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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 615. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to address the significant shortfall in childcare spaces in Maynooth, Celbridge and Kilcock, County Kildare. [10080/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 625. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by his Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 655. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by her Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by his Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 730. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by her Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9979/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: One of the issues which was raised strongly with me and some of my colleagues was the issue of clarity about reopening. The Health and Safety Authority has published the Return to Work Safely Protocol but it is not at all clear in some sectors what segment of people come back in. I would like a response on this. It is probably more to do with the smaller business sector than the larger...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Can something be done on greater clarity now? Is it too late?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Most of us are hearing that the small to medium sector in particular does not want to take on more debt. The rate of interest is not coming up as much as the accumulation of debt, which is coming across very strongly as a real risk that people do not feel they can take on. I assume this is what the witnesses are also hearing. I share some of the views expressed on our industrial policy...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I refer to the point Deputy Doherty made about the drawdown on the liquidity scheme. What is the reporting mechanism to the Department on that? What has been drawn down so far?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I just want to focus on the drawdown.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What has it been it up to now?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is regarding the liquidity from the banks. It is the point Deputy Doherty was making.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The very obvious one at the beginning would have been the online trading scheme. We heard from people who were making applications up to last week. Yesterday's announcement is very welcome. Would that not have been the most obvious requirement given that retailers could not open their doors? People have been shopping online which was an opportunity. It may well be an opportunity in the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I know it was very popular because I was getting phone calls to my office, as others were also. The problem is that there was a lag. It strikes me that this would have been the really obvious one to ensure that there was sufficient funding.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There is another area-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: If the money is exhausted presumably there will be further opportunities. With the limited amount of time still available to me, I will move on to the response on the Safe Pass, which is another issue which is coming up strongly. While the extension of the time periods is welcome, new applicants and many people who came back from other countries cannot work because they do not have a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We all know how difficult-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ----- and costly it is to create new employment. The connection between employment and the wage subsidy scheme is very important. It is a good scheme. The time lag in a matter like this has to be minimised. We will lose opportunities. I can envisage a situation in a year’s time where we will be looking back and asking why we did not do this more quickly. This is a very important...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge the role of the Garda in the community call initiative. A huge amount of unseen work has been done on that and some good relationships have been built up through that initiative that should be encouraged to continue after the Covid-19 pandemic is over, and we hope that will be sooner rather than later. For some areas, it has been novel to see the kind of visibility of...