Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1083. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider classifying casual trading fees paid to councils as commercial rates in order to allow businesses to claim the restart grant, rates write-offs and other supports being administered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11520/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1084. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider introducing temporary casual trading by-law measures in order to allow businesses that require mobile trading space due to social distancing measures to quickly get additional casual trading spaces in local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11521/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

394. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the list of high-risk nursing homes drafted by HIQA and sent to the HSE at the end of February or early March 2020 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10134/20]

Patient Transfers

Ruairí Ó Murchú

395. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the nursing homes to which the 45 patients were transferred to from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda, County Louth from 1 March to 6 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

396. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the nursing homes whose operational control was taken over by a hospital group; the nature and extent of the assistance provided by the hospital group; the time frame of the intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10136/20]

Hospital Groups

Ruairí Ó Murchú

397. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the way in which CHO8 made a determination to contact the RCSI hospital group and for the group to take over operational control at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/20]

Forest Fires

Ruairí Ó Murchú

478. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Coillte contract for the private hire and use of helicopters for firefighting on Coillte land; the amount spent on the use of helicopters for firefighting purposes by Coillte in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019; the amount budgeted for same by Coillte for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10139/20]

Local Authority Contracts

Ruairí Ó Murchú

703. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the tender process for local authorities for the hiring or purchasing of plant machinery; if contracts for plant machinery for local authorities have to be tendered on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10138/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

492. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider a separate scheme for businesses which legitimately do not pay rates and which cannot avail of the rate-based rebate scheme. [9577/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

493. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider a scheme for businesses whose rates are significantly higher in 2020 than they were in 2019, due to rates revaluation and other factors and which are not sufficient as a restart grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9578/20]

Health Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

755. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to establish a new easily accessible, dedicated telephone line and-or email for relatives of residents and staff in nursing homes and other congregated settings in order to raise concerns regarding the care or management of the centre with the relevant authorities. [9748/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

445. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if bouncy castle companies are able to reopen in phase 1 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business if they only supply private homes with equipment for private family parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7893/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

497. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when nail technicians who work from home will be able to reopen their businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7892/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ruairí Ó Murchú

739. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is specific guidance issued for taxi and minibus companies for reopening their businesses; if drivers will be expected to use specified PPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

983. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection assistance available to a person (details supplied) who lives in Northern Ireland but runs a business in Dundalk, County Louth and does not qualify for TWSS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/20]

Job Losses

Ruairí Ó Murchú

636. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the 176 redundancies announced by a company in Dundalk, County Louth, on 8 May 2020; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that many of the redundant positions are being advertised in Tunisia; the engagement her Department has had with the company ahead of and after the redundancies announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6694/20]

HSE Investigations

Ruairí Ó Murchú

782. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish an inquiry into the deaths of 23 persons from Covid-19 at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6692/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Ruairí Ó Murchú

783. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the conditions required to be met in order for the RCSI Hospital Group to hand back operational control to the owners of a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6693/20]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1183. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person or body that has lead responsibility for the co-ordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation as a result of domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or the duration of Covid-19 emergency will be put in place. [6679/20]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1184. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can progress short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation as a result of domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency. [6680/20]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1277. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation as a result of domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency. [6678/20]

Good Friday Agreement

Ruairí Ó Murchú

51. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent polls (details supplied) which indicate growing support for Irish unity; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the result of the most recent poll conducted by a company in February 2020 indicates that the majority of persons in both jurisdictions support a Citizens' Assembly; if a Citizens' Assembly will be established to assess the impact of Irish unity and plan accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3740/20]

Good Friday Agreement

Ruairí Ó Murchú

61. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent polls (details supplied) which indicate growing support for Irish unity; if his attention has been further drawn to the result of the most recent poll conducted by companies in February 2020 which indicate that the vast majority of persons in both jurisdictions support a Citizens' Assembly; if he will establish a Citizens' Assembly to assess the impact of Irish unity and plan accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3906/20]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

868. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the status of Dundalk primary care centre. [3761/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

869. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the status of the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, premises in Dundalk which was to be operative in quarter 4 of 2019. [3762/20]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Ruairí Ó Murchú

870. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting for occupational therapy initial assessments; and the length of time they have been waiting. [3763/20]

Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists

Ruairí Ó Murchú

871. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth waiting for occupational therapy interventions; and the length of time have they been waiting. [3764/20]

Addiction Treatment Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

872. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to groups working with persons in addiction in County Louth in each of the past five years. [3765/20]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Ruairí Ó Murchú

873. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if there is an unfilled position for a maintenance craftsperson electrical in Louth County Hospital; if so, the length of time there has been a vacancy; the person carrying out the role since the vacancy arose; the cost of same; the timeframe for filling the vacancy; the reason for the delay; the recruitment process for the position; if there are candidates ranked from an interview process that could fill the vacancy; and if there are other maintenance craftsperson positions in Louth County Hospital that are not filled. [3766/20]