Parliamentary questions

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

590. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will intervene on humanitarian grounds to ensure the safe passage of an Irish citizen’s mother (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37994/21]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

596. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will call for a review of a case (details supplied) by an independent, impartial body in relation to the new evidence in connection with Horse Racing Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board published in the media on 5 July 2021. [37518/21]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

635. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 29 June 2021, his views on whether it is appropriate that a person who admitted significant animal neglect would continue in a role in which they have responsibilities in relation to overseeing animal welfare. [37975/21]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

106. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her views on comments by the Mental Health Commission on the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; if she will request a report from An Garda Síochána on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36752/21]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the actions that are being taken to ensure no cancellations occur of emergency calls to An Garda Síochána at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36751/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with housing will next meet. [34843/21]

Third Level Fees

Paul Murphy

98. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consistency will be shown in allocations for SUSI grants in order that no student has their grant downgraded midway through their degree while living in the same accommodation such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide a clear income disregard with regard to the special maintenance for pandemic unemployment payment earnings given that this can push some families just above the €24,000 threshold per year. [36597/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

195. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to long-term Covid patients (details supplied) having difficulties accessing treatment and experiencing difficulties with employers; if he and or the HSE are providing or plan to provide support and treatment for those battling long-term Covid infections; if so, the details of the support and treatment; if he has considered establishing a register of long-Covid patients and official recognition of long-Covid for the purposes of illness benefit claims and educating the general public and employers of the existence of this hidden illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination last met; and when it will next meet. [34687/21]

Departmental Bodies

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the new social dialogue unit of his Department will next meet. [34842/21]

Tourism Schemes

Paul Murphy

197. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount the Hunger Museum tour of Ireland cost the State. [35769/21]

Building Regulations

Paul Murphy

225. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35924/21]

Departmental Records

Paul Murphy

230. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 11 May 2021, the date on which it was discovered that the file was missing; the date the file was found; the location in which the file was found; the person who found the file; if the Taoiseach or others in Government were informed of the missing file; and if An Garda Síochána was notified in relation to the missing file. [36045/21]

Departmental Reviews

Paul Murphy

231. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 15 June 2021, his views on 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. [36046/21]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

255. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of the human rights violations by the government of Saudi Arabia was raised during his meeting with the Saudi Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubier, in Riyadh on 16 June 2021; his views on whether the Saudi Government is in violation of Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and if he has contacted and discussed same with democratic Saudi political forces (details supplied). [35853/21]

Military Aircraft

Paul Murphy

261. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if troops participating in the African Lion military exercises passed through Shannon Airport or Irish airspace before or after their military exercise. [36110/21]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

295. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 170 of 21 January 2021 and 1014 of 21 April 2021, if as part the examination by her Department of the ex-gratia scheme for compensation for school victims of child sexual abuse (details supplied) she will consider opening a compensation scheme for school victims of child sexual abuse who did not previously initiate legal proceedings against the State and although they were grievously hurt while in loco parentis care by the State, they were not eligible for compensation under the ex-gratia scheme as specified in the July 2015 scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35991/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to introduce new work placement experience programmes for the unemployed (details supplied); if so, when it will be launched; the outlines of the schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36028/21]

Social Welfare Appeals

Paul Murphy

353. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individual cases heard by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in the context of scope section appeals on an annual basis over the past ten years given that the Chief Appeals Officer has stated in the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands the appeals are heard with a number of cases attached to each one. [36092/21]

Disability Services

Paul Murphy

386. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with special needs living in south-western areas of Dublin; the number of therapists working in the area to provide essential services for these children; his plans to ensure that these services which are crucial for the families of these children will resume to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36175/21]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

464. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department can supply an at home delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to a person (details supplied). [29292/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

506. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the requirements regarding mandatory hotel quarantine for Irish citizens returning to Ireland from Bahrain in summer 2021 who have been working and have been fully vaccinated there with a vaccine (details supplied) which has been WHO approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29700/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

507. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid 48-hour contact back tracing procedures that were carried out in April and May 2021; the number and variants of cases identified by this method in each month; the number of Covid 7-day contact back tracing procedures that were carried out in April 2021 and May 2021; the number and variants of cases identified by this method in each month; the number of Covid 14-day contact back tracing procedures that were carried out in the month of April and May 2021; and the number and variants of cases identified by this method in each month in tabular form. [29701/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

508. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way he plans to deal with the likelihood of the spread of the Covid-19 Indian variant from Britain to and across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29702/21]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

509. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when he expects 80% of the adult population to have had a first dose of vaccines (details supplied); the proportion of persons who receive the different vaccines; when he expects 80% of the adult population to have had a second dose of the vaccines; the proportion of persons who receive the different vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29703/21]

Narcolepsy Issues

Paul Murphy

556. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that those who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the pandemrix vaccine will receive appropriate compensation without taking court cases. [22869/21]

General Practitioner Services

Paul Murphy

557. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a general practitioner service is provided in Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [28317/21]

Departmental Staff

Paul Murphy

605. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 29 June 2021, if a person (details supplied) still holds their position. [36365/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason Covid-19 support payments for workers are to be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/21]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is waiting five weeks for the Covid-19 vaccine and has contacted the HSE helpline several times will receive confirmation of a vaccination date and be given an appointment and called for vaccination. [29013/21]

Medicinal Products

Paul Murphy

432. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will promptly establish an inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate as announced in November 2020. [29014/21]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

433. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will be filling the four vacant posts for epilepsy nurse specialist approved in 2018 to manage the mandatory patient safety requirements for women who are prescribed sodium valproate. [29015/21]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [34685/21]

Anglo-Irish Relations

Paul Murphy

12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [34686/21]

Youth Work Supports

Paul Murphy

145. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the potential abuse of the youth employment support scheme by employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35162/21]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe and details of the proposed new work placement scheme including the proposed level of remuneration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35163/21]

Immigration Status

Paul Murphy

185. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to those who will not be included in the regularisation scheme (details supplied), for example, persons with pending applications under section 3 or deportation orders, persons with less than four years residence and persons living in Ireland a long time but have been undocumented less than four years; and if she will instruct her Department to include these persons within the regularisation scheme [35161/21]

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]