations relating to the EU Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to increase the upper limit ceiling in the pig and poultry investment scheme under TAMS II; if so, the new upper limit ceiling being considered; when such changes will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs per applicant on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2019, by county, in tabular form. [23489/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an inquiry or examination into the circumstances relating to the recent tragic death of an asylum seeker in emergency accommodation will be carried out; the form that examination or inquiry will take; and the expected timeframe of same. [22358/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (9 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for being here. He is obviously incredibly busy and he has made himself available for quite a number of sessions over recent days, so I thank him for that. I come from a county that has had a strangely high rate and prevalence of Covid-19 cases recently. At the moment I think it stands at 40.7 per 100,000, which is incredibly high, considering that Monaghan is such a...

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion [Private Members] (9 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: The greatest threat to the response to Covid-19 is a lack of public confidence. I welcome this motion from the Rural Independent Group, not that I support the notion that we have no regulations at all, but because it clearly points out and puts on the record of this House that a dent has been made in public confidence. The Government is responsible for that undermining of public confidence...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Not agreed. We object to the sitting on Thursday moving back to the Convention Centre. It undermines the credibility of the House that we cannot come up with a solution that allows us to do our business here. As parents send their children on school buses and people go back to work in meat factories and other settings, the suggestion that we cannot come up with a working proposal that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Deputy McGrath is just making things up.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: He is.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: A Cheann Comhairle-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Can I make a point, please?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Nobody is suggesting that we ignore the public health advice. As has been the case with the pubs today, for example, the public health advice can be reflective of what is a requirement. In our case, this House is required to meet in this place. In my view, public opinion demands it. This has been Sinn Féin's consistent position. I hope it can be clarified to the House that when the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: That is factually the position that would allow us to sit here.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: What I suggest is that the Business Committee meet this evening to find a way, in line with public health advice, that we can do our business in this House.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance the State agency which has oversight of State savings accounts administered via An Post and to whom persons who have an issue with the practices of An Post with administration of savings accounts and schemes should address grievances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22423/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations in place with regard to proof of identification and verification with regard to accessing and or closing financial services or accounts administered by An Post or other bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/20]