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Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Paul Murphy
752. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a provision can be made in relation to the case of persons (details supplied) [28786/20]
Thu, 1 Oct 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
41. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that all sectors of the arts, including the live entertainment industry, are represented on the Covid-19 arts and culture recovery task force. [27477/20]
Thu, 1 Oct 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if she will recommend that all workers from the arts and live entertainment industries, based upon such workers being certified by a reference from a relevant employer or an Irish cultural organisation, are made eligible for full payment of the €350 pandemic unemployment payment for the duration of the shutdown of live entertainments and artistic events due to Covid-19. [27478/20]
Thu, 1 Oct 2020
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Third Level Staff
Paul Murphy
238. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the use of postgraduates in precarious positions for teaching and other duties is increasing in NUIG and that the university expects postgraduate workers to carry out unpaid teaching; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that postgraduates at NUIG have declared their intention to refuse to carry out work which is not remunerated at the existing collectively bargained rate; and the steps he will take to meet the demands of postgraduate workers (details supplied). [27778/20]
Thu, 1 Oct 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Paul Murphy
372. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans regarding the full restoration and preparation for the winter of day services, respite services and residential services for persons with disabilities, including children and adults with either physical or intellectual disabilities, in view of the fact that these measures are missing from the HSE winter plan 2020-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27952/20]
Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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Bank Charges
Paul Murphy
68. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider calling upon the banks and the other institutions which provide banking services to cease deducting service charges from the accounts of persons in cases in which their only source of income is a jobseeker's payment, disability allowance, lone parent benefit or any other welfare payment in view of the fact that these persons have the least ability to pay such charges or to maintain a balance of several thousand euro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27577/20]
Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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Departmental Reviews
Paul Murphy
155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no representatives from civil society or NGOs that work with one-parent families or child poverty experts are on the child maintenance review group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27436/20]
Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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Back to Education Allowance
Paul Murphy
156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to access the back to education allowance. [27437/20]
Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
238. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it is the HSE or an agency (details supplied) that is recruiting for community swabbers and-or contact tracing; the body that will employ persons recruited as community swabbers and-or contact tracing roles; the terms and conditions of employment, that is, if they are employed for either community swabber and-or contact tracing roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27573/20]
Wed, 30 Sep 2020
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Mental Health Services
Paul Murphy
256. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied access to primary care psychology services, which they have been referred to purely on the basis of their address. [27631/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Tax Code
Paul Murphy
66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a wealth tax in budget 2021. [26790/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Corporation Tax
Paul Murphy
72. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing an emergency corporation tax levy in Budget 2021 on profitable corporations in areas unaffected or boosted by the pandemic such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals and information technology. [26789/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Public Sector Pay
Paul Murphy
112. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on public sector pay deal negotiations; and if there is a planned increase in public sector pay. [26728/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Live Register
Paul Murphy
152. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will consider amending the regulations for the collation of data for the live register in order to include persons with disabilities and those in receipt of a disability allowance in the live register since not to include them in the live register is to render them economically invisible and is discriminatory. [27229/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider adding a provision to the taxi regulations that would allow taxi and small public service vehicle owner-drivers to suspend their taxi plate for a year due to the current collapse of the trade in view of Covid-19 restrictions, and be able to reactivate their plate after a year without extra penalties or costs over and above a nominal administration fee. [26438/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Paul Murphy
276. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost of legal fees and other associated expenditures relating to the EU General Court appeal of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
364. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that all sectors of the arts, including the live entertainments industry, are represented on the Covid-19 task force for the recovery of the arts and culture sector; and if she will recommend that all workers from the arts and live entertainments industries based upon such workers being certified by a reference from a relevant employer or an Irish cultural organisation be made eligible for full payment of the €350 pandemic unemployment payment for the duration of the shutdown of live entertainments and artistic events due to Covid-19. [26711/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Foreign Policy
Paul Murphy
418. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to engage with the Greek authorities to commence the immediate evacuation of Lesvos and the relocation of unaccompanied children and families from Lesvos and Greece to Ireland in the context of the deepening humanitarian crisis and the increasing risks to refugees on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Foreign Policy
Paul Murphy
419. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to change the approach of the EU with regard to accepting refugees in Greece into the countries of the EU in order to uphold both EU and international conventions on human rights and ensure that non-European nationals will not be arbitrarily deprived of their life Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights or be subject to physical or mental ill-treatment amounting to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Article 3 of the convention in the context of deepening humanitarian crisis on the Greek island of Lesvos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26866/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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State Examinations
Paul Murphy
444. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the start date in November 2020 for the repeat of the 2020 leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26351/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
543. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Covid-19 emergency measures will be amended to make persons over 66 years of age that would still be working if not for Covid-19 eligible for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26436/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
556. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the full €350 pandemic unemployment payment for workers in the arts and live entertainments industries based on such workers being certified by a reference from a relevant employer or an Irish cultural organisation for the duration of the shutdown of live entertainments and artistic events due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26709/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Third Level Admissions
Paul Murphy
657. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [26292/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
748. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE is acting in an inconsistent and discriminatory way towards post-primary teachers and students by recategorising them as not being close contacts of cases of Covid-19 infection, which are confirmed in post-primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26429/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Paul Murphy
796. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it is a policy of the HSE to categorise a person as a close contact requiring testing and possibly self-isolation if he or she is identified as such by the Covid-19 tracker application in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/20]
Tue, 29 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Paul Murphy
797. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will categorise teachers as essential workers who should be fast-tracked for Covid-19 tests in the same way as health workers are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26431/20]
Thu, 24 Sep 2020
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School Transport
Paul Murphy
13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has discussed with parents affected by the removal by Dublin Bus of a dedicated bus service for a school (details supplied) for students coming from Blessington, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25912/20]
Thu, 24 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
41. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered providing masks and hand sanitiser at public transport stops and hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25913/20]
Thu, 24 Sep 2020
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Hare Coursing
Paul Murphy
124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish a copy of the licences to net and tag hares for the upcoming coursing season. [26206/20]
Wed, 23 Sep 2020
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee which addresses the environment and climate change will next meet. [25606/20]
Wed, 23 Sep 2020
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School Transport
Paul Murphy
54. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to stop the cutting of the school bus service previously contracted by Dublin Bus. [16041/20]
Wed, 23 Sep 2020
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Property Management Companies
Paul Murphy
167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the provisions in place for the regulation of property management companies; and her plans to introduce further provisions for the regulation of property management companies. [25719/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the role of his Department in the development of the forthcoming plan for dealing with Covid-19. [23685/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Health and Safety Authority
Paul Murphy
137. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a workplace accident which resulted in the tragic death of a person (details supplied) was reported to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25473/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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State Examinations
Paul Murphy
437. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if appeals to the calculated grades for leaving certificate students will be facilitated in instances in which the predicted grades of their teachers were significantly higher that the grades awarded through the calculated grades system. [24972/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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State Examinations
Paul Murphy
482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider levelling up the 2019 leaving certificate grades in the context of the 2020 leaving certificate grade inflation, to remove disadvantages for the 20,000 students that did the leaving certificate in 2019 in order to create a level playing field (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25469/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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State Examinations
Paul Murphy
616. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the health professions admissions test rules will be amended in order that the HPAT grades achieved in 2020 can be used for university entry to study medicine in 2021 and students do not have to repeat the HPAT tests. [24973/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Immigration Status
Paul Murphy
654. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if the refusal of the review of an application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, in view of the fact that the factual basis upon which the decision was made has been refuted by the applicant in a letter to the head of the unit. [24947/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Deportation Orders
Paul Murphy
671. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if the deportation order of a person (details supplied) will be rescinded; and if their asylum application will be processed in Ireland. [25265/20]
Thu, 17 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
138. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason newly approved applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment are not being given an initial payment which includes arrears due from the date on which their application was received rather than being informed that arrears will be paid at an unspecified date down the line and in a context in which there is no appeal or investigation of the approved claim (details supplied). [24517/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Housing will next meet. [22652/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Tax Data
Paul Murphy
34. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 3% Covid-19 tax on the total assets of natural persons, whatever the legal form of tenure, of €1 million and over, rising to a 5% tax on assets of €10 million and over. [24295/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Tax Data
Paul Murphy
35. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 3% Covid-19 tax on the assets of investment funds and holding companies. [24296/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Tax Data
Paul Murphy
36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 3% Covid-19 tax on the market value of all property transfers by legal persons. [24297/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Tax Data
Paul Murphy
37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could be raised from the imposition of an emergency 2% Covid-19 tax on the market value of property transfers by natural persons of €1 million and over. [24298/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
97. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the benefits workers are entitled to claim when they are not working but are still on their employers' books and their employer is in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and the related hours and wage thresholds. [24283/20]
Wed, 16 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
98. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the benefits workers on reduced working hours are entitled to claim when their employer is in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and the related hours and wage thresholds. [24284/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23684/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [22655/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Education will next meet. [22654/20]