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Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Pa Daly
797. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be extended for seasonal workers and employers that did not have staff in employment during January, February or early March 2020 but would have had full staffing at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13265/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pa Daly
78. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the way in which employees returning to work should be compensated, in particular employees who are working more hours per week than they were in January and February 2020 and are still being paid based on average net weekly pay. [12494/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Pa Daly
327. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to send additional asylum seekers to a direct provision centre (details supplied); if so, the number; if a health inspection will be carried out in advance of any such transfers; and the way in which testing for Covid-19 will be managed. [12178/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Pa Daly
348. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of asylum seekers who were sent to a direct provision centre (details supplied), in tabular form; the centres they moved from; the date they were moved to the centre; when they were tested for Covid-19; the result of the test; when they were isolated; and the location they were moved to from the centre. [12572/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Dental Services
Pa Daly
556. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the details of PPE being provided to dental practices nationally; the criteria relative to prioritisation; and the timeline under which PPE will be provided. [12582/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pa Daly
687. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for approved driver instructors in order that they can avail of the necessary PPE to reopen their businesses safely. [12179/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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School Staff
Pa Daly
200. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a special provision will be made in view of planned teacher cuts to ensure that small rural schools will retain a minimum of two teachers not counting special needs or other staff to ensure the safety of children is not compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Pa Daly
334. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will investigate complaints made by the residents of a direct provision centre (details supplied) relating to students not having access to laptops as requested, insect infestations in some rooms and denial by management of cooling fans requested by residents. [10803/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pa Daly
1018. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make provisions for those over 66 years of age who have been working and contributing up until the Covid-19 crisis to receive some form of pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact they are now without a source of income. [11439/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Drugs Payment Scheme
Pa Daly
372. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the drug sativex will be included in the drug payment scheme for a person (details supplied). [10017/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hospital Staff
Pa Daly
611. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if some radiologists or radiographers have resigned recently in the radiology department at University Hospital Kerry; and if so, the way in which this will impact the implementation of the recommendations from the report regarding appropriate staffing in the department. [8842/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pa Daly
613. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if reflexology and similar complementary therapies can be identified in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and the guidelines on appropriate measures that must be taken. [8847/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Patient Transport
Pa Daly
656. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if the taxi transfer contract attached to University Hospital Kerry and awarded to a company (details supplied) has been terminated; if the hospital management requested as part of that contract that the dialysis unit in the hospital taxi transfers be awarded to a specific third party due to the complex nature of transferring dialysis patients; and if a new tendering process will now take place. [9119/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Health Services Expenditure
Pa Daly
658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the way in which the €9 million allocation for paediatric orthopaedic services was spent in 2018; and the budget allocations for same for 2019 and 2020, respectively. [9121/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hospital Services
Pa Daly
659. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the dermatology services available at University Hospital Kerry. [9122/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pa Daly
97. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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State Examinations
Pa Daly
251. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Cross-Border Health Initiatives
Pa Daly
666. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Childcare Costs
Pa Daly
796. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the statement by a union (details supplied) regarding subsidised childcare. [6830/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Adoption Data
Pa Daly
1158. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pa Daly
1199. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Pa Daly
236. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Disability Services Funding
Pa Daly
478. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Orthodontic Services Provision
Pa Daly
573. Deputy Pa Daly asked 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]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Inshore Fisheries
Pa Daly
952. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding set aside to support inshore fishermen in view of the fact that funding for storage does not suit this sector. [5452/20]