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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-12/20/
12 Nov 2020 -
Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members]
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
before us today, the Labour Party's Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020....Covid-19 has changed how we work....Overnight, people were asked to stay home and to work from home, while schools and crèches closed....to employees working temporarily from home....Do we want to see people working from home or living at work?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
As the Minister has heard, working from home needs to be recognised as a specific form of work....For some people, working from home is great but for others it is a nightmare....home in Europe during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis....We all know that working from home has its challenges, but overcrowding in homes across this State has...disadvantaged many people who are trying to work from home.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Ged Nash The cost of working from home has shifted from the boardroom to the back bedroom....The home working tax relief was a little known rebate, known only to a few before Covid-19 hit our shores...from home....in the office directly, working from home or working in their local pub....The machines were supposed to work for us, but for too many workers in 2020 Ireland and throughout the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020, in order to protect the rights of workers who are in mass numbers working...from home....of working from home, such as higher heating, electricity and broadband bills....are suitable for working from home....from home.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-12/20/
12 Nov 2020 -
2005 in the case of certain employees working temporarily from home, and to provide for related matters...The number of people working from home on a regular basis has more than trebled from 200,000 to 700,000...The Bill gives two new protections to employees who work from home....People who are working from home deserve to be able to do the same....The lack of clarity about supports and compensation for employees for the costs of working from home
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
There is no doubt that working from home or working remotely, even in non-Covid times, when properly...We all benefit from having people working closer to their home, whether they are remote working in their...Covid-19 resulted in many people working from home in an unplanned way....Covid-19 has certainly accelerated the move to working from home for a greater number of people and this...As a primary response to Covid-19 my Department launched a new web page dedicated to providing guidance
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Workers' rights must also be put front and centre in the discussion around working from home....With Covid, we have seen many businesses that could and should allow employees to work from home, refusing...bills....is working from home for 40 hours or more per week, it is much more than 10%....Proper supports for those working from home will be an important first step towards this.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
to give workers a legal right to disconnect from work outside their working hours....Covid-19 has highlighted the huge change in work practices that has been gradually inching its way towards...home working for those who can do it....The number of people working from home regularly has more than trebled as a result of the pandemic....stress, especially for those home workers who do not have the luxury of a separate work space as it
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
All the various perspectives and opinions within the House support the Bill...."Working from home" was for many a phrase that was heard or something that was talked about rather than...Covid-19 changed all of that in an instant. The nature of work post 2020 has changed permanently....As I have said, a lot will have changed after the unprecedented year of 2020, much of it for the worse...Let us provide a new work framework for those who want to work from home and who can do so.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Obviously the Covid pandemic has greatly increased the numbers of people working from home....from home and it is a tendency that is likely to increase....This Bill will ensure that the Organisation of Working Time Act, which provides a minimum of 11 hours...at Work Act will also apply to home workers....Working from home can now mean workers being isolated, making it more difficult to interact with fellow
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
This is as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic....While Covid-19 and the resultant lockdowns will peter out over the next 18 months or so, remote working...where people will work at home for a number of days per week, may hotdesk for other days in the week...from home - those people will not be able to do the same....because they shoved their hand in their pockets back in 2020 and said they would be alright.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/30/
26 Nov 2020 -
Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) (Carryover of Annual Leave) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Many speakers referred to the stress of working, whether at home, in the office or travelling to and...from work....address is that the majority of people who work from home use the Internet and we have a serious issue...There are many other benefits to working from home such as less commuting, less hassle and a better atmosphere...away from home.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
In 2019, the CSO reported that 18% of people in Ireland were working from home, mostly one or two days...The latest CSO labour force survey indicates that 36% of the workforce is working from home and while...from home when we emerge from this pandemic....from home....We welcome the Bill but we want it to go further.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
I am conscious that so many people are working from home in an involuntary capacity to assist in our...collective efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19....If private homes are to operate as places of business, employees cannot be expected to respond to work-related...I am conscious that restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 mean it is mandatory for many people...The pressures of needing working space in the home, working and caring for children and limited social
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Michael Collins I am delighted to have the opportunity to talk about working at home....To be honest, everybody's dream is to be able to work at home but, unfortunately, in my constituency...at home and who cannot do so....We had a breakthrough, in fairness, for people who were trying to work from home in Gaggan....It was able to deliver that through this extra capacity being given out at present because of Covid-19
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-05-21/5/
21 May 2020 -
Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick What percentage of residents in nursing homes and residential homes suspected...of contracting Covid-19 between February and May 2020 were admitted to hospital for treatment?...I know the percentage of residents from such homes admitted to hospital during a typical flu season is...We all know that Covid-19 poses a much more serious health risk than a flu and I would have thought the...-19 or after testing positive between February and May 2020.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Covid-19 has turned people's lives upside down....Overnight, people moved out of offices and had to work from home....- was that it proved I was correct when I advocated for workers to be able to work from home, because...Covid-19 has shown that workers are productive, that the boss can get what he or she needs and that we...Where will they put their desks and how will they manage to work from home?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-07-30/11/
30 Jul 2020 -
I am certainly not here to tear down the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020....Section 8 amends the help to buy scheme, but it applies to only new homes....I would like that to apply to second-hand homes. That is my only criticism of this Bill....People might want to buy a second-hand home rather than a new one.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Sherlock I welcome the Tánaiste's statement to the effect that the Government will not oppose the Bill...or work from home as needs be....off from out-of-hours work-related electronic communications....from home; and ensure we do not have a dystopian future....at home at all hours of day and night.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
safely from home....It is important to state clearly that even if workers are working from home, the provisions of the Organisation...from home....That is the reality of working from home for many people at this time....Working from home is going to be a reality for the long term.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
The first part of the Bill, which aims to strengthen workers' rights within the current context of Covid...-19, is very welcome....people being accessible more easily we must catch up in law and make sure a worker's right to disconnect from...As the Bill sets out clearly, any time spent by an employee in accessing, considering and responding...time, whereby the employer benefits from an employee's attention outside of working time and it should
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
One study suggests that the productivity of workers working from home has risen dramatically, by up to...Even at this stage of the Covid crisis, we see that this may be a permanent change that many employers...Therefore, this Bill is welcome....the working from home model, but it is not surprising that this is not being passed onto workers....If workers are to work from home, if decent legislation is passed to protect their rights, where, then
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
As stated by my party leader, Deputy Alan Kelly, the number of people working from home has grown from...It may be desirable in the future that many people will work from home....from home in the future....-19 space about how our economy and workers might work....Workers have the right to switch off and to have protections under law when they work from home.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-09-30/7/
30 Sep 2020 -
work....As of 25 September 2020, 55,000 claims had been received since March 2020....-19....Of those who made claims, 7% have been diagnosed with Covid-19, 82% are a probable risk, 11% were on...a Covid-19 illness benefit payment and have moved to another illness payment and 1,854 are currently
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-15/43/
15 Jul 2021 -
As the House will be aware, the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel established last year provided a comprehensive...report and package of recommendations in respect of the ongoing response to Covid-19 and longer-term...Many of the short and medium-term recommendations of the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel report have..., including free personal protective equipment, serial testing, HSE Covid-19 response teams, infection...There have been various examinations and reports with a focus on Covid-19, its impact on nursing homes
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-15/43/
15 Jul 2021 -
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented challenge across our health services and none more...The period from early March 2020 to mid-April 2020 saw an increase in the number of such discharged patients...as the health system prepared itself for an expected surge in Covid-19 cases....The vast majority of these discharges took place from 10 March 2020 onwards, when clear public health...sector, with a view to mitigating the level of risk and transfer of Covid-19.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-17/18/
17 Dec 2020 -
It is to ask if the Tánaiste is aware of the Organisation of Working Time (Amendment) (Carryover of Annual...Leave) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 introduced in November....This is leave accrued as a result of Covid-19.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-03/3/
3 Dec 2020 -
Senator Lynn Ruane I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the...deportation of persons from the State during the public health emergency posed by the spread of Covid...-19 and to provide for related matters.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Another 10% to 20% would like to work from home permanently....The majority of employees want blended working, working some days in the office and some days at home...The Bill proposes to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to provide employees working remotely...they are based in an office, at home, or working remotely....from home, these concerns should be brought directly to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, in the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
We have no service and it is a disgrace that people cannot get a basic service to work from home....They cannot even work in the towns where they cannot get broadband, never mind working from home.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-09/17/
9 Dec 2020 -
-19 pandemic; - acknowledges this is demonstrated by the fact that since the outbreak of Covid-19 in...March 2020, there have only been four cases where a person was deported from the State; and that three...deportations from Ireland for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency and for three months following the...Between March and October 2020, four people were deported from this country....Covid-19 compared with usual levels of deportations for the same period in a given year.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-28/43/
28 Jul 2020 -
The Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020 is in many ways a straightforward piece of legislation...-19 pandemic unemployment payment with effect from 17 September....While the establishment of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment will take effect on enactment,...as a result of the public health crisis arising from Covid-19....a new Part 6 to that schedule, specifying the rates of Covid-19 PUP.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-09-10/10/
10 Sep 2020 -
from extending the operation of this Bill beyond 9 November 2021....-19....This inserts section 31A into the Health Act 1947, which is the basis of the Covid-19 regulations made...As the purpose of this Bill is to provide enforcement mechanisms for prescribed penal Covid-19 regulations...In short, this Bill can only be extended beyond 9 November 2020 where a resolution is passed by both
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-01-21/2/
21 Jan 2021 -
it from multiple carers....have developed antibodies from that....How many people who have had Covid-19 have been vaccinated?...I am aware of medics who have contracted Covid-19 through their work, and we all sympathise greatly with...Covid-19.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/30/
26 Nov 2020 -
I thank also the staff of the Office of the Ceann Comhairle and the Bills Office who worked very hard...around the clock since March to help us get through the Covid-19 crisis....The Bill seeks to allow workers to carry over annual leave from 2020 which they were unable to take due...non-stop throughout the Covid-19 crisis and who have not been able to take their annual leave....If they cannot take their leave in 2020 due to Covid-19, they should have a legal right to carry it over
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-09-15/36/
15 Sep 2021 -
Deputy Leo Varadkar From the outset of Covid-19, many employers have taken the initiative, in line...Some options to be considered for workers with caring responsibilities that preclude them from working...employees to work from home; altering shifts in order that employees can co-ordinate caring between...As the Deputy will be aware, the public health response to Covid-19 is constantly monitored, including...As for social welfare payments, an enhanced illness benefit payment for Covid-19 was introduced as a
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-12/20/
12 Nov 2020 -
An Ceann Comhairle Is the Bill opposed?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-07-16/6/
16 Jul 2020 -
Few have lived through such an unprecedented crisis as that caused by Covid-19....response to Covid-19....Supports include the Covid-19 working capital scheme, the future growth loan scheme, the restart grant...However, in the same way that Covid-19 transcends national borders, our armoury of supports should do...However, just as with our efforts to suppress Covid-19, we cannot be complacent.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-12/20/
12 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Alan Kelly I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-12/20/
12 Nov 2020 -
An Ceann Comhairle Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders,
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-28/43/
28 Jul 2020 -
The PUP was introduced by the Government on 13 March 2020....One serious problem arose for young people on the Covid-19 payment or the wage subsidy scheme....-19....They too have mortgages and many bills to pay, and then Covid hit....I asked this same question of the Aer Lingus officials this morning at the Covid-19 committee meeting
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-09/17/
9 Dec 2020 -
the midst of this Covid-19 crisis....This legislation accurately recognises the threat of Covid-19 to the most vulnerable members of society...The amendment is essential as it recognises the severe risk Covid-19 poses to the life and freedom of...I too have received many letters on the matter, particularly given my work as a therapist...., minimise or reduce the risks of persons being infected with Covid-19.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-11/15/
11 Nov 2020 -
The Cabinet committee on Covid-19 was re-established by Government on 29 June to assess the social and...economic impacts of the potential spread of Covid-19 and oversee the cross-Government response....5 of the framework of restrictive measures in the living with Covid-19 plan from midnight Wednesday,...Priorities as outlined in the living with Covid-19 plan and at the core of the Government’s decision...These exceptions include travelling to and from work to provide an essential service, to attend medical
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-07-15/43/
15 Jul 2021 -
before 10 a.m. on 12 March 2020....We know that the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel found that 10,000 patients were discharged from hospitals...into nursing homes in the first six months of 2020....These were an incredible set of events at a period when there was an influx of Covid-19 in this country...died with Covid were in a nursing home or hospital, two locations owned, or under the regulation of,
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-04-30/8/
30 Apr 2020 -
Deputy Simon Harris Very clear protocols are in place before a patient will be transferred from an...I also assure the people of Ireland that HIQA tells me that many nursing homes are dealing with Covid...-19 very well....They are working really hard....That means that many of them that have the coronavirus or Covid-19, just like we could in our homes,
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-28/152/
28 Jul 2020 -
Minister for Finance Section 28 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020...For employees who were working with the employer on that date, the amount of the wage subsidy for each...of the ‘July Stimulus’ announced on 23 July, which has been published in the Financial Provisions (Covid...-19) (No.2) Bill 2020, the Government is introducing the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS). ...The EWSS will replace the TWSS from 1 September.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Health
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_health/2021-02-02/2/
2 Feb 2021 -
Nursing homes have been particularly affected by Covid-19 in Ireland and internationally, where residents...It is with great sadness that 1,543 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 in nursing homes; 369 of...Residents of nursing homes are vulnerable to Covid-19 because of their age, underlying medical conditions...Following a NPHET recommendation in May 2020, a Covid-19 expert panel on nursing homes was established...There is ongoing serial Covid-19 testing in nursing homes.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-02-22/7/
22 Feb 2021 -
would apply under level 5 of the plan for living with Covid-19....People have been urged to stay at home except for absolutely essential reasons....The construction sector has responded effectively to the challenges presented by Covid-19 during 2020...development projects that relate to the direct supply of medical products for Covid-19; and construction...Work is under way to prepare a revised Covid-19 strategy to take into account learnings to date to enable
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-11-24/6/
24 Nov 2020 -
In addition, a HIQA Covid-19 assurance framework was published on 28 September to support social care...The central focus of the response to Covid-19 has been controlling the spread of the virus insofar as...Sustained communication and interagency co-operation also remains central to the response to Covid-19...-19 response teams....However, I assure him that the HSE has been onsite from a very early stage and is working constructively
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-05-21/7/
21 May 2020 -
Deputy Heather Humphreys In the period from 1 March 2020 to Friday 15 May 2020 the Health and Safety...Authority work contact unit received 3,188 requests for information and 547 complaints....Of these, 53% or 288 complaints related to Covid-19.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-11-10/9/
10 Nov 2020 -
The Covid-19 virus and the various regulations contained in the plan for living with Covid-19 have created...The recent decision to move to level 5 of the plan for living with Covid-19 has had the effect of prohibiting...effort to combat the deadly threat to our communities from Covid-19....All of this extremely important conservation work is done at no cost to the State....-19 and in particular, the provisions under level 5 of the living with Covid-19 plan, have created an
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
People out in the country now at this time of year when it is dark from 4 o'clock have no line for up...It is a shame in 2020.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-29/3/
29 Jul 2020 -
I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020...Section 8 amends the help-to-buy scheme to stimulate demand from first-time buyers for new homes in the...-19 pandemic, are loss-making in 2020....the period from 1 September 2020 to 28 February 2021....Covid-19 crisis.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Mattie McGrath I also support the Bill. It is fine and dandy, and admirable....I pulled in on the way home to get some diesel.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-10-06/4/
6 Oct 2020 -
The purpose of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020 is to protect workers in...In June, I published this Bill to make workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 notifiable to the Health and Safety...The failure of the Tánaiste to do what this Bill seeks to do in making Covid-19 notifiable is proof of...This Bill is intended to protect workers who simply cannot work from home....At the time of publishing the Bill in June I stated that given evidence of the incidents of Covid-19
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-02-11/15/
11 Feb 2021 -
Department of Health guidelines on vitamin D, which were updated in November 2020, advise adults aged...In the context of Covid-19, it is currently advised that those who are self-isolating or are unable to...The role of vitamin D supplementation in the prevention or treatment of Covid-19 has not been definitively...with Covid-19 receiving standard care plus vitamin D compared with standard care alone....Covid-19 infection.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-04/18/
4 Nov 2020 -
-19) Act 2020 (No. 14 of 2020) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on the 9th day of...Having regard to the continuing grave threat to public health posed by Covid-19, and as provided for...-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19 which was published on 15 September and spans a period of six to...By way of background, the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 was signed into law...The Covid-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to all of society.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-03-30/5/
30 Mar 2022 -
Deputy Paul Donnelly Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, homeless and addiction services...At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, both homeless and drug-using populations were identified as...by Government of a once-off Covid recognition payment for those who worked on the front line during...Covid-19....support in homeless services, including congregated settings, is similar to that in private nursing home
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-04-23/5/
23 Apr 2020 -
Three weeks later, the care centre has three Covid-positive staff members and 19 Covid-positive patients...and one dead, with another five staff out sick and at least 18 patients suspected to have Covid-19 and...It is not that they were afraid they would catch Covid-19 in their community but, rather, that they may...I am getting texts - I presume other Members are - and mobile phone calls from people working as home...Sadly, as a result of Covid-19, we have seen the danger of dormitory-style accommodation for residents
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-09/10/
9 Dec 2020 -
of the Covid-19 pandemic since it began....Covid-19 response....The 65+ age group account for 13% of the population but 92% of Covid-19 deaths....The senior officials group and the Covid-19 oversight group have worked to provide insights to the Cabinet...This work has been going on throughout the pandemic with inputs from across Government.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-07-30/11/
30 Jul 2020 -
I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce Financial Provisions (Covid-19) No. 2 Bill 2020 to...The plan is the next stage in our response to the Covid-19 crisis and will help businesses get back on...The overall value of the package, including tax changes and the opening of the €2 billion Covid-19 credit...No interest will be charged on the tax debts for the initial Covid-19 restricted trading period or 12...to the Covid-19 crisis.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-07-29/10/
29 Jul 2020 -
The Government of the time acted very quickly, and from what I understand, the Covid-19 payment was initially...a type of public health measure to encourage people to stay at home and try to curb the spread of the...I am unclear on some of the elements of the Bill....They might have to save their Covid-19 payment from now to pay that income tax and some people are concerned...Many people have been put on the Covid-19 payment but some people who spoke to me have said their companies
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-23/2/
23 Sep 2020 -
All workers are being asked not to go to work if they are showing symptoms of Covid-19....with Covid-19, unless it is part of the contract of employment....According to the WHO, six weeks is the recovery time for a moderate to severe case of Covid-19....This draft Bill is an important protection for workers but is also very important in combating Covid-...the presence of the employee is required at home to care for the child.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-07-29/10/
29 Jul 2020 -
The Government is absolutely committed to supporting people who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19,...-19 pandemic unemployment payment with effect from 17 September....offers support to those employees who would, were it not for Covid- 19, in the ordinary course, have...as those on the temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, who have lost their employment since 13 March 2020...as a result of the public health crisis arising from Covid-19.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-03-31/28/
31 Mar 2021 -
, the Government has introduced a series of supports to help businesses deal with the impact of the Covid...-19 pandemic....With regard to employees working from home, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is driving...from home, including additional heating and electricity costs....to pay up to €3.20 per day to employees in respect of working from home expenses without deducting income
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Debate: Joint Committee On Enterprise, Trade And Employment
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_enterprise_trade_and_employment/2021-03-30/2/
30 Mar 2021 -
(Amendment) Bill 2020....to report to the authority if an employee contracts Covid-19 as a result of occupational exposure from...The wording in the Bill would in essence make Covid-19 an occupational disease if any worker in a workplace...As Covid-19 can just as easily be acquired by employees outside of work and subsequently brought into...The Bill needs to consider the implications on all employers of imposing a Covid-19 reporting obligation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/9/
26 Mar 2020 -
The aim is to keep people in their homes....No notice of termination can be served during Covid-19 and, except in exceptional circumstances, those...Rent increases are prohibited during the Covid-19 emergency period....The Bill defines the Covid-19 emergency period to be of three months' duration but this period can be...Section 3 of the Bill provides for standard definitions, including a definition of the Covid-19 "emergency
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-03-26/11/
26 Mar 2020 -
The aim is to keep people in their homes....No notice of termination can be served during Covid-19 and, except in exceptional circumstances, those...Rent increases are prohibited during the Covid-19 emergency period....The Bill defines the Covid-19 emergency period to be of three months' duration but this period can be...Section 3 of the Bill provides for standard definitions, including a definition of the Covid-19 "emergency
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-05-24/17/
24 May 2021 -
, the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020, the Criminal Justice (Enforcement...Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 and the Health (Amendment) Act 2020....Section 2 of the Bill amends section 1 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act...Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 and the Health (Amendment) Act 2020, respectively....Section 5 of the Bill provides for the Title of the Act as the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19)
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-04-23/5/
23 Apr 2020 -
Student accommodation providers must refund students who have had to return home because of Covid-19....Parents are very anxious that Covid-19 may result in the leaving certificate not going ahead or that...There will be no visa interviews until further notice due to Covid-19....-19 or during Covid-19....This will in no way reflect the reality of 2020, the Covid-19 year.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-19/29/
19 Nov 2020 -
Covid-19 is a new, highly infectious disease for which there is no cure and, as of yet, no vaccine, although...positive, stay at home if we are a close contact of a confirmed case, physically distance by 2 m from...As the only actions proven to work against the spread of Covid-19, these safe behaviours are the bedrock...Throughout the pandemic, my Department has been working with a Covid-19 communications behavioural advisory...-19 symptoms and what to do; Covid tracker app; Covid-19 - cases to self-isolate and close contacts to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-29/18/
29 Jul 2020 -
-19 pandemic unemployment payment or jobseeker's schemes after 25 June 2020 to restart their business...fewer than ten people, have an annual turnover of less than €1 million and are not eligible for support from...the Covid-19 business restart grant or other similar business reopening grants. ...In order to be eligible for the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment an individual must have lost his...In cases of doubt where emergency work is undertaken, an individual should discuss the matter with the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-14/31/
14 Jul 2020 -
-19 in January, February and March 2020...., smart working and the number of people working from home....I refer to people in public service employment who have been working very efficiently from home....They have had their employees working from home as well....very effectively from home.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-11-06/31/
6 Nov 2020 -
-19) Act 2020....-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19, which spans a period of six to nine months....Today, I am proposing that the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 should also...The Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 gives gardaí the power to enter such premises...) (Covid-19) Act 2020 will continue to be required.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-11-06/32/
6 Nov 2020 -
-19) Act 2020....-2021: Plan for Living with Covid-19, which spans a period of six to nine months....Today, I am proposing that the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 should also...The Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020 gives gardaí the power to enter such premises...) (Covid-19) Act 2020 will continue to be required.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-03-30/5/
30 Mar 2022 -
On 19 January, the Government announced a Covid-19 recognition payment for front-line public sector healthcare...The measure will be ring-fenced to staff ordinarily on site in Covid-19 exposed healthcare environments...in the period between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2021....The measure also encompasses healthcare support assistants, also known as home carers or home help, employed...Finally, the measure also extends to equivalent healthcare workers in private nursing homes and hospices
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-11-25/7/
25 Nov 2020 -
Covid-19 spreads when individuals and groups come into close contact with each other, enabling the virus...to move from one person to another....The framework takes account of the societal and economic impacts of the response to Covid-19....In this regard, the Taoiseach had a number of Covid-19 related meetings with faith groups....to discuss the effects Covid-19 is having on their communities.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-28/42/
28 Jul 2020 -
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts; to provide for a new benefit to mitigate...the adverse economic effects of the spread of the disease known as Covid-19; to provide for the attribution...of paid social insurance contributions in respect of payments arising directly from the economic impacts
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2022-03-30/5/
30 Mar 2022 -
The Deputy is right that they exposed themselves to particular Covid-19 risks that did not exist in other...working environments or for those working from home....recognition of the efforts of workers and volunteers and they were part of the general public response during Covid...-19....People who care for those who are homeless or who use drugs did incredible work and I will raise that
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-02-04/5/
4 Feb 2021 -
security, welfare and nutrition in school and in other settings that in some cases was not available at home...I recently received a response to a parliamentary question which stated: From June 2020 to end of December...Child poverty was there before Covid-19, it has gotten worse during Covid-19 for some children and it...will be there after Covid-19....We are where we are now and we must learn from those mistakes.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-23/2/
23 Sep 2020 -
The Covid-19 restrictions are hitting low- and middle-income workers far more than any other sector of...There will be cases of Covid-19 in schools....As such, children will need to be kept at home....They have told people not to go into work if they are experiencing the symptoms of Covid-19....risk spreading Covid-19 around the workplace.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-28/44/
28 Jul 2020 -
It is the Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020....What it is doing is actually a threat in our battle against Covid-19 in a number of ways....It is fundamentally dishonest and fundamentally damaging to the fight against Covid-19....The inequity of it is threatening the fight against Covid-19....It has got nothing to do with the fight against Covid-19; it is about driving people off the pandemic
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-23/2/
23 Sep 2020 -
Covid-19 continues to have significant impacts on all of us, and on children, as 1 million of them go...The previous Government acted quickly when Covid-19 first emerged and since March, we have implemented...is closed due to an outbreak of Covid-19....child has Covid-19, the employer may not want that employee to attend the workplace until clarity has...The Bill does not take account of possible working from home arrangements that may be in place and this
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-19/6/
19 Nov 2020 -
The guidance set out in the Government's Plan for Living with Covid-19 specifies that no exercise or...At present, Ireland is at level 5 in our plan for living with Covid-19....The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 give effect...Covid-19, did not allow any exercise or dance classes, irrespective of the form, such as Irish, jazz...Such activities include health and social care services, education and other essential needs, work and
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Debate: Joint Committee On Enterprise, Trade And Employment
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_enterprise_trade_and_employment/2021-03-30/2/
30 Mar 2021 -
have heard that, if a person thinks he or she has the symptoms, then that person is asked to stay at home...How is Covid-19 reported to the Health and Safety Authority?...Should the employer have permission from the worker to report he or she has Covid-19?...For example, say I am working in a particular facility and I contract Covid-19....has Covid-19?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-28/440/
28 Jul 2020 -
immediate investment in upskilling, reskilling and refreshing of skills need to be supported throughout working...Since the onset of Covid-19 in March, my Department, the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and SOLAS have...collaborated with key stakeholders from the sector to identify, quantify and develop options to mitigate...the financial impacts of Covid 19 on the sector, including costs associated with the safe commencement...of the 2020/21 academic year in line with Public Health advice.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-11-23/21/
23 Nov 2021 -
The approach to supporting schools to operate safely during Covid-19 has been to follow and implement...As of 27 September 2021, following a recommendation from NPHET, a decision was taken to cease routine...Parents and guardians of a primary school child who is a confirmed case of Covid-19 following a PCR test...receive free antigen tests for their child, which they will be able to order for delivery to their home...Children who are in a pod where a child has tested positive for Covid-19 can continue to attend school
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-04-16/3/
16 Apr 2020 -
Deputy John Brady While more than 500,000 applications for the Covid-19 unemployment payment have been...Many who have been forced to work longer to continue to pay their bills, rent and mortgages now find...themselves out of work and are being discriminated against because they cannot apply for the Covid-19...-19 payment....Has he got advice from the Attorney General on it?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-05-21/5/
21 May 2020 -
-19....from Covid-19 since the beginning of April....-19 outbreak were handled by those in power....It was known from the very start of the Covid-19 outbreak, from what happened in other countries, that...support was not made available when it emerged that only seven of the 24 nursing staff were available to work
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-23/2/
23 Sep 2020 -
The European picture varies greatly, from €38 a week in England, all the way up to €875 in Switzerland...When sick workers stay at home, they reduce the spread of infection and the risk of workplace accidents...-19 cases....take time off work to look after children who must isolate due to Covid-19....We cannot have a situation where cases of Covid-19 arise in schools and parents are left taking unpaid
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-12-07/30/
7 Dec 2021 -
Deputy Joe O'Brien Through the Covid-19 stability fund, my Department supported a total of 840 organisations...in 2020 and 2021 with total funding of approximately €48 million....This consisted of a €5 million commitment from my Department’s Dormant Accounts Fund and €600,000 from...The purpose of the fund was to assist organisations working with vulnerable people and communities....-19.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2021-02-10/2/
10 Feb 2021 -
-19 pandemic in Ireland since the beginning of the pandemic, and they have worked tirelessly to care...-19 vaccination programme, which, up to 3rd February, has resulted in over 200,000 Covid-19 vaccines...-19 pandemic; acknowledges that: — the emergence of Covid-19 worldwide: — has taken a significant...-19 pandemic, and welcomes the requirement for passengers arriving to Ireland from overseas to present...from home where possible; commits that: — the Government will continue to monitor the measures that
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-07-14/31/
14 Jul 2020 -
The new pan-European guarantee fund to tackle the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic is a...The fund was endorsed by the European Council on 23 April as part of the overall EU Covid-19 response...The economic damage done by the Covid-19 pandemic becomes more visible every day....Eurobonds have been suggested as a way to tackle the financial difficulties created by the Covid-19 crisis...Sinn Féin will not oppose this Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-09-02/8/
2 Sep 2020 -
We are discussing the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 and a lack of understanding...Basically, they were putting people in line to get Covid-19....We saw something similar in nursing homes and respite centres, which were not allowed to open either....We can see now that all the problems that have arisen since the onset of Covid-19 have been caused by...It has driven them to overpopulated areas where they are at greater risk of contracting Covid-19.
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Debate: Special Committee On Covid-19 Response
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/special_committee_on_covid_19_response/2020-07-21/4/
21 Jul 2020 -
We got a breakdown from her in the report on the profile of Covid-19 cases among healthcare workers and...it cuts across all areas from administration to care assistants to nursing staff to doctors....Approximately 135,000 people work in the HSE between full-time staff and part-time staff....Probably another 30,000 work in private nursing home facilities....-19?
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-09/17/
9 Dec 2020 -
I support the Deportation Moratorium (Covid-19) Bill 2020....The Covid-19 pandemic has forced us to reflect on what it means to be safe and secure in one's own home...Over the summer, I became much more acutely aware of the situation of migrants while working on a helpline...She did not even know where to go when she was thrown out of the house for contracting Covid-19, which...Given our numbers and how we have dealt with the Covid-19 crisis, we know we are the safest refuge for
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-12-03/53/
3 Dec 2020 -
that all instances of Covid-19 infection identified at places of work be reported to the HSA....the new Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Biological Agents) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, introduced...on 22 November 2020....to the virus, for example, working with a Covid-19 patient, handling infected waste or carrying out...The purpose of the Bill is to make workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 notifiable to the HSA.
