Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

113. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide guidance to July provision providers as to the way in which they will enforce social distancing; the potential consequences for students with intellectual disabilities who do not understand the rationale for social distancing and breach the two metre guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11666/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

114. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will provide PPE and training for staff providing the July provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11667/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and protocols providers of the July provision should put in place if a student or staff member starts to display Covid-19 symptoms in school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11668/20]

Driver Test

Réada Cronin

653. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver test centres will reopen; if he will make mask wearing mandatory with a view to tests being made available to persons who do not have availability of public transport to get to essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11669/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Réada Cronin

171. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements and additional funding planned for schools to enable extra services for children adversely effected by the Covid-19 restrictions placed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/20]

Wards of Court

Réada Cronin

479. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of wards of court who had their home care package withdrawn and were transferred to nursing homes due the Covid-19 pandemic; the number who have died; the number who died from Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

481. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who were transferred from hospitals to nursing homes in north County Kildare as a result of Covid-19; the number who were tested for Covid-19 prior to transfer; the number who tested positive while resident in nursing homes; the number who died from the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10537/20]

Child Benefit

Réada Cronin

971. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10539/20]

School Transport

Réada Cronin

146. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the safety measures regarding social distancing, hand hygiene and face covering being planned for school buses with schools reopening in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9213/20]

Hospital Staff

Réada Cronin

670. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether staff in Beaumont Hospital should be in a position to apply for transfers to HSE hospitals while all hospitals are under the control of the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/20]

Health Screening Programmes

Réada Cronin

671. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health when cancer screening treatments will resume to prevent cancer fatalities increasing during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/20]

Data Protection

Réada Cronin

672. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason for the breach of patient confidentiality regarding the HSE decision that an employer will be informed of Covid-19 tests before the person that was tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9217/20]

National Car Test

Réada Cronin

944. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when NCT centres will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9211/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Réada Cronin

945. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a comprehensive plan will be published for transport during the reopening process that will cover social distancing, face coverings, hand sanitisation and disinfection of public transport vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9212/20]

Aviation Industry

Réada Cronin

946. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has directed airline companies which are offering vouchers rather than refunds for airline tickets to comply with the EU package travel directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9214/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Réada Cronin

601. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason testing and tracing is still taking up to ten days while a laboratory (details supplied) is not running at full capacity with staff, many of whom left jobs at home and abroad to join Be on Call for Ireland, having shifts cancelled. [7976/20]

Medical Qualifications

Réada Cronin

602. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if a means will be found for the PHECC to accommodate student EMTs to qualify during this period (details supplied) [7977/20]

Statutory Instruments

Réada Cronin

603. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if Statutory Instrument No. 541/2019 signed by him on 5 November 2019, has come into effect and is affecting persons whose fertility treatments were cancelled due to the outbreak of Covid-19. [7978/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Réada Cronin

995. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when backdated pandemic unemployment payments will issue for the weeks while persons were waiting while her Department was dealing with the backlog resulting in applicants receiving no payment (details supplied) [7979/20]