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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: 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.
