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Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
717. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will return in order to facilitate frontline workers that had provisional licences prior to the Covid-19 pandemic to graduate to a full licence; if special arrangements exist for emergency driver licence tests for persons in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13353/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Driver Test
Christopher O'Sullivan
732. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will return in order to facilitate frontline workers that had provisional licences prior to the Covid-19 pandemic being able to graduate to a full licence; if special arrangements exist for emergency driver licence tests for persons in such circumstances.
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Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Christopher O'Sullivan
779. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if school age childcare will be given the same recognition as other preschool childcare services; if it will be recognised that the qualifications needed are different for preschool and early school childcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13495/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
266. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to send children back to school full time; and if he has considered sending children back to school full time on a trial basis and reducing the number of days if the measure does not work. [12533/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Christopher O'Sullivan
267. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding and further ASD units will be provided for schools in western areas of County Cork in view of the shortage of such units throughout the region. [12535/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
731. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons permitted on boat tours on a single vessel, assuming the boat has a licence for 12 passengers; and if it is permitted to bring six persons or 12 under Covid-19 restrictions. [12534/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Motor Tax
Christopher O'Sullivan
732. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an exemption for road tax for the period a vehicle was off the road due to Covid-19. [12536/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan
454. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered a grant for hotels and accommodation providers to purchase PPE equipment to make their premises safer for customers during the reopening phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11447/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan
455. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide supports for the hotel industry to pay towards the extra staffing costs required to maintain hygiene and social distancing standards during the reopening phase of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11448/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Medical Cards
Christopher O'Sullivan
687. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he has considered extending the carer’s general practitioner visit card to carers in receipt of the carer support grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11446/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan
1019. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment and temporary wage subsidy scheme will continue for event and arts workers until the mass gathering bans and social distancing are not required for medical safety. [11444/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Commercial Rates
Christopher O'Sullivan
1047. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has considered requesting the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to remove commercial rates for empty places of entertainment and warehousing of event equipment. [11453/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
1093. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if access could be opened to the islands in a phased manner with the development of phase 2 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business seeing free movement within counties. [11443/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan
1109. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered funding of an industry assistance programme to cater for the mental health and well-being of event and arts workers during the Covid-19 crisis. [11445/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
Christopher O'Sullivan
176. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered resuming safe pass courses in view of the fact they can be conducted with social distancing in place; the reason they have not been restarted in view of the reopening of the construction sector; and if he has considered extending to the start of the year, a reprieve on expired safe passes in order that workers that missed the 1 March 2020 cut-off can get back to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10249/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan
294. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered making supports such as the business restart grant available for non-rate paying businesses such as bed and breakfasts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10250/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Christopher O'Sullivan
674. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure the pandemic unemployment payment end dates will be addressed on a sector by sector basis in acknowledgement that some sectors of the workforce will take longer to get back on their feet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10248/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Value Added Tax
Christopher O'Sullivan
93. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reduction in the VAT rate to 21% on goods to help small and medium enterprise businesses compete against online shopping outlets. [9115/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Authority
Christopher O'Sullivan
464. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will instruct the HSA to engage in supportive dialogue with business owners in the first instance if it deems a business needs enhanced social distancing measures and that it would do this as an extra step before reporting. [9116/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
654. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the recommended social distance can be reduced to 1.5 metres in line with the European average pending health advice and continuous decreasing rates of transmission. [9113/20]