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Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I commend both Ministers of State on an excellent insight into the Estimates. It is good to have an opportunity to speak to them here today. Later this afternoon we will see the launch of the July stimulus, which is all about securing jobs, securing the viability of businesses and attempting to address regional imbalance across Ireland. Political commentators and economists are telling us...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to engage with Longford County Council in view of the significant reduction in commercial rates due to the decarbonisation process in the midlands. [17640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €5 million contribution for the Just Transition Fund from the ESB is exclusively for the south County Longford and west County Offaly regions as the two communities most affected (details supplied). [17829/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Power Stations (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request the ESB to cease planning for the demolition of the power station at Lough Ree Power, Lanesboro, County Longford as per the recommendation contained in the Just Transition Commissioner report. [17830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider a timeline to commit to for making all census returns accessible online for the benefit of historians and Irish persons worldwide researching their family trees (details supplied). [17828/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Research and Training (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions will be considered to allow Irish persons studying medicine in other EU states to continue their studies at medical schools here for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. [17831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Enterprise Support Services (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when qualifying entrepreneurs can apply for the enterprise support grant for businesses impacted by Covid-19 (details supplied). [17832/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the speed, resources and capability will be increased to increase the current rate of forestry licensing approvals (details supplied). [17825/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a review of the forestry appeals committee in order to ensure that it is able to process forestry appeals in a two month timeframe (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17826/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a technical review group for the forestry sector will be established consisting of technical experts from across the industry in order to identify key and substantive improvements to the current processes (details supplied); and if so, if supporting legislation will be introduced in relation to same. [17827/20]

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I am pleased to see the Bill proceeding through the Dáil today. It will be important as we look to kick-start our economy in a Covid-19 era. The Bill will enable the distribution of low-cost loans to many businesses affected by the global pandemic. That will be a great help. Equally important and as significant as those low-cost loans will be the July stimulus programme. It will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of measures being introduced to support small theatres which have experienced significant disruption due to Covid-19. [17282/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers who are here this morning. We are in no doubt about the challenges facing the disability sector as it seeks to come to terms with the Covid-19 era. Many of the witnesses have eloquently emphasised that those challenges existed before Covid-19. I am particularly concerned about the funding challenge and the timeline for a return to full day care services. We got the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Protection (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place a compensation package for persons who booked flights prior to 16 March 2020 for summer 2020 in cases in which airlines are insisting on flying thus forcing families to either risk Covid-19 and bring back a second wave of the virus here or lose significant sums of money (details supplied). [16408/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that can be provided in the situation pertaining to students who only intended to sit one subject in the leaving certificate 2020 and would not have been in a position to avail of the continuous assessment option (details supplied). [16407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if the disparity in pay for staff at a facility (details supplied) will be addressed. [16409/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with the management at a facility (details supplied) to provide the necessary funding to ensure a day care service can resume. [16410/20]

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I am sharing time with Deputies Cathal Crowe and O'Callaghan. I am thankful for this opportunity to speak on the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020, specifically its importance and relevance to rural Ireland. We all know and realise that Covid-19 has ripped through the heart of rural Ireland, robbing families of loved ones and imposing a necessary lockdown on rural Ireland that ran...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications made to the Just Transition Fund to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (14 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a group (details supplied). [15647/20]