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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 742. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare facilities which indicated their closure in 2020; the comparison with 2018 and 2019; a breakdown of counties in which closures are taking place; the number of places lost; the counties in which new facilities are opening; the number of planned places in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 743. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of demand for crèche places in September 2020; the estimated number of children not returning to crèches in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 744. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of after-school places that will be provided in September 2020; if there is engagement with the Department of Education and Skills on the provision of additional after-school places on a full-time basis in the event primary schools do not reopen in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19124/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 745. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated fall in the number of ECCE places for September 2020; the indicative number of children who will commence and continue in ECCE in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19125/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 799. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application in the case of a person (details supplied). [18648/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 1079. To ask the Minister for Health if access to assessment in Linn Dara CAMHS inpatient unit will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); if same will be addressed at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19068/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 1081. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development phase of Naas General Hospital, including the endoscopy unit, the new national children's hospital and other similar capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19098/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I listened elsewhere to the deliberations so far and I do not want to go over the points raised by other members. Is it expected that Dublin and the other airports throughout the country can operate at the scale they are presently doing and still remain viable?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: In the event of there being no let up in the virus and it continuing as it is at present, do the company representatives foresee any further curtailment of services at the airports in Dublin, Cork and Shannon? If so, are such curtailments envisaged at this time and have the companies decided on the shape they might take?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: In the event of international travel not reviving to the extent required to create that viability, does the DAA have any plans in mind to deal with the situation as it arises?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: These are my last questions, Chairman. What is the single biggest investment the DAA might be able to make, pending the recovery of traffic, now and in the foreseeable future, keeping in mind the necessity to observe international rules on health and viability?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I would respond to comments by Aer Lingus and Ryanair as follows. It goes without saying that the Government and the Oireachtas are acutely aware of the necessity of ensuring connectivity for business and for reasons of pleasure. However, the airlines must be conscious that the Government also has responsibility for maintaining best practice in health measures. We know this is an island...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Have the airlines carried passengers recently from areas of high infection who have been responsible for another spike at their destination?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I myself, and I think most people here, would be anxious that every possible assistance be made to the airlines to ensure their long-term viability. We realise the serious threats they are under at the present time, but do they also recognise the issues that face Government at present? These include the possibility of a spike, a recurrence, a second wave and what that will do not only to...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Impact on Aviation (resumed) (28 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: We do realise all the implications, on both sides of the argument. That is why I put that out there because I do not always accept the figures put forward by the airlines. For instance, restrictions between the UK and Northern Ireland have been reintroduced in the past couple of weeks.

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am sharing with Deputy Carroll-MacNeill. I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on her accession to her office and wish her a very satisfactory time there. I have no doubt she will discharge her duties with the usual distinction. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on this very important legislation. Education is always important but particularly so in the present times, when...

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy and call the next speaker for Solidarity-People before Profit, Deputy Paul Murphy.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise to the Deputy for having interrupted him to facilitate a special announcement by the Government Chief Whip. Deputy Murphy will not lose any of his time.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is that agreed. Agreed.

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: We now move to the Sinn Féin party. Is Deputy Conway-Walsh sharing time?