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Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The European Parliament held a special session last Thursday and Friday (16th/17th April) to debate and vote on the EU’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. On Friday they endorsed a range of measures to help deal with the fallout of the pandemic.
Karen Coleman, Editor of EuroParlRadio has this report on the outcome of the votes on Friday and what Irish MEPs were saying about the COVID crisis.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The European Parliament has approved three billion euro (€3bn) in EU aid to support the EU healthcare sector.
The funds should enable the EU to buy urgent medical supplies, such as masks and breathing equipment as well as transporting medical kit and patients in cross-border regions.
The monies should go towards financing the recruitment of additional healthcare professionals to be deployed to hotspots across the European Union and to construct mobile field hospitals.
Today’s vote was part of a range of Covid-19 measures approved by MEPs in the European Parliament today.
Here’s the Green Party MEP Ciaran Cuffe.
Out words: this regard
Dur: 00:33
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The European Parliament has approved a range of measures to help those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. MEPs today endorsed the European Commission’s “Corona Response Investment Initiative Plus” package.
The measures include maximum flexibility in channelling EU structural funds to fight the impact of the virus on citizens.
Enhanced support to EU fishers and aquaculture farmers and agri-food producers were also endorsed as well as a fund for European Aid to the most deprived.
The Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly explains how Ireland might benefit from the measures.
Out words: those effected
Dur: 00:40
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan has paid tribute to the two Kilkenny healthcare workers who died from the Covid-19 virus.
The Ireland South MEP says Ireland has done a better job than some other countries in managing the pandemic.
Out words: so far
Dur: 00:34
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The European Parliament has been voting on what are being called “exceptional measures” to allow more flexibility to use EU cohesion and structural funding to alleviate the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
There’re also measures to provide financial assistance to protect hard-hit fishing communities and aquaculture farmers.
The Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan explains how those in the fishing industries could access these much-needed funds.
Out words: made available
Dur: 00:37
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The former Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is calling for a concerted EU effort to develop proper standards for helping carers in their workplaces.
The Dublin MEP says the COVID-19 crisis has shown how carers are not being valued enough.
Out words: on care
Dur: 00:33
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The high number of deaths of elderly people in nursing homes from the coronavirus raises “real” questions about institutional settings for older people.
That’s the verdict from the former Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald.
The Dublin MEP is also calling for a concerted EU effort to develop proper standards to help carers in their workplaces.
Out words: on care
Dur: 00:23
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune says people need to be wary about all the false information and rumours being spread online about the origins and spread of the coronavirus.
Some conspiracy theories include linking the rollout of 5G with the outbreak of COVID 19.
The Ireland South MEP is urging people to go to credible EU sites that can verify the real facts from the fake ones.
Out words: to it
Dur: 00:32
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Consumers buying goods online need to be extra careful these days because of increasing online scams during the COVID crisis.
That's the warning from the Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune who's a member of the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee.
She’s advising people to make sure they check out the website they’re buying from before handing over any money.
Out words: be careful
Dur: 00:22
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
The EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is being put to the test as emergency funding is allocated to member states.
MEPs have agreed on a number of measures to deal with the economic shock but will it be enough and can the union finally put on a united front?
Kevin Purcell reports from Brussels
Full Out words: EuroParlRadio, Brussels
Dur: 4:59