Results 41-60 of 16,551 for speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the immediate closure of the direct provision centre in Cahersiveen, County Kerry will be ordered in view of the fact it is viewed as not fit for purpose. [6302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 596. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when businesses such as gyms or personal training operations can resume; if open air exercise training for groups of four or less can operate from 18 May 2020 in outdoor spaces; the part of phase two which refers to small retail outlets; and if this phase includes personal training which can take place on a one to one basis by...

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

Norma Foley: 754. To ask the Minister for Health if an automatic 14-day quarantine for all visitors by air or port will be enforced; and if resources will be made available for the enforcement of same. [6386/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 891. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be made available for the extension of Renard pier, Cahersiveen, County Kerry by at least 30 metres in order to allow bigger and deeper trawlers land their catches. [6366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 986. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the re-opening of NCT centres. [5825/20]

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

Norma Foley: 1248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons over 66 years of age will be included in the newly extended pandemic unemployment payment; and if not, if their current payment will be brought up to €350. [6271/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Student Support Schemes (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 1255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the point at which students from the class of 2020 will be eligible to apply for a jobseeker's allowance or payment should they wish to do so in view of the fact it is normally three months after exams but this is not an option in 2020 due to Covid-19 and the cancellation of exams. [6387/20]

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

Norma Foley: 1247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if seasonal workers will be included in the newly extended pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact they have been hugely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and disadvantaged by their inability to qualify for the payment. [6270/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Eligibility (20 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 1253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the requirement to work for 38 hours or more per fortnight to be eligible for the working family payment (details supplied). [6343/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: At the outset, I want to convey my sympathies to the families of all those who have passed away in the nursing home setting at this time, and to acknowledge the trauma for families and, equally, for nursing home staff. The focus today is very much on Covid-19 and how that has hit the nursing homes but, in the interests of balance, it is important to acknowledge that many nursing homes...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: I welcome that. A point raised with me by a number of nursing homes is the current position where if a patient has to be transferred to a hospital for a minor procedure - it may well be an X-ray, a cardiac issue or a pacemaker or a defibrillator check - on return to the nursing home, even though he or she might have only been on the hospital campus for an hour or two, he or she is expected...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Congregated Settings: Nursing Homes (Resumed) (26 May 2020)

Norma Foley: The turnaround for testing of staff in nursing homes has proven quite problematic as well. I want to raise that with the witnesses.

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

Norma Foley: I acknowledge the excellent work of the many organisations and Departments represented here today, and I do so unequivocally. Equally, there is much that could and should have been done better, which, when not done as it should be in terms of best practice, can have a catastrophic impact. I wish to raise this afternoon the catastrophic impact on the lives and quality of life of the...

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

Norma Foley: I absolutely dispute the fact that residents of the hotel accommodation in Dublin were not impacted by the positive diagnosis. Equally, I am still not clear who overruled the HSE in Cork and Kerry and its misgivings. I will move on, however. I note from the submission by the HSE head of primary care that the HSE is of the view that the first case of suspected Covid-19 in the Skellig Star...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the necessary funding will be provided as a matter of urgency to carry out emergency improvement works to the embankment at Cromane Lower, Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8097/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Safe Pass training has resumed; the date for it to resume; and if Safe Passes that have expired have been extended. [8095/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take with operators of student accommodation to seek refunds for students who left the accommodation on the instruction of his Department on 12 March 2020. [8098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 471. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when casual traders can return to work. [8100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 472. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports in place to benefit bus and coach operators that are parked up as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [8101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Norma Foley: 473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding plans to allow persons over 70 years of age who are deemed medically fit for work to be allowed to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8104/20]