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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: With all due respect, I am sure Dr. McGuinness is also aware that many of these workers live in direct provision centres. Some of them are going without food because they cannot get back out to cook it if they become symptomatic. We want the HSA to make sure that they are aware of everything and that those who run these centres are aware that these people do not have an understanding of the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: In that case, there are people working in meat factories who are over 70. That is basically the answer to that question.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: Are they asked to sign a waiver?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I thank Mr. Sheahan.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I thank the witnesses for being here today to answer questions. My first question is for Dr. Glynn. Many people with underlying conditions and parents of children with underlying conditions have contacted me. They are worried about being constantly left out of the roadmap and other announcements. In particular, I am thinking about a mother from Athy whose daughter has Wolf-Hirschhorn...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I apologise. Can we have an assurance that a section of each roadmap and announcement of changes will consider the needs of, and include a section directed specifically at, people with underlying conditions? Obviously they are in a very bad situation at present. My next question is also for Dr. Glynn. Many parents in Kildare are fearful of sending their children back to school this...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: State Response to Recent Spike in Covid-19 Cases (Resumed) (26 Aug 2020)

Patricia Ryan: Just one second-----

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: Many pubs known as "wet pubs" in south Kildare and north Laois have been closed for almost six months. More than 3,500 wet pubs across the country remain closed. Ireland is the only country in Europe where this is the case. September marks not only the sixth month of closure for wet pubs but also the end of a moratorium on mortgages. This will mark the entry of many pubs into mortgage...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: I welcome the legislation which is very much a housekeeping Bill and is long overdue. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in May 2000 and it entered into force in February 2002. It has taken 18 years to change the law to remove references to minors in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 will be made notifiable to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22415/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a referendum on the public ownership of water services will be held. [20982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the cold weather initiative for rough sleepers will be introduced; the increased capacity of same by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22414/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed wind energy development guidelines will be published following the recent public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 472. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the commission on the future of the Defence Forces will be established; the proposed make-up of its membership; the terms of reference of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22406/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 473. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the high rate of turnover in the Defence Forces; his further plans to return the Defence Forces to full operational strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22408/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 474. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22409/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €25.50 grant will be extended for driving a child to school to parents in rural areas in which no bus service is available. [22411/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 1356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been provided with a code to share random identifications for the Covid-19 tracker app; the number that proceeded to activate the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 1357. To ask the Minister for Health the annual number of individual claims from each state covered by the European health insurance card in respect of E111s issued by the HSE over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22398/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (8 Sep 2020)

Patricia Ryan: 1358. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual amount reimbursed to each member state in respect of claims under the European health insurance card scheme over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22399/20]