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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I want to go to the core of the issue. Workers in meat plants were supposed to be tested yesterday. A decision was taken at a national level to postpone those tests and they will not be carried out until next week. We know that at least 1,500 Covid cases have been associated with meat plants. We know that the meat plants and the outbreaks within them were the primary cause of the entire...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of banks that have communicated to the Central Bank an intention to pay dividends in 2020; the actions of the Central Bank in response in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of banks that have communicated to the Central Bank an intention to pay bonuses in 2020; the actions of the Central Bank in response in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22207/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurers that have communicated to the Central Bank an intention to pay dividends in 2020; the actions of the Central Bank in response in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 304. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurers that have communicated to the Central Bank an intention to pay bonuses in 2020; the actions of the Central Bank in response in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Currency Exchange (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 307. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times and the dates on which the working group to monitor cryptocurrency development has met since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22314/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management, CFRAM, flood risk management plan for Donegal town; the progress on the implementation of same that has been made to date; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22679/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teacher placement as part of teacher training courses will proceed in 2020 in primary and post-primary schools; if health and safety plans are in place for same; if her Department is working with the teacher training colleges on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22677/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to offer a concession in respect of third-level fees in view of the Covid-19 pandemic in which many third-level students will not be physically attending third-level Institutions as much as in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 993. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have a medical procedure expedited in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 1187. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive the remainder of their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 1432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the ANC review in County Donegal; the townlands excluded; and the reason they were excluded with details for each townland. [21833/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht anseo. Tá a fhios agam gur chuir teaghlaigh fríd an Stát fáilte mhór roimh athoscailt na scoileanna. Ag an am céanna, bhí imní ar go leor daoine. The families who were worried were those facing into a school year where their child might be without much-needed special needs supports in the classroom....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Earlier this week the figures provided by the National Screening Service to my colleague, an Teachta Cullinane, show a massive backlog in cancer screening throughout the State. It highlights that a catch-up programme is urgently needed. The figures show that fewer than 100,000 people have been screened through the State's three cancer screening programmes this year compared with five times...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: This was not only an issue of delay but also of misdiagnosis. It was an issue of serious flaws at management level in Letterkenny University Hospital, at Saolta level, but also at governmental level. One of the recommendations of the review is that a maternity or obstetrics ward would be commissioned. That ward was built, not yesterday or the years before that but in 2000. A...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Sep 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I was going to make a point but Deputy Martin Kenny may be able to speak better to this. We raised concerns that the offences are not being set out in the legislation, but our understanding now is that the regulations are to be published before the legislation is fully dealt with and there will be clarity in that respect. It would be helpful if the Minister for Health could clarify this for...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the attendees. My question is for Dr. Ronan Glynn. I thank him for all the work he has been doing on behalf of the people. Helpfully, on 19 August, he recorded a video on social media in which he outlined where the majority of the 1,200 cases that had emerged over the previous 14 days were from. He identified that 360 came from meat plants, 90 from direct provision centres, 40...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that the whole point of this is to keep us safe and to keep the nation safe and I appreciate the work the witnesses are doing. I just want to get to the facts that the recommendations are based on. Cinemas can remain open but attending an outdoor event, whether it is 50 people or 70 people who are socially distanced, is not permitted. Is there any evidence that people had...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Pearse Doherty: How many?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that, but again I am just trying to ascertain the data backing up a decision like this. It is a major decision. There is now full restriction on going to a local GAA championship match, regardless of the numbers. We are talking about large open spaces, but regardless of people travelling alone to matches and taking all the precautions, they are forbidden from doing that under...