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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Waiting Lists and Screening (Resumed) (17 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Given the challenges Mr. McCallion has identified, which will emerge in the next six to 12 months, there is likely to be a cost. Has the HSE made a submission to the Government on the extra challenges and how they might best be met? For example, should the responses to them be funded by grants, loans raised under the European Union's €800 billion coronavirus recovery fund or some...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: There is a short time left.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Give the Ministers time to reply. The time has expired. I apologise; there are two more slots left. I was ahead of myself. One gets confused in this place, especially with the lights. The next slot is Fine Gael's. Deputies Carroll MacNeill and Alan Farrell have 15 minutes.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy Harkin is up in the gods. I could not locate her.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The Ministers will have to correspond with the Deputy.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: It would not be fair to the Ministers to expect them to answer comprehensively the questions that were raised. If it is acceptable, I ask each Minister to communicate with Deputies on the questions they have raised. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Next is the Regional Group, which has eight minutes.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. We are coming near the end.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister. We now move to Solidarity-People Before Profit and Deputy Gino Kenny. Is the Deputy sharing time?

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: That is fine. The Deputies have eight minutes in total.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the most effective measures that are likely to impact positively on the economy in view of Covid-19 in the shortest possible time in the context of economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether financial supports to restart the economy in the aftermath of Brexit and Covid-19 are realisable and will be effective in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which alternatives can be put in place to prevent or control the most negative aspects now emerging in terms of investment, foreign direct investment and small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the proposed European Covid-19 rescue fund to be applied across the European Union; if it will be proportional to the extent to which each country has been affected by the virus in terms of economic and financial cost or by another mechanism; the degree to which this is likely to affect the case of Ireland; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve the case of Ireland in the context of likely benefit from the multibillion euro Covid-19 related rescue fund of the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16431/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the mutualisation of debt arising from the Covid-19 crisis is likely to occur throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16430/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the economy here to recover from the Covid-19 crisis, with particular reference to those sectors most severely impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects European state aid rules to be relaxed to facilitate the provision of vital infrastructure such as housing, health and education facilities and support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to review the impact of Brexit on various aspects of the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (16 Jul 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which lending rates of interest here can be brought in line with those applicable in other eurozone countries in view of the commitment by Ireland to the Single Market and the need to ensure that consumers here receive equal treatment to their counterparts throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16447/20]