Parliamentary questions

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

44. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the gravity of the recent human rights abuses committed by the Government of Bahrain; and the reason a joint statement will not be introduced at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2020 to address the gravity of the abuses. [53209/19]

Middle East Issues

Paul Murphy

60. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the content of his discussion with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel; and if they discussed the recent plans by the Government of Israel to build a further illegal settlement in Hebron. [53210/19]

Social Welfare Appeals

Paul Murphy

449. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the record will be corrected regarding the statement by the chief appeals officer of the social welfare appeals office to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection that the social welfare appeals office does not use test cases in view of the fact this contradicts a letter of 9 January 2019 (details supplied). [53652/19]

Social Welfare Appeals

Paul Murphy

456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare appeals office does not have legislative powers, cannot set precedent and is not free to act outside of legislation and precedents set by court. [53882/19]

Approved Housing Bodies

Paul Murphy

466. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the over-reliance on approved housing bodies which do not have the properties to meet the needs of those on the council housing list, as in the case of a person (details supplied), will be addressed; and the steps he will take for persons who need to be transferred from their approved housing body property to another council property due to safety concerns in cases in which the council will not transfer a tenant of an approved housing body and the body has no properties available. [53656/19]

European Council Meetings

Paul Murphy

20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach his plans for official visits abroad over the next six months. [53202/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Paul Murphy

302. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of individual homes in each of the four Dublin local authority areas that do not have access to fibre broadband. [52182/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Paul Murphy

43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new build homes to be completed by each local authority by the end of 2019. [51370/19]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

89. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the most recent figures on the housing waiting list for four Dublin councils (details supplied). [51371/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [50290/19]

National Economic and Social Council

Paul Murphy

23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department with the National Economic and Social Council. [50373/19]

Domestic Violence Services Funding

Paul Murphy

61. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support a network (details supplied) that includes the vital local service provided by an organisation in view of the 16 days of action to promote domestic violence awareness, which has highlighted that 60% of abuse starts before 25 years of age and that Ireland has only one third of the recommended number of refuge spaces; and her views on whether women's domestic abuse refuge centres are an important aspect of her Department. [51357/19]

Election Monitoring Missions

Paul Murphy

106. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland has scaled back by a third the number of observers it sent to the recent elections in Belarus compared to previous elections in 2015 and 2016; the names of the two observers sent; the basis on which they were selected; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that no open call issued to the official election roster for the mission; his plans to ensure future opportunities are advertised and filled on a transparent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/19]

Low Pay

Paul Murphy

53. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the high incidence of low pay within the meat industry; and her plans to address same. [50380/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Paul Murphy

10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the status of the work of the international division of his Department. [50372/19]

Joint Labour Committees

Paul Murphy

95. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason only two out of seven joint labour committees are functioning and have produced employment regulation orders; and her plans to ensure that other sectors including agriculture, cleaning and so on are represented by joint labour committees. [50379/19]

Telephone Call Charges

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish the daily telephone allowance for travel inside the European Union in view of the fact that roaming charges have been abolished. [49736/19]

Oireachtas Members' Expenses

Paul Murphy

158. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Deputies and Senators continue to be paid enhanced subsistence rates for overseas travel. [49737/19]

Immigration Status

Paul Murphy

250. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the two-year delay for a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [49690/19]

Climate Action Plan

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will include a four day working week without loss of pay as a measure to significantly reduce emissions in the future climate action plans of his Department. [49324/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Paul Murphy

37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to implement a tiered tax system on large corporations for their emissions. [49323/19]

Forestry Sector

Paul Murphy

61. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to guarantee that 10% of agricultural land is reserved for forestry to increase the overall forest cover here, which is below the EU average. [49011/19]

Alternative Farm Enterprises

Paul Murphy

78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to invest in hemp farming and assist farmers in the transition towards more sustainable agricultural practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49010/19]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Paul Murphy

81. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a general practitioner service is provided in Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [48837/19]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Paul Murphy

125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all communities have local access to general practitioner services. [48838/19]

School Expulsions

Paul Murphy

433. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates of expulsion in a school (details supplied); and the way in which they compare to rates nationally. [48710/19]

Medicinal Products Availability

Paul Murphy

156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a continued delay in the access to medication for patients with multiple sclerosis in view of the fact that there are a new drugs recently available and accessible in other EU countries, for example, siponimod; the steps he will take to expedite access of such drugs for patients; and the timeframe for same. [48467/19]

Data Retention

Paul Murphy

325. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time her Department retains data on the route, time and date of journeys taken by individual public service travel pass users in view of the fact that the Secretary General of her Department acknowledged to the Committee of Public Accounts that data is retained. [48108/19]

Public Sector Staff Data

Paul Murphy

133. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected cost to transition to a four-day work week without loss of pay in the public sector. [47205/19]

Public Sector Staff Data

Paul Murphy

134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of additional jobs that would be created in the public sector by a transition to a four day work week. [47206/19]

Teacher Data

Paul Murphy

149. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional staff and the role of each required to meet existing demand in the education system; and the cost to hire same. [47196/19]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Paul Murphy

150. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional staff required to reduce classroom sizes in primary and secondary level education to an average of 17. [47197/19]

Private Schools

Paul Murphy

151. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average amount spent each year on subsidies for private education institutions. [47198/19]

Private Schools

Paul Murphy

152. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to bring all private education institutions into public ownership. [47199/19]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider removing the ex-gratia scheme implemented in view of the ruling in the O'Keeffe case in 2014 which continues to prevent victims of sexual abuse receiving payments from the State. [47434/19]

Health Insurance Data

Paul Murphy

349. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount the average household spends on private healthcare and private health insurance each year on average. [47217/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Paul Murphy

350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of new staff needed and the roles to meet existing demand in the health service; and the amount it would cost to fill these roles. [47218/19]

Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies

Paul Murphy

480. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the distribution of CAP subsidies across small, medium and large farmers. [47233/19]

Building Energy Rating Administration

Paul Murphy

505. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected cost to retrofit all public buildings to a passive zero carbon standard. [47228/19]

Building Energy Rating Administration

Paul Murphy

506. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected cost to retrofit all homes to passive zero carbon standards. [47229/19]

Climate Action Plan

Paul Murphy

513. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected cost to rapidly transition Ireland to 100% wind, solar, wave and hydro energy by 2030. [47201/19]

Petroleum and Gas Exploration

Paul Murphy

514. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed in fossil fuel extraction and energy production. [47202/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Paul Murphy

515. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the top 100 companies with the highest emissions. [47203/19]

Public Transport Data

Paul Murphy

536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average household spend on public transport each year. [47189/19]

Rail Network

Paul Murphy

537. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of electrifying all rail networks here. [47190/19]

Rail Network Expansion

Paul Murphy

538. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of completing the Western Rail Corridor on the basis of electrified rail. [47191/19]

Public Transport Data

Paul Murphy

539. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional buses, rail carriages and trams required to meet existing demand for public transport. [47192/19]

Public Transport Fares

Paul Murphy

540. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected impact of fare-free public transport on consumer demand. [47193/19]

Public Transport Subsidies

Paul Murphy

541. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on average each year on contracts to private operators for public transport provision; and the operators in receipt of the contracts. [47194/19]

Public Transport Subsidies

Paul Murphy

542. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on average each year on subsidies to public transport operators; and operators in receipt of the subsidies. [47195/19]