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Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
951. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if cash tips are to be included in assessing the eligibility of a person for the higher rate of the pandemic unemployment payment. [10893/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
952. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons due to have their pandemic unemployment payment cut from 30 June 2020 who were earning over €200 a week in wages on that date in 2019. [10894/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
953. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons due to have their pandemic unemployment payment cut from 30 June 2020 who are less than and more than 25 years of age, respectively. [10895/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
954. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated savings from cutting the pandemic unemployment payment in view of the resulting increases in other benefits for current recipients. [10896/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Child Benefit
Paul Murphy
976. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to cease the child benefit of a person (details supplied) on the grounds that the person is no longer in the country will be reconsidered in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the particular circumstances. [10628/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
1095. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Arts Council has decided not to create a new platform to host the work of the recipients of the Covid-19 response award; and the alternative means that will be used to disseminate the work of the recipients. [10888/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Workplace Relations Commission
Paul Murphy
275. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the WRC appears to be making no preparations to redeploy its workplace inspectors to work with the HSA to carry out Covid-19 workplace inspections. [9797/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Workplace Relations Commission
Paul Murphy
276. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has instructed her officials at the WRC not to redeploy their workplace inspectors to work with the HSA doing Covid-19 workplace inspections. [9798/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Inspections
Paul Murphy
277. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the areas from which she plans to draw additional Covid-19 inspectors in view of the fact the HSE will need to deploy its own inspectors to carry out food safety and Covid-19 checks in restaurants and pubs when they reopen in June and July 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9799/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Hospital Services
Paul Murphy
338. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when outpatient appointments will recommence in view of the cancellation and postponement of many due to the Covid-19 crisis. [9794/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Hospital Services
Paul Murphy
383. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if persons under 18 years of age that are admitted to the adult section of Tallaght Hospital will be permitted to have a parent or guardian stay with them overnight. [10075/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Civil Marriages
Paul Murphy
630. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the Covid-19 guidelines to permit small civil marriages on and after 8 June 2020 with restricted attendance of up to ten persons only including the persons getting married under the strict condition of social distancing and with the agreement of the registrar and celebrant in view of the fact up to ten persons are being permitted to attend a funeral while observing social distancing. [9865/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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English Language Training Organisations
Paul Murphy
187. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will invite representatives of the teachers, students and trade unions from the English language education sector onto the Covid-19 working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Departmental Schemes
Paul Murphy
224. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Attorney General and his Department have completed the review of the State ex gratia scheme which Dáil Éireann was informed was occurring on 12 December 2019. [8905/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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European Court of Human Rights
Paul Murphy
225. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department made its latest report to the Council of Europe on the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in a case (details supplied); and when the report will be uploaded to be accessible to the public. [8906/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Departmental Schemes
Paul Murphy
226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the eligibility of persons (details supplied) for the ex gratia scheme. [8907/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
228. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of a fifth teacher in a school (details supplied) will be supported for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8922/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Schools Data
Paul Murphy
245. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of an order employed in schools (details supplied). [8999/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Schools Data
Paul Murphy
246. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of an order employed in schools (details supplied). [9000/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Carer's Leave
Paul Murphy
325. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of carer’s leave will be considered for the parents and guardians of children with disabilities who will need additional support transitioning back to school or with special educational needs and violent–challenging behaviour (details supplied) due to the lack of available childcare and the inability of many carers to return to work as a result of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Citizenship Applications
Paul Murphy
348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the long delay in a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [8544/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Business Regulation
Paul Murphy
433. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce measures to restrict private companies from providing access to official documents such as birth and death certificates at a marked-up price. [8545/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
452. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will issue instructions to the owners and operators of mobile home parks to suspend charges to users for the period while the users cannot get access to their mobile homes due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8835/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
455. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will publish the report of her Department which has been referred to in the media which includes information regarding the previous earnings of those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [8913/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disabilities Assessments
Paul Murphy
551. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the referral for an assessment of needs for a person (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE complies with its legal requirement under the Disability Act 2005 to carry out an assessment of need within three months of the referral being accepted by the children's disability services on 7 October 2019. [8490/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
610. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider using a statutory instrument to lift visiting restrictions on condition of adherence to HSE guidelines for social distancing and use of appropriate PPE and with the agreement of the management and medical staff at end-of-life care establishments or hospices for the families whose loved ones are resident and do not have long to live. [8841/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hospital Appointments Status
Paul Murphy
614. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a scheduled operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8852/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fur Farming
Paul Murphy
762. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to ban fur farming. [8546/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
1103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of those who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment who previously qualified for a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8911/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
1104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the previous income including social protection payments of those who have been in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [8912/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Paul Murphy
1221. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the local authorities which have not to date sought funding for Covid-19 support measures for Travellers since the circular issued by his Department on 18 March 2020. [9019/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
1222. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of mobile home units in each case that the local authorities have or are in the process of obtaining for self-isolation as per HSE Covid-19 guidelines (details supplied). [9020/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
1223. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the plans the local authorities are implementing to mitigate against Covid-19 infection amongst Traveller families (details supplied). [9021/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
1224. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the services and facilities the local authorities have put in place for Traveller families during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [9022/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Health and Safety Authority
Paul Murphy
446. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if additional powers have been granted to the Health and Safety Authority to deal with the issues posed by Covid-19 in terms of health and safety at work. [7897/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Energy Conservation
Paul Murphy
725. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the provision of the SEAI retrofitting grant to a person (details supplied). [7502/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
750. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safety measures and support measures that will obtain for private contract school transport coaches with regard to Covid-19 when the schools reopen in September. [7147/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Driver Test
Paul Murphy
825. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency driver test appointments will be provided for persons whose planned tests were cancelled due to Covid-19, who are categorised as essential workers and who urgently need to do a test in order to be able to drive legally to get to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
910. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal and regulatory arrangement in force during the period of the Covid-19 crisis regarding redundancy; the legal and regulatory arrangement to come into force when the Covid-19 crisis comes to an end; and the criteria which will be used to determine when the Covid-19 crisis will end with regard to employment law and redundancy provisions. [7152/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
911. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions she will introduce to ensure that financially viable and profitable companies will be prevented from reducing their workforce or changing the terms and conditions of persons that were employees of such companies prior to the Covid-19 crisis when such companies return to normal operations at the end of the Covid-19 crisis. [7153/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Paul Murphy
926. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place or which will be put into place to continue the pandemic unemployment payment for those workers currently in receipt of same but that will not be able to return to work if their employer reopens prior to the availability of childcare due to crèches and schools remaining closed. [7061/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Paul Murphy
238. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if amendments will be made to the requirement to submit payslips for work done by a student applying for a grant to SUSI in view of the impossibility of contacting some previous employers, for example, pubs due to them being closed as a result of Covid-19. [6198/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Maternity Leave
Paul Murphy
412. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend maternity leave and maternity benefit by three months from the end of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions for all persons currently claiming same or those that become eligible for maternity leave and benefit before the lifting of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5754/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
Paul Murphy
435. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when INIS registration appointments which have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis will be rescheduled. [5633/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
610. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department were contacted by any of the contractors involved in the construction of a new factory (details supplied) regarding the continued construction work at the site during the period of the Covid-19 restrictions. [6437/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
611. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to or if she has been contacted regarding the full reopening of a construction site (details supplied) on 11 May 2020 a week before the agreed reopening date for construction on 18 May 2020 and prior to the Return to Work Protocol from her Department and the HSE being distributed to and discussed with employees on the site. [6438/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
612. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will call for the closure of a construction site (details supplied) until a full Covid-19 risk assessment has been carried out and safety procedures are agreed for the site by the HSA, the workplace and safety reps, the Covid-19 safety rep and trade union safety reps in accordance with the Return to Work Protocol and the HSE Covid-19 guidelines; and if the HSA will be instructed to inspect this site for breaches of the Return to Work Protocol and HSE Covid-19 safety guidelines and issue enforcement proceedings to ensure full compliance. [6439/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Workplace Safety
Paul Murphy
613. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will specify in relation to page 2 of the Return to Work Protocol that the procedure for the selection and appointment of Covid-19 safety representatives will be carried out by the employees in a collective manner, as provided for in accordance with section 25 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. [6440/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Workplace Safety
Paul Murphy
614. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will insert into the Covid-19 Return to Work Protocol a provision that an employer cannot penalise a worker that leaves a workplace due to the fact their health and safety is at risk, as provided for in section 27(3)(f) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. [6441/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Workplace Safety
Paul Murphy
615. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will insert into page 16 or 17 of the Covid-19 Return to Work Protocol a provision that in the absence of appropriate Covid PPE, employees shall not proceed with tasks requiring Covid PPE until the appropriate PPE is provided by the employer. [6442/20]