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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]