Parliamentary questions

Dental Services

Gary Gannon

531. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the process for the school dental screening programme in view of Covid-19 (details supplied). [8228/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

629. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the phase in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which occupational and speech and language therapists will return to delivering therapy services for children. [8224/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

630. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the guidelines given to supermarkets in cases in which a member of staff has been diagnosed with Covid-19 but has recently been carrying out duties on the premises. [8234/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

725. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if the fast tracking process of opioid substitution therapy implemented as part of the NPHET response to protect vulnerable groups deemed to have an increased risk of contracting Covid-19 will be maintained. [9511/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

726. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the phase under which therapy services to children usually a mixture of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists can expect to return to delivering therapy services to children according to the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [9514/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Gary Gannon

1062. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the cited figure of 38% recipients on the pandemic unemployment payment being disincentivised was arrived at in view of the fact they previously earned less than €300 per week, which was featured in Economic Considerations for Reinstating Economic Activity. [9507/20]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Gary Gannon

1145. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the rent supplement guidance circular 22/20 will be extended beyond 31 May 2020. [9501/20]

Citizens Information Services

Gary Gannon

1146. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that the citizens’ information services, including the telephone service, the money advice and budgeting service and the national advocacy service for persons with disabilities, are sufficiently funded to maintain and expand their level of service which has been invaluable during the Covid-19 crisis. [9508/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Gary Gannon

1147. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if vulnerable persons who were not able to go on Covid-19 illness benefit previously are now eligible; and if vulnerable persons are entitled to two 14 day Covid-19 illness benefit terms. [9509/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Gary Gannon

1148. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided regarding one parent families in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and another social welfare payment regarding the measures expected to be enacted to claim some portion of this income back (details supplied). [9512/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

298. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which young children will be expected to socially distance from one another if schools resume in September 2020; and if consideration has been given to the well-being and practicalities of same for young children. [8217/20]

Home Schooling

Gary Gannon

299. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions are being made to continue home schooling platforms from September 2020 onwards for parents who wish for their children to remain at home to continue their education until such time as parents are of the view it is safe for their children to return to school. [8218/20]

Student Grant Scheme

Gary Gannon

300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Skills if grant thresholds are being extended; and if the registration fee has been considered for abolition (details supplied). [8220/20]

Tax Reliefs Application

Gary Gannon

317. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a commercial rent relief scheme will be initiated such as has been introduced in the UK, France, Australia, Denmark and Canada (details supplied). [8227/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

483. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has met an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the way in which its industry will safely reopen; and if not, her plans to do so in the near future. [8225/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Gary Gannon

484. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the reluctance of banks to loan to SMEs in order for them to commence the process of reopening their businesses in accordance with social distancing guidelines; and the grants that will be made available to the hospitality sector to ensure the industry can maintain itself as the Covid-19 crisis abates while the economic conditions remain precarious. [8226/20]

National Maternity Hospital

Gary Gannon

502. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the procurement process for land earmarked for the new national maternity hospital; if an organisation (details supplied) has transferred the land to the State or to a charitable organisation; if the process will result in the State having full ownership of the land or leasehold; if it is leased, the terms and duration of such lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8223/20]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Gary Gannon

632. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given to the protection of persons serviced by the community and voluntary sector in terms of appropriate provision of PPE to reduce danger of Covid-19 transmission from asymptomatic workers and volunteers to service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8221/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

633. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if and the way in which the commitment he made during the debate in Seanad Éireann on the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020, has been delivered, which ensures appropriate access to independent advocacy support for those detained under section 11(5) of the Act; the way in which his related commitment to engage with civil society organisations and opposition Senators and TDs regarding the development of regulations in respect of detention under the Act has been delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8222/20]

Driver Licences

Gary Gannon

848. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a motorcycle driver with a provisional licence can travel to attend the Garda Training College in June 2020 in view of the closure of the RSA and in view of the fact the driver's test has been cancelled. [8232/20]