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An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Pa Daly: The term "medical officer" should be clearly defined for the avoidance of any doubt. I state that because serious powers are being invested in him or her. A draft order should also be provided for the medical officer to sign and it should be a uniform order. The terms of the order should be included in any annex or Schedule or in the regulations. The regulations should also provide that a...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Pa Daly: We live in a country where there was a misuse of sectional guidelines with regard to mental health facilities and children's homes down through the years. There is a potential lack of proportionality in what is proposed. All I can do is highlight my experience in regard to the drug trafficking legislation. As a young solicitor in the courts in the Bridewell the first client I met was not a...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Pa Daly: The economy in Kerry and along the Wild Atlantic Way has been destroyed by Covid-19. Disadvantaged by peripherality, Kerry is more dependent on tourism than any other county. In every category of the Southern Regional Assembly and the Covid-19 Regional Economic Analysis published yesterday, Kerry presents as the county worst affected by the crisis. Nationally, tourism employs more than...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the payment of wages for apprentices in ETB centres has been changed to fortnightly rather than weekly. [4767/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (13 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 478. To ask the Minister for Health if the €60,000 cut in funding for an association (details supplied) will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4071/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 573. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be treated for orthodontic care in St. Finbarr’s Hospital, Douglas Road, Cork in view of the circumstances [4489/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (13 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 952. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding set aside to support inshore fishermen in view of the fact the funding for storage does not suit this sector. [5452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that parents on maternity leave or parental leave can avail of and be included in the wage subsidy scheme upon their return to work (details supplied). [6235/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide guidance to secondary schools to ensure that predictive grades are provided for subjects that may be taught outside the secondary school of the student (details supplied). [6242/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (20 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-border directive application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5577/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childcare Costs (20 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 796. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the statement by a union (details supplied) regarding subsidised childcare. [6830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (20 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 1158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if calls by adoptees to have an automatic right to access their own information, including their own birth name and automatic access to their own birth certificate will be supported. [6862/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Pa Daly: 1199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will change the Covid-19 contact number to a freephone 1800 number (details supplied). [5640/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: First of all, I thank all the witnesses for coming in to answer our questions. I will address the first question to Ms Buckley. Ms Buckley mentioned the national standards published in August of last year. One of the first themes in the national standards relates to how there must be a responsive workforce and how recruitment of staff should be able to deliver safe and effective services...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: At the time that it was opened had any of them been Garda vetted? Had any of them done the course? Had any of them any experience in working in a direct provision centre?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: Ms Buckley mentioned that it was important for the Department to ensure the safety and well-being of all residents. That includes in respect of the accommodation provided. Under the theme of national standards, which Ms Buckley also mentioned, the document states that the planning and design of accommodation should be informed by the needs of residents. This includes the need for own-door...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: I think the Skellig Star was first reviewed or surveyed, or whatever the phrase is, by someone from the Department of Justice and Equality in August or September of last year. Presumably, that person was aware of the minimum standards and may have been aware of the joint committee's report, which stated that the Department of Justice and Equality should avoid isolated locations with few...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: The new standards had been in place a month before that person went down to Cahersiveen, so was it a survey, or what exactly was the purpose-----

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: Regarding the size of rooms and so on, the Department is still using - I ask Ms Buckley to correct me if I am wrong - the McMahon report, which uses a definition from the Housing Act 1966 as the minimum space required for a bedroom, which is 4.65 sq. m. That is about the size of a double bed. Is that standard, referred to in the publication which came out last August, still the one the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Direct Provision Centres (26 May 2020)

Pa Daly: When the outbreak occurred in Cahersiveen, an offer was put to the PRO, who contacts the local elected representatives, of other accommodation in a holiday village in the county. That would have been own-door accommodation. Two of the cottages were actually offered for free. In an effort to take some families out of the Skellig Star, an offer was made. That was turned down by the...