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Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (25 Feb 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...measures to deal with people who are still travelling during a pandemic. Sinn Féin has put forward amendments that will require all non-essential arrivals to have a PCR test post arrival, improve data-sharing between North and South and ensure the Dáil has a say in the development of new regulations. I commend my colleagues on their work in strengthening the Bill. We have...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2021)

David Cullinane: ...is saying to Members of this House that he is putting in place a two-tier quarantine system. There will be mandatory hotel quarantine for people coming from some countries such that we will have some level of protection. I imagine the reason for that is to stop the importation of any of the new variants or the virus itself. We are imposing quarantine in respect of travel from some...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Holly Cairns: ...That is a legal entitlement. It would allow the Director of Public Prosecutions to continue its investigation. If any testimonies are not recovered, survivors can seek a remedy under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, as required by EU law. Yesterday, the Government passed the Social Democrats motion to extend the commission but it will not do it. We all know this is a...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Patricia Ryan: ...'s lives are on hold, all in an effort to stop the spread, and they are being let down by this Government in that it will not make the right decision. We need to ensure there are adequate human rights protections and mental health supports in place for those who will enter mandatory quarantine. I hope the premises to be used for quarantine have been properly informed. We need to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (25 Feb 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to take Questions Nos. 44, 68 and 69 together. When loans are sold by Irish Banks, they are required to be sold to a Central Bank regulated entity. Since the introduction of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015, credit servicing firms have been subject to the provisions of Irish financial services law that apply to regulated financial services...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Micro Credit Scheme (25 Feb 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...are participating in the Scheme. An Post facilitates the repayment of these loans for social welfare recipients who receive their payment through a Post Office, by utilising the Department of Social Protection's Household Budgeting Facility. As part of a pilot scheme since Q1 2020, the Department has funded the weekly administrative cost for access to the Household Budgeting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of the Department of Health and wider Government’s response to COVID-19 from the outset of this pandemic. While vaccines are being rolled out across the country, the most effective protection from COVID-19 remains the public health measures which asks us to stay and work at home where possible, social distancing, knowing the symptoms, cough/sneeze etiquette, wearing a face...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...those vaccines and that has necessitated an allocation strategy to ensure that those most at risk of death and serious illness receive the vaccine first. The priority is to first vaccinate and protect directly the most vulnerable amongst us, that is, those most likely to have a poor outcome if they contract the virus. The priority is to directly use vaccines to save lives and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...an mRNA vaccine should not result in a vaccine delay of more than 3 weeks, as any benefit of using a higher efficacy vaccine may be lost. The expert advice recognised that currently there is limited data on the AstraZeneca vaccine in relation to older age groups. Those aged over 70 are a key priority group for protection because of their greater risk of severe illness, hospitalisation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...those vaccines and that has necessitated an allocation strategy to ensure that those most at risk of death and serious illness receive the vaccine first. The priority is to first vaccinate and protect directly the most vulnerable amongst us, that is, those most likely to have a poor outcome if they contract the virus. The priority is to directly use vaccines to save lives and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...those vaccines and that has necessitated an allocation strategy to ensure that those most at risk of death and serious illness receive the vaccine first. The priority is to first vaccinate and protect directly the most vulnerable amongst us, that is, those most likely to have a poor outcome if they contract the virus. The priority is to directly use vaccines to save lives and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...those vaccines and that has necessitated an allocation strategy to ensure that those most at risk of death and serious illness receive the vaccine first. The priority is to first vaccinate and protect directly the most vulnerable amongst us, that is, those most likely to have a poor outcome if they contract the virus. The priority is to directly use vaccines to save lives and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Feb 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...those vaccines and that has necessitated an allocation strategy to ensure that those most at risk of death and serious illness receive the vaccine first. The priority is to first vaccinate and protect directly the most vulnerable amongst us, that is, those most likely to have a poor outcome if they contract the virus. The priority is to directly use vaccines to save lives and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...members who instead maintained those crew members on the payroll were eligible for the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme. Further details on current horizontal measures are available from the Department of Social Protection, Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment and from the Revenue Commissioners respectively. Between June and August 2020, supports were available from BIM...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Darren O'Rourke: ...believe mandatory hotel quarantine for all non-essential arrivals during this time is necessary, appropriate and proportionate. We need strong action now to prevent new variants being imported and to protect the vital vaccination programme over the coming months. I urge the Minister and his colleagues to reconsider and listen to the Opposition on this point. He should heed the public...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Feb 2021)

Micheál Martin: .... The Deputies must acknowledge that there are significant challenges regarding the issue of the commission, which the Minister has been pursuing in respect of getting responses, and regarding the Data Protection Commission's engagement with the commission. On the points raised by Deputy McNamara, these are the mechanisms that have been provided so we can do our business in the House...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...to support the activities of the waste enforcement regional lead authorities and €7.4 million per annum to the network of 150 local authority waste enforcement officers. The fundamental issue around the data protection issue and CCTV utilisation needs to be resolved.

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021) See 3 other results from this debate

Anne Rabbitte: ...to request that their recordings be redacted. They say they only engaged with the commission because they believed their stories would not be made public and the tapes would be destroyed to protect their privacy. The motion brought forward today states that "many survivors have refuted the Commission's claim that permission was sought from witnesses regarding the destruction of their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (24 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy contains a range of additional actions designed to enhance waste enforcement, protect human health and the environment, provide a strong deterrent effect and bring about behavioural change. These include: - an enhanced role for the WERLAs, - an anti-dumping toolkit for local authorities, - an illegal and unauthorised sites action plan to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (24 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes to an adequate level. To qualify for the scheme recipients must be in receipt of a qualifying welfare payments from the Department of Social Protection. Currently, there are over 7,800 homes on the Warmer Homes Scheme work programme. This includes homes that are: currently undergoing works; have been allocated to contractors for...