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Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Mattie McGrath
500. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to a response received from the HSE (details supplied), the exact nature of works being carried out at Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; the breakdown of jobs completed on site and awaiting completion, respectively; the cost of works carried out; the funds from which the works are being paid for; the date on which transfers of patients from St. Patrick's Hospital are due to take place; the length of time it is envisaged that patients from St. Patrick's will remain in the hospital; the future plans for the hospital once the patients from St. Patrick's return there; if the information is not immediately available if it will be provided as soon as it is to hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10670/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Mattie McGrath
501. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the nature of works being carried out at St. Michael’s Hospital, Clonmel; the breakdown of works being carried out and works yet to be carried out; the costs of all works; the future intentions for the hospital in a post-Covid-19 environment; if the hospital will be used to provide urgently needed mental health beds in south County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10674/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Services Staff
Mattie McGrath
503. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the locations all staff from St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, have been redeployed to, resulting in the closure of the hospital; the number of staff employed by the HSE in CHO5 in response to the Be On Call for Ireland campaign; the number of staff who responded to same in CHO5; the reason staff could not have been taken from this campaign to meet the needs of staff throughout the county to allow staff in St. Brigid’s Hospital to continue to provide respite and convalescence services there; when staff previously employed in St. Brigid’s will return there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10688/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Services Staff
Mattie McGrath
504. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of additional respite beds being provided throughout south County Tipperary following the closure of St. Brigid’s Hospital; the locations of these respite beds; the facilities accommodating the additional beds that would normally be accommodated in St. Brigid’s; the way in which these facilities have space and capacity to provide additional accommodation; the locations of the three hospice beds previously located at St. Brigid’s being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10692/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Disability Services Funding
Mattie McGrath
670. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to allow a facility (details supplied) to run a summer camp for children with special needs in Clonmel, County Tipperary, in summer 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11358/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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National Car Test
Mattie McGrath
880. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no NCT centre in County Tipperary has been reopened as part of the reopening; the reason for the delay in reopening these centres; if the lifts have been repaired in all centres; if this is the reason these centres remain closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11363/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Driver Test
Mattie McGrath
881. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver lessons can resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11364/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Tax Exemptions
Mattie McGrath
88. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a once-off measure that each PRSA holder will be allowed to take a once-off withdrawal of €7,500 from their PRSA irrespective of other drawings they may or may not have made in the past (details supplied) in an effort to kickstart the economy following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10448/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Hospital Services
Mattie McGrath
436. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary will be returned to its normal operations; the reason the hospital has been kept idle when the numbers of cases in County Tipperary no longer justify this approach; if he will give a written commitment regarding the future of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10451/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Mattie McGrath
466. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a resolution will be found to a situation (details supplied) regarding the greyhound industry in County Tipperary; if an independent mediator will be appointed to review the historic debt and find a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9932/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Mattie McGrath
598. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is considering to support the bus and coach sector to ensure the survival of the industry in a post-Covid-19 environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10450/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Mortgage Lending
Mattie McGrath
55. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if provisions will be made for mortgage applicants who were mortgage approved prior to Covid-19 and have subsequently become unemployed and are now not permitted to draw down their mortgage by their bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8499/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mattie McGrath
212. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to financially support schools and education centres to put in place social distancing facilities and sanitation units ahead of their reopening in autumn 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Mattie McGrath
273. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will implement particularly in rural schools to reduce class sizes; if extra teachers will be provided to allow for one class one teacher to minimise educational and social disruption for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9218/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mattie McGrath
506. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the extended emergency powers given to An Garda Síochána will be rescinded; the plans in place for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9255/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Alcohol Sales
Mattie McGrath
552. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he is considering a delay in the implementation of the enforcement of structural separation within off-licences as part of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018. [8493/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Mental Health Services
Mattie McGrath
587. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the provision of funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8662/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mattie McGrath
673. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason Covid-19 notices in some hospitals request a social distance of one metre while all other public signs are two metres; if one metre is acceptable in a hospital setting, the reason is it not permitted in public and business settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hospital Services
Mattie McGrath
676. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters relating to the agreement with private hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9239/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Mattie McGrath
677. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when early intervention and disability services will be resumed; his plans to deal with the huge backlogs that will have built up during the period of lockdown; the reason it is not possible to have speech and language therapy and so on when such appointments can be held while maintaining a two metre distance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9240/20]