Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Industrial Disputes

Gino Kenny

62. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has discussed a dispute (details supplied) with the Minister for Finance; if so, if he has discussed the proposal that the State and the Revenue Commissioners stand aside as creditors to allow the liquidators prioritise former workers in order to achieve a resolution of the dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30567/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

71. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond positively to calls from nurses and other healthcare professionals to reinsert the requirement that infectious diseases, including Covid-19, are reported by employers to the Health and Safety Authority as infectious diseases in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23678/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

33. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of staff in secondary and primary schools confirmed as having contracted Covid-19 since schools reopened; the procedures for their return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30252/20]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Gino Kenny

95. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if schools that have lost a teacher as a result of a reduction in the September 2019 numbers of pupils can apply to her Department for support in recruiting a replacement teacher if they find it difficult to enforce Covid-19 safety guidelines in their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30251/20]

Defence Forces Operations

Gino Kenny

191. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29569/20]

Maternity Leave

Gino Kenny

371. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will commit to increasing maternity leave and benefit to nine weeks in acknowledgement of the difficult situation parents of new babies are in as a result of the public health emergency; the amount that current legislation permits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29865/20]

Medicinal Products

Gino Kenny

537. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process for those who have been refused reimbursement by the HSE for the use of the breast cancer drug pertuzumab despite a consultant oncologist’s opinion that it would be beneficial to use as treatment in a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30191/20]

Departmental Reviews

Gino Kenny

154. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria selection for the child maintenance review group. [27435/20]

Taxi Licences

Gino Kenny

16. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if the demands of representative groups of taxi drivers will be agreed to, namely to dissolve the taxi advisory committee and instead establish a national transport forum with strong representation from these representative groups, to extend the 10 year rule for replacing taxis to 12 years, to instigate an immediate moratorium on the issues of licence, and to establish a licence buy back scheme for taxi drivers wishing to exit the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25892/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

34. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure that public transport is available to all those that need it during the Covid-19 crisis in view of the fact that most transport is running at 50% capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25891/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Gino Kenny

222. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if some maternity hospitals have the facilities to carry out quick turnaround Covid-19 testing; if this facility can be extended to cover partners of pregnant persons in order that they can be present for scans and other maternity services and resume the much-needed support of their partners during hospital maternity visits and labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

53. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport when Irish Rail, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann will resume full services in view of the pressures on existing services with reduced capacity due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15994/20]

Hospital Services

Gino Kenny

95. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in hospitals permanently; his further plans to increase the current 45 ICU beds in view of the worrying recent increase in the number of Covid-19 infections and in anticipation of another wave of the virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23677/20]

Visa Applications

Gino Kenny

612. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23940/20]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

707. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the medical cannabis access programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/20]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

708. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the details of the budgetary constraints stated by his Department as the reason for the delay in the roll-out of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23552/20]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Gino Kenny

709. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a date has been established for the commencement of the medicinal access programme; the concerns and obstacles to the roll-out of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/20]

Legislative Process

Gino Kenny

24. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the role her Department will play in overseeing new regulations being brought in by the Minister for Health that will be made into criminal offences under section 13 of the new Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018; if there will be a vote taken in Dáil Éireann prior to the regulations becoming law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22926/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

184. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if provision has been made for children returning to school that have parents and or siblings with serious and or a terminal illness that have been cocooning for the past six months and are at critical risk should children bring the Covid-19 virus home; the provisions that have been made in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23026/20]

Just Transition Commissioner

Gino Kenny

172. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the community and worker engagement process as set out for the midlands region, Bord na Móna workers and communities; the way in which the process is operating in view of Covid-19; his plans to advance community and worker engagement in respect of Bord na Móna and the just transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20971/20]