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Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Brexit Preparations
Anne Rabbitte
280. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and the plans of the agencies under her remit to minimise the impact of Brexit on the supply of medicines; the engagement she has had on the matter with the European Union; the details of discussions she is having on the matter with her counterparts in the UK Government; the measures she plans to put in place to help protect the medicines and pharmaceutical export sector in the event of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9829/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Enterprise Support Services
Anne Rabbitte
292. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason applications made by companies (supplied supplied) for business continuity vouchers were rejected; if the applications can be reassessed; if there is scope for the preferred option of vouchers over mentoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10099/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Anne Rabbitte
308. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on whether greater reforms are possible to achieve more sustainable and affordable medicines for patients here; the engagement he or his officials have had on the matter with the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Anne Rabbitte
309. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to the report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on whether greater reforms are possible to achieve more sustainable and affordable medicines for patients here; the engagement he or his officials have had on the matter with the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Anne Rabbitte
346. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the consultation he or his officials have had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to medicines supply in the context of Covid-19; the steps that were taken to ensure that vital medical supplies were protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9861/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Anne Rabbitte
347. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the steps he took during the response to Covid-19 to protect patients from medicines shortages; the engagement he has had on the matter with an organisation (details supplied) and other organisations; the engagement he has had at European level on the subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9862/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Anne Rabbitte
348. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on whether greater reforms are possible to achieve more sustainable and affordable medicines for patients; the engagement he or his officials have had on the matter with the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9863/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Brexit Issues
Anne Rabbitte
554. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department and agencies under his remit are taking to minimise the impact of Brexit on the transportation of medicines here; the engagement he and or his officials have had on the matter with the European Union; the details of discussions he is having on the matter with ministerial colleagues in the UK Government; the measures he plans to put in place to help protect the transportation and logistics elements of the medicines and pharmaceutical export sector in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9828/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Anne Rabbitte
602. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that for many childminders reopening will not be feasible or sustainable if they can only provide care to parents that are essential workers; and if she has considered extending financial supports to these childminders. [9868/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Anne Rabbitte
603. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure of her Department on the overhead payment to childcare providers following the closure of crèches due to Covid-19 in tabular form. [9870/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Anne Rabbitte
604. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to childminders and-or centre-based childcare settings to purchase additional PPE materials. [9871/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
605. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is seeking for childcare providers and staff to be deemed as essential workers in order that they can plan and prepare for the reopening of services on 29 June 2020; if she has raised this issue with her Ministerial colleagues; when she expects childcare workers to be included on the essential workers list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9898/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Anne Rabbitte
606. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for services which normally open for term time once the 12 week wage support scheme ends; the way in which such services will be funded and supported; if staff will instead be placed on jobseeker's allowance or benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9899/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
607. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for essential workers that do not use a centre-based setting and do not have access to a childminder on 29 June 2020; if such essential workers will be temporarily allowed use a crèche they previously had not used for the course of phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9900/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
608. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advice she has received from NPHET in relation to social distancing in centre-based settings; if NPHET has suggested that reduced capacity will be a requirement for services to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9901/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Garda Reports
Anne Rabbitte
345. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a report from the Garda Commissioner on a case (details supplied); the reason for such a long delay in releasing the report; when he expects to release the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8533/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Rail Network
Anne Rabbitte
880. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has not yet released the rail report by a company (details supplied) assessing the economic viability of reopening the closed railway which runs from Athenry to Claremorris; the reason all freedom of information requests to his Department asking for the report have been denied; when the report will be finally released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8483/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
990. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which decisions will be made regarding childcare access in which there is an excess of demand, for example, if essential healthcare workers will receive priority to access. [8420/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
991. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches that will leave or have left the childcare sector in 2020 either due to natural attrition or the impacts of Covid-19. [8421/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
992. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent childcare places for preschool children which will be available in September 2020. [8422/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
993. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time childcare places which were available for preschool children in September 2018 and 2019. [8423/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
994. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children will be able to attend crèche multiple days per week in September 2020. [8424/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
995. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when all parents will be able to resume using childminding services in the child’s and childminder’s home. [8425/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
998. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has raised the possibility of childminders that mind children in their own homes to recommence minding children in the home of the childminder if they care for children from just one household. [8496/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Departmental Schemes
Anne Rabbitte
1001. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she had planned on spending the €4.7 million per week on the childcare scheme for essential workers; the way in which this funding is now being spent in view of the fact the scheme has been cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8525/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Early Years Sector
Anne Rabbitte
1019. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if applications to the early years capital programme 2020 will be reopened in view of the fact that they were suspended before the original deadline of 27 March 2020; if there are alternative capital funding options open to services at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9053/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
1020. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the introduction of pods in centre-based settings as part of the reopening of services from 29 June 2020; if all providers will have to introduce a pod system; if services can develop an alternative system of care tailored to their building and staffing arrangements; if ratios will be reduced to facilitate pods; if additional funding will be provided if ratios are reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9078/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
1021. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare worker is supervising a pod, which person then monitors the pod while that person is on break; if pods will overlap for part of the day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9079/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Childcare Services
Anne Rabbitte
1030. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include representative groups for au pairs and in home care in her Department’s planning for reopening services on 29 June 2020, in view of the increase in remote working; if she will support agencies to place persons legally in the family home; if she has set a date from when agencies can start placing persons legally in family homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9341/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Jobseeker's Benefit
Anne Rabbitte
1069. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension will be given to those in receipt of jobseeker's benefit before Covid-19 restrictions were introduced in view of the fact that there were limited opportunities to secure work during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8492/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Tax Credits
Anne Rabbitte
41. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if childminders will continue to be able to access the childminders tax credit if they provide care in the home of the child on a temporary basis as a result of Covid-19 restrictions. [7609/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Anne Rabbitte
107. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a student based at a network (details supplied) is entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment if already in receipt of jobseeker's; if he will reinstate the travel allowance of €12.70 and the meal allowance of €4; if not, when is he expecting to reintroduce such allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7769/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Anne Rabbitte
186. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the July provision is going ahead in 2020; if not, if it will be facilitated in the homes of the children; the alternate plans he is developing for the July provision; when these plans will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7547/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Student Accommodation
Anne Rabbitte
231. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a means-tested intervention to assist student accommodation providers that may not be able to reimburse students for the time they will not be using student accommodation due to Covid-19 restrictions which would allow students to end their tenancy early without financial penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7771/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Leave
Anne Rabbitte
307. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in place to extend maternity leave and maternity leave benefit in view of Covid-19 and the restrictions this has put on mothers; if consultations have taken place over the impact Covid-19 restrictions have had on mothers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7391/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
400. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when physical therapists, reflexologists, homeopathists and yoga instructors can return to work; if guidance has been sought from NPHET for such businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7094/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Hospital Procedures
Anne Rabbitte
556. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if partners can attend the birth of their child in Portiuncula Hospital; the restrictions in place for the birthing process in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7557/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Hospital Procedures
Anne Rabbitte
572. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if the partner of a woman in labour can attend the birth in University Hospital Galway; if an alternative person can attend if the partner is unable to attend; the advice being offered by the HSE for such cases in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7700/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Departmental Reports
Anne Rabbitte
860. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the Independent Review of Costs of Delivering Childcare in Ireland; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7237/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
868. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when childminders will be able to recommence providing services to parents that are healthcare workers, essential workers and all parents in their own homes and in the home of the child. [7608/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
869. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if guidelines have been created to support childminders reopening their services following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7610/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
870. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial supports will be made available to childminders for the purpose purchasing PPE material. [7615/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
878. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the definition of essential workers that will be offered childcare under phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; the way in which the definition was reached; if a list of essential workers is available in order to inform employees if they will be entitled to childcare; the childcare plans in place for workers not deemed essential; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7706/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Anne Rabbitte
879. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name and location of the crèches that signed up to the outreach service that was due to commence on 18 June 2020, in tabular form; if the services were community or private; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7707/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Anne Rabbitte
883. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an organisation (details supplied) has not been included in talks taking place on the reopening of the childcare sector; the criteria used to select the representative groups; if she has received communications from the organisation or its members asking to be included in the talks; if she will add the group to the talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7806/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Anne Rabbitte
966. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person that is immunosuppressed and is unable to work in view of the fact they are more susceptible to contracting Covid-19 is entitled to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7704/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Social Welfare Payments Administration
Anne Rabbitte
967. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she plans to revert to social welfare weekly payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7716/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Anne Rabbitte
1034. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the group water scheme application made by a group (details supplied); the length of time it will take to secure Ministerial sign-off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7206/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Anne Rabbitte
45. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if childcare employees who are due to return to work following maternity leave are eligible for a subsidy under the temporary wage subsidy scheme [5560/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Anne Rabbitte
46. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if crèches that filed their P30 form and other documentation before 1 April 2020 are eligible for full payment under the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [5564/20]