Parliamentary questions

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

300. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for vaccination. [28243/21]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the reports made in relation to the horse racing industry by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35046/21]

Fur Farming

Paul Murphy

389. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the animals which will be covered by the upcoming legislation to ban fur farming; and if rabbits will be included in the list. [35320/21]

Central Statistics Office

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the Central Statistics Office with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [34844/21]

School Curriculum

Paul Murphy

334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider implementing education on basic first-aid skills which could be introduced to children in upper primary school and continued in secondary school given it would provide most of the young population of this country with the basic skills necessary to react in an emergency situation (details supplied). [34533/21]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she has plans to give accreditation to the 500 special needs assistants currently undertaking the National Training Programme for the SNA certificate in inclusive school support (details supplied). [34723/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

367. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider changing the regulations to allow the blind pension to be paid concurrently with the invalidity pension given that it is means-tested (details supplied). [34737/21]

Youth Services

Paul Murphy

401. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the problems with a proposed funding model (details supplied) and its possible detrimental impact on all Youthreach learners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/21]

National Maternity Hospital

Paul Murphy

562. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the design, construction and operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include design, construction and fit-out for the provision of full reproductive healthcare including contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion; the specific design, construction and fit-out provision that will be installed for each of these services; and the installed bed and consultation capacity that will be provided for the specific delivery of each of these services. [33200/21]

National Maternity Hospital

Paul Murphy

563. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include specific estimates for section 38 funding of staff for the provision of contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion services; and the estimated number of staff to be funded under section 38 for the specific provision of contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion services. [33201/21]

Departmental Staff

Paul Murphy

597. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the case of an official (details supplied) in his Department who has admitted to animal neglect charges at a farm County Sligo; the way his Department has dealt with this situation; and the steps he is taking to ensure this is not the case for any other Departmental employees. [34468/21]

Economic Policy

Paul Murphy

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in preparing the national economic recovery plan. [33402/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [33403/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [31406/21]

National Risk Assessment

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment for 2021. [33401/21]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

650. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate that a person convicted of animal neglect and animal welfare breaches continue to oversee the implementation of animal welfare legislation (details supplied). [33451/21]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to bring forward legislation to implement the recommendations of the Supreme Court ruling in Zalewski vs. Adjudication Officer and Others in relation to Workplace Relations Commission hearings; and the timeframe within which he plans to do so. [32591/21]

Rail Network

Paul Murphy

205. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the Public Spending Code requires that the Metrolink Preliminary Business Case to Beechwood, which has been submitted to Government by the NTA, cannot be approved until the main alternative option (details supplied) has been appraised. [32594/21]

Taxi Licences

Paul Murphy

207. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered a review of the nine-year rule in regard to the taxi industry; and if older vehicles having passed a strict NCT test could be permitted to operate as taxis. [32598/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it will next meet. [31402/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

18. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. [31406/21]

Construction Industry

Paul Murphy

40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions in place to require a primary tenderer to ensure that a contractor to whom a contract is awarded by that primary tenderer pays any sub-contractor in full for work undertaken and completed satisfactorily by any such sub-contractor; if there is a public register of defaulting contractors; the procedures for the registration of any such defaulting contractors to make future sub-contractors aware of any such previous defaults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32283/21]

Aviation Industry

Paul Murphy

74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will contact airlines specifically an airline (details supplied) to require it to provide free of charge rescheduling of flights scheduled prior to 19 July 2021 to dates after 19 July 2021 when international travel restrictions have been lifted. [32314/21]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Paul Murphy

117. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential properties purchased by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32243/21]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Paul Murphy

118. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new residential property units constructed by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32244/21]

Local Authorities

Paul Murphy

119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units by type, such as, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are owned by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32245/21]

Local Authorities

Paul Murphy

120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units by type, that is, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are leased from private entities by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32246/21]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

128. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [32316/21]

Departmental Strategies

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [29784/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [31401/21]

Census of Population

Paul Murphy

139. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the CSO with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [28376/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Paul Murphy

169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department supports persons with disabilities to access the mainstream job market. [31868/21]

Emergency Services

Paul Murphy

219. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to continue with the fully civilianised search and rescue services provided by a civilian helicopter operator (details supplied). [30493/21]

Tax Code

Paul Murphy

371. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners view cohabiting couples as two individual single persons even those who have children together given that for the purpose of payments to families, the Department of Social Protection recognise cohabiting couples as a family unit (details supplied). [31576/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she plans to allow the return of live music performances. [30691/21]

Arts Policy

Paul Murphy

462. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to a report by a company (details supplied); and if she will pilot a universal basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audio-visual and live performance and events sectors which has been recommended by The Arts Recovery Task Force and instructed by The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future which commits to a universal basic income in the lifetime of this Government. [30903/21]

Departmental Reviews

Paul Murphy

599. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos.794 and 796 of 21 April 2021 and 342 of 11 May 2021, if he stands over the contents of the 9 February 2013 Report of the Independent Review of the Compulsory Acquisition of Land at Charlesland, County Wicklow by Wicklow County Council given further developments (details supplied). [31088/21]

School Accommodation

Paul Murphy

716. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the details on the arrangements in relation to the contingency arrangements for a school (details supplied) to be located in interim accommodation at a college site from August 2021 for a maximum of one academic year which were announced on 26 May 2021; the way in which she plans to ensure that the school has their own permanent accommodation within the year outlined; and the contingency plans that are in place if planning permissions are delayed or refused. [30671/21]

School Admissions

Paul Murphy

743. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the struggle to get a school placement for a student (details supplied); and if her Department can guarantee a school placement for them. [31133/21]

Departmental Properties

Paul Murphy

803. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department has conducted a valuation for the land at Harold’s Cross bought by her Department from the Irish Greyhound Board; the value of the land at present; the value of the land when it was bought from the Board; and if more was paid for the land than its worth at the time of purchase. [31673/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

906. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department recognises cohabiting couples as a family unit and therefore pay them full amount for the main would be earner with an allowance for an adult dependant, and if applicable, their children, not as two individual single persons both receiving the full rate for a single adult given that for taxation purposes cohabiting couples are viewed as two individual single persons even those who have children together. [31578/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

919. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of job coaches employed in regard to the use of job coaches for disabled jobseekers as a way of improving access to the labour market; the cost for the relevant Department or State agency to recruit a job coach; and the amount allocated for her Department to spend on job coaches. [31867/21]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he envisages introducing a mandatory sick pay scheme before the end of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30239/21]

Health and Safety

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to protect workers’ health and safety in view of the reopening of the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30240/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has made representations to the Minister for Health in relation to mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/21]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she has met with the family or representatives of a person (details supplied) who died in Garda custody in 2005; if she will examine the setting up of an independent or public inquiry into the circumstances of their death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30234/21]

Government Communications

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service. [29783/21]

Economic Policy

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the national reform programme. [28375/21]

Departmental Functions

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the EU and international division of his Department. [26511/21]

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when the rent freeze ceases on 13 July 2021 those landlords of properties in rent pressure zones which have not raised rent since July 2019 will be legally allowed to impose an 8% rent rise; and if he plans to introduce legislation to prevent this from occurring. [30214/21]