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Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice will next meet. [43765/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with children and youth affairs will next meet. [45091/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality met last; and when it is next due to meet. [45092/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Departmental Functions
Paul Murphy
15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [46802/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Social Dialogue
Paul Murphy
20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [46803/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [43766/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Hospital Staff
Paul Murphy
187. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the administration staffing shortages in the oncology department of Tallaght Hospital (details supplied); and the way he plans to resolve this staffing issue. [46856/21]
Wed, 29 Sep 2021
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Abortion Services
Paul Murphy
195. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the study that his Department has conducted asking service providers of termination of pregnancy services about their experiences with protesters and their demands; when the details of this study will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46891/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [43764/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
27. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [45090/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Redundancy Payments
Paul Murphy
204. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the former workers in a company (details supplied) will be eligible for the special payment announced by him on 21 September 2021 for employees made redundant who have lost reckonable service while in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment or another jobseeker's payment during the pandemic. [46532/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Driver Test
Paul Murphy
257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the anomaly by which if a person has paid their motor tax online, but not yet received the motor tax certificate, they are unable to book a driving test. [46307/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Equality Issues
Paul Murphy
411. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the urgent help needed by the Tigrayan people; if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations requesting that they set up an international independent body to investigate these atrocities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46362/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
458. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department will put in place more supports for teaching principals and in particular those who teach in schools with special classes as per a proposal to address administrative and staffing issues in schools operating two or more special classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46356/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Employment Support Services
Paul Murphy
509. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints that have been received from participants on the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46518/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Employment Support Services
Paul Murphy
510. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants who have started on the work placement experience programme; the number who are currently on the programme; the number who have finished placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46519/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Employment Support Services
Paul Murphy
511. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers who have requested a position they submitted to the work placement experience programme to be removed from the website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46520/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Employment Support Services
Paul Murphy
512. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of positions on the work placement experience programme that have been refused due to the fact that the position did not meet the standards of the scheme or that were removed for the same reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46521/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Employment Support Services
Paul Murphy
513. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers who have been removed or banned from the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46522/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Employment Support Services
Paul Murphy
514. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if employers who were banned from the JobBridge scheme for abusing the scheme have been prevented from advertising positions on the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46523/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Asylum Applications
Paul Murphy
585. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will request her Department to reconsider the rejection letter issued. [46774/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Hospital Services
Paul Murphy
712. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the rationale for locating the major trauma centre at the Mater Hospital contrary to best international practice of co-locating major trauma centres with neurological centres. [46251/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Greyhound Industry
Paul Murphy
861. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound injuries and deaths at a location (details supplied) to date in 2021, by date; the names of the dogs; and the nature of the injuries and causes of death. [46649/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Live Exports
Paul Murphy
862. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will halt plans to export live Irish pigs to China given the cruelty involved in live export (details supplied). [46650/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
52. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has provided for the recent pay agreement with school secretaries and caretakers in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45716/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of CO2 monitors required to provide one for each classroom, learning support room, staff room and other school spaces in which they are required; the number that have been provided to schools to date; and when the remaining monitors will be delivered to schools. [45677/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
114. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the instructions she has given to schools on the way they must respond to Covid-19 cases including on isolation of close contacts of symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. [45680/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the consideration given and the action she has taken to provide high-efficiency particulate absorbing filters for each classroom, learning room and staffroom. [45678/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the consideration given and action she has taken to protect and improve air quality in classrooms and school staffrooms. [45681/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Tests
Paul Murphy
175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of Covid-19 tests administered and the number and proportion of confirmed Covid-19 cases for primary school pupils by week since the return of primary schools in August 2021. [45679/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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Departmental Expenditure
Paul Murphy
186. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the actions she will take to increase education spending to bring Ireland up to at least the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP given that according to the OECD, Ireland has the lowest spending on education out of 36 countries at just 3.3% of GDP. [45682/21]
Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
263. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views on the provision of public sector pensions to school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45715/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Financial Services
Paul Murphy
167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to tackle the issue of potential home buyers being denied access to a mortgage on the basis of their pre-existing illness or medical conditions; and if he considers this to be discrimination. [44432/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Tax Code
Paul Murphy
168. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of reducing the rate of interest on deferred local property tax from 4% to nil. [44454/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
242. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will ensure that the updated guidelines in relation to the safe reopening of indoor performing arts classes will be provided to education and training board management when they have been produced by the Arts Council. [44697/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Housing Provision
Paul Murphy
248. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 700 social homes delivered under the buy and renew scheme. [44450/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Housing Provision
Paul Murphy
249. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the social homes delivered under the buy and renew scheme that are in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44451/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Housing Provision
Paul Murphy
250. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 250 social homes delivered under the repair and lease scheme. [44452/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Housing Provision
Paul Murphy
251. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 250 social homes delivered under the repair and lease scheme that are in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44453/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Defective Building Materials
Paul Murphy
252. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of providing 100% redress to owners of homes with fire safety defects. [44455/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Housing Policy
Paul Murphy
253. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated amount it would cost in 2022 to increase Part V from 20% to a statutory minimum of 30%. [44456/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Traveller Accommodation
Paul Murphy
254. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated amount it would cost to reverse the cuts in spending on Traveller accommodation since 2007 and to force local authorities to utilise funds in full. [44457/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Human Rights
Paul Murphy
334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [45118/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Official Engagements
Paul Murphy
335. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will meet with a group (details supplied). [45119/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Third Level Costs
Paul Murphy
454. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost of paying all postgraduate workers in Irish third-level institutions a minimum living wage of €15 an hour. [44631/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Judicial Appointments
Paul Murphy
476. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if any of her predecessors made a request to the Chief Justice to appoint a judge under section 21 of the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act 1946, or any other similar provision, to investigate (details supplied). [44434/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Stardust Fire
Paul Murphy
503. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the progress of the inquest in relation to the Stardust fire; the timeframe and budget for same; and her views on whether the resources allocated will be sufficient. [45121/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Nursing Homes
Paul Murphy
579. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nursing home (details supplied) has received three poor inspection reports in a row; the reason the Chief Officer of HIQA has not used their powers under section 59.1(iii) of the Health Act 2007 ; and the reason they have not requested a court order to enforce improvements needed at this home. [44640/21]
Tue, 21 Sep 2021
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Legislative Measures
Paul Murphy
677. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 30 June 2021, if a decision has been made on the inclusion of rabbits in the Animal Health and Welfare (Fur Farming) Bill 2020. [44433/21]
Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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Sports Organisations
Paul Murphy
193. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove fox hunts and an animal shooting organisation from the Revenue Commissioners list of sports bodies that have been granted tax exemption given the fact that they are not involved in promoting athletic or amateur games or sports as required for qualification under section 235 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied). [44280/21]