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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/2020-11-19/6/
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: 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/2020-07-28/440/
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: 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/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/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/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/2021-02-10/2/
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.
