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Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
Paul Murphy
51. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that persons who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the Pandemrix vaccine receive appropriate compensation without the need for expensive court cases. [23676/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Paediatric Services
Paul Murphy
86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure the full reopening of paediatric emergency services at Tallaght Hospital as was promised earlier in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23675/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
386. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention and that of NPHET and the HSE have been drawn to the fact that the exchange of teenage school students from other European states continues to be facilitated by secondary schools here despite Covid-19 restrictions on travel and household gatherings; if they have approved that secondary schools should continue such exchange programmes; the number of students associated with the programmes; and the measures her Department, NPHET and the HSE have taken to reduce the risk of travel-related infection from the international exchange programmes. [23546/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Paul Murphy
508. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the EWSS are also eligible to apply for the short-time work support (details supplied). [23716/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
704. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the latest restriction on groups of 15 outdoors will be clarified with regard to caravan parks in which families are only allowed use their own caravans, campers or tents and in which no clubhouse or other group facilities are open and all other public health and distancing advice is observed: and if such caravan parks can open and remain in compliance with current restrictions. [23547/20]
Tue, 15 Sep 2020
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Disability Support Services
Paul Murphy
769. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his policy with regard to the care of persons with special needs, in particular the apparent change in the level of care to be provided under service level agreements between the HSE and care institutions (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that day services reopen five days a week and that there is a full resumption of transport and respite services [23880/20]
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if arrangements will be made to allow the children of parents who are at high risk of Covid-19 to receive remote schooling rather than having to attend in person, putting their parents at risk (details supplied). [23175/20]
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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State Examinations
Paul Murphy
120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the way in which the leaving certificate calculated grades standardisation algorithm works (details supplied). [23184/20]
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
129. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the EWSS are also eligible to apply for the short-time work support (details supplied). [23173/20]
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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Third Level Admissions
Paul Murphy
150. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if arrangements are being put in place to support CAO reapplicants disadvantaged by the grade inflation due to calculated grades in 2020 (details supplied). [23189/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Fees
Paul Murphy
40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the continuation of the full €3,000 student contribution fees can be justified in the context of the Covid-19 crisis, the loss of income for many students and their families and in view of the fact that much third-level education will be provided virtually. [22512/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Third Level Fees
Paul Murphy
43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the abolition of the €3,000 student contribution fees to enable genuinely free education. [22513/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Driver Licences
Paul Murphy
206. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the NDLS will provide a further extension for driver licences for six months or until the current backlog is cleared and more appointments become available in view of the difficulty for persons in renewing licences such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if documentary applications will be accepted by way of registered post. [21636/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Mortgage Lending
Paul Murphy
279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is discriminating against mortgage applicants who are recipients of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will engage with the bank to ensure that income from the scheme is treated equivalent to other income. [21300/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Hare Coursing
Paul Murphy
374. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans for the issuing of hare coursing licences; and her further plans to fully suspend the issuing of same. [22110/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Election Monitoring Missions
Paul Murphy
453. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the members from Ireland on the national election observation roster by the county submitted on the application forms as of 30 March 2020; the country submitted on the application forms of each in cases of overseas observers; the due diligence applied prior to appointment of persons to the roster in tabular form; if his attention has been drawn to allegations that some members on the roster were involved in fake election activities while appointed to the roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21205/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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School Accommodation
Paul Murphy
496. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure a school (details supplied) has a school building in the area for reopening in September 2020. [21256/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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School Transport
Paul Murphy
497. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views on the decision of Dublin Bus to not renew the contracts for school bus services across Dublin and to cut the school transport services for many schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21257/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
573. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if the necessary support will be provided to allow a school (details supplied) to open safely in view of the issues raised by the board of management. [22033/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
689. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the precise regulations in relation to the pandemic unemployment payment and jobseeker's payments; and if there are self-isolation or quarantine issues with regard to travel overseas either to green list countries or to non-green list countries (details supplied). [21656/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
1032. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will promptly initiate a public inquiry into nursing homes in view of the evident failings in the system of care for older persons contained in the HIQA report entitled, The Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland, of 21 July 2020 and in particular the findings regarding the way in which Covid-19 got into some homes but not others. [21254/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
1033. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the deaths to date due to Covid-19 in the HSE Crooksling and Tymon North nursing homes; the reason residents were moved from one facility to the other; if he will provide the communications with the families of residents; and if he will report on the relevant staffing issues. [21255/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Medical Cards
Paul Murphy
1224. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if melatonin will be added to the list of medicines covered by the medical card. [21645/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Medical Cards
Paul Murphy
1287. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when section 2 of the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020, which increases the income limit for the over-70s medical card, will be commenced. [21992/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Paul Murphy
1303. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the public health policy in relation to the testing of patients for Covid-19 prior to surgery; and if the same policy applies to public and private hospitals. [22036/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Childcare Services
Paul Murphy
997. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will begin to rationalise the system of childcare and distribute the burden of rearing the next generation across all of society rather than all on the immediate parents by establishing a fully funded public system of childcare similar to Sweden (details supplied) in the context of rising childcare costs and potentially fewer childcare places due to Covid-19. [19957/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
1162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department have instructed hospital consultants and or general practitioners and or hospital management instructions not to issue certificates permitting certain persons not to wear face masks for medical reasons on foot of reports received that clinical staff at University Hospital Limerick have been told not to issue certificates permitting certain persons not to wear face masks for medical reasons. [19936/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Health Services Provision
Paul Murphy
1167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans by the HSE to sell the 52 acres of publicly-owned land at a nursing home (details supplied) in the near future; if his attention has been further drawn to local public opposition to the proposed sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19963/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
63. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the €350 per week pandemic unemployment payment rate will be maintained rather than reduced. [19015/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker’s benefits will be raised to the €350 per week pandemic unemployment payment rate rather than reducing the pandemic unemployment payment. [19016/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Health Services
Paul Murphy
287. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age that have an acquired brain injury; the person or body that records data on children with the injury; the national strategy for the rehabilitation of children with the injury; and if such a national strategy exists, the steps being taken to implement the strategy for children with same. [19280/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
289. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions that have been made in the regulations which require persons to wear face masks for those persons that for certifiable medical reasons are unable to wear facemasks. [19339/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Direct Provision System
Paul Murphy
812. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will arrange for the transfer of residents of a direct provision centre (details supplied) to different, safe and supportive accommodation in view of letters from residents detailing issues in relation to bullying and inadequate and unsafe food being provided. [18928/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Paul Murphy
922. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has received a full breakdown of the legal costs of fighting court cases in relation to the administration of the Pandemrix vaccine; and his views on whether the State should continue to spend fighting court cases against persons that suffered narcolepsy after receiving the vaccine. [18101/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Social and Affordable Housing
Paul Murphy
6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will use public land for public housing and halt the privatisation of public land banks and public housing. [17643/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the rent freeze and evictions ban will be extended to 31 January 2021. [17644/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Public Sector Pay
Paul Murphy
28. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to adhere to the 2% pay restoration for public sector workers in October 2020 as agreed under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020; and his policy approach to public sector pay thereafter. [16866/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Election Monitoring Missions
Paul Murphy
342. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons on the most recent election observer roster. [16766/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Departmental Correspondence
Paul Murphy
490. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of correspondence delivered to a person (details supplied) in relation to the possible prosecution of another person on grounds of animal cruelty or relating to other matters relevant to such a prosecution mentioned in correspondence between his Department and the person will be provided. [16918/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Departmental Correspondence
Paul Murphy
514. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if copies of all correspondence will be provided between his officials and a person (details supplied) relating to the possible prosecution of another person for animal cruelty. [16919/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Paul Murphy
562. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will speed up the process of ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which Ireland ratified in March 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17299/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Paul Murphy
615. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the action the HSE is taking to support a person (details supplied) who is on the autism spectrum and whose condition has deteriorated significantly in the past year. [16537/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Apple Escrow Account
Paul Murphy
2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to respond to the ruling of the General Court of the European Union in regard to a case (details supplied) which was due on 15 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to ensure that profitable companies do not benefit from significant corporate welfare in the context of supports being made available in the July stimulus. [16314/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Commercial Rates
Paul Murphy
15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if highly profitable companies will be excluded from the suspension of rates. [16310/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to stop banks charging interest on Covid-19 mortgage breaks. [16311/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Paul Murphy
23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax on net wealth exceeding €1 million in order to fund public investment. [16312/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Legal Costs
Paul Murphy
24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent on a case (details supplied) to date. [16313/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Child Abuse
Paul Murphy
110. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reopen the redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in schools and require it to act in accordance with the recommendations from a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16376/20]
Wed, 15 Jul 2020
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Paul Murphy
29. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the carbon emissions reductions he expects will be achieved annually in this term of Government. [16042/20]