Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Employment Support Services

Paul Murphy

510. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants who have started on the work placement experience programme; the number who are currently on the programme; the number who have finished placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46519/21]

Employment Support Services

Paul Murphy

511. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers who have requested a position they submitted to the work placement experience programme to be removed from the website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46520/21]

Employment Support Services

Paul Murphy

512. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of positions on the work placement experience programme that have been refused due to the fact that the position did not meet the standards of the scheme or that were removed for the same reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46521/21]

Employment Support Services

Paul Murphy

513. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers who have been removed or banned from the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46522/21]

Employment Support Services

Paul Murphy

514. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if employers who were banned from the JobBridge scheme for abusing the scheme have been prevented from advertising positions on the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46523/21]

Asylum Applications

Paul Murphy

585. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will request her Department to reconsider the rejection letter issued. [46774/21]

Hospital Services

Paul Murphy

712. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the rationale for locating the major trauma centre at the Mater Hospital contrary to best international practice of co-locating major trauma centres with neurological centres. [46251/21]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

861. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound injuries and deaths at a location (details supplied) to date in 2021, by date; the names of the dogs; and the nature of the injuries and causes of death. [46649/21]

Live Exports

Paul Murphy

862. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will halt plans to export live Irish pigs to China given the cruelty involved in live export (details supplied). [46650/21]

School Staff

Paul Murphy

52. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has provided for the recent pay agreement with school secretaries and caretakers in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45716/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of CO2 monitors required to provide one for each classroom, learning support room, staff room and other school spaces in which they are required; the number that have been provided to schools to date; and when the remaining monitors will be delivered to schools. [45677/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

114. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the instructions she has given to schools on the way they must respond to Covid-19 cases including on isolation of close contacts of symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. [45680/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the consideration given and the action she has taken to provide high-efficiency particulate absorbing filters for each classroom, learning room and staffroom. [45678/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the consideration given and action she has taken to protect and improve air quality in classrooms and school staffrooms. [45681/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Paul Murphy

175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of Covid-19 tests administered and the number and proportion of confirmed Covid-19 cases for primary school pupils by week since the return of primary schools in August 2021. [45679/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Murphy

186. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the actions she will take to increase education spending to bring Ireland up to at least the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP given that according to the OECD, Ireland has the lowest spending on education out of 36 countries at just 3.3% of GDP. [45682/21]

School Staff

Paul Murphy

263. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views on the provision of public sector pensions to school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45715/21]

Financial Services

Paul Murphy

167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to take to tackle the issue of potential home buyers being denied access to a mortgage on the basis of their pre-existing illness or medical conditions; and if he considers this to be discrimination. [44432/21]

Tax Code

Paul Murphy

168. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of reducing the rate of interest on deferred local property tax from 4% to nil. [44454/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

242. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will ensure that the updated guidelines in relation to the safe reopening of indoor performing arts classes will be provided to education and training board management when they have been produced by the Arts Council. [44697/21]

Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

248. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 700 social homes delivered under the buy and renew scheme. [44450/21]

Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

249. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the social homes delivered under the buy and renew scheme that are in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44451/21]

Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

250. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 250 social homes delivered under the repair and lease scheme. [44452/21]

Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

251. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of acquiring and refurbishing the 250 social homes delivered under the repair and lease scheme that are in the four Dublin local authority areas. [44453/21]

Defective Building Materials

Paul Murphy

252. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost in 2021 and 2022 of providing 100% redress to owners of homes with fire safety defects. [44455/21]

Housing Policy

Paul Murphy

253. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated amount it would cost in 2022 to increase Part V from 20% to a statutory minimum of 30%. [44456/21]

Traveller Accommodation

Paul Murphy

254. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated amount it would cost to reverse the cuts in spending on Traveller accommodation since 2007 and to force local authorities to utilise funds in full. [44457/21]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [45118/21]

Official Engagements

Paul Murphy

335. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will meet with a group (details supplied). [45119/21]

Third Level Costs

Paul Murphy

454. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated annual cost of paying all postgraduate workers in Irish third-level institutions a minimum living wage of €15 an hour. [44631/21]

Judicial Appointments

Paul Murphy

476. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if any of her predecessors made a request to the Chief Justice to appoint a judge under section 21 of the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act 1946, or any other similar provision, to investigate (details supplied). [44434/21]

Stardust Fire

Paul Murphy

503. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the progress of the inquest in relation to the Stardust fire; the timeframe and budget for same; and her views on whether the resources allocated will be sufficient. [45121/21]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

579. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a nursing home (details supplied) has received three poor inspection reports in a row; the reason the Chief Officer of HIQA has not used their powers under section 59.1(iii) of the Health Act 2007 ; and the reason they have not requested a court order to enforce improvements needed at this home. [44640/21]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

677. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 30 June 2021, if a decision has been made on the inclusion of rabbits in the Animal Health and Welfare (Fur Farming) Bill 2020. [44433/21]

Sports Organisations

Paul Murphy

193. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove fox hunts and an animal shooting organisation from the Revenue Commissioners list of sports bodies that have been granted tax exemption given the fact that they are not involved in promoting athletic or amateur games or sports as required for qualification under section 235 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied). [44280/21]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

209. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the rabbit haemorrhagic disease variant two, RHD2, exclusion zone specified in the 2021-2022 hare coursing licence has been reduced from 25 km to 3 km and does not now cover the discovery of infected rabbits; and if he will revoke the coursing licence following a warning from the National Parks and Wildlife Service that the catching of hares in nets, their transportation in boxes and the collection and holding of hares in confined areas can all be considered to increase the risk of disease spread (details supplied). [44270/21]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

210. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will revoke the coursing licences he issued in view of concerns that a form of myxomatosis that has crossed over to hares could have a devastating impact on the species if it surfaces in Ireland. [44271/21]

EU Directives

Paul Murphy

211. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether allowing wood pigeons to be shot for a 12-month period between 1 May 2021 and 30 April 2022 breaches the EU Birds Directive; and if he will remove the birds from the directive derogations or reduce the period during which they may be shot. [44272/21]

EU Directives

Paul Murphy

212. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason threatened, red-listed birds of high conservation concern are included in the latest open season order; and if he will remove them from the order. [44273/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

266. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health 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. [44246/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

269. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way consultants and surgeons triage a patient for surgery in relation to elective surgeries; and the location in which this is recorded. [44249/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Paul Murphy

270. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the body or agency in which waiting lists of patients who are pending surgeries are recorded in relation to elective surgeries. [44250/21]

Hospital Admissions

Paul Murphy

271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way consultants and surgeons communicate with the admissions office in relation to elective surgeries regarding patients and waiting lists changes. [44251/21]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

311. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of paid views registered on Greyhound Racing Ireland's pay-per-view online channel (details supplied) by week, track and country of viewer since its launch in March 2021; and the associated revenue generated and the cost of running the channel. [44275/21]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

312. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses injured and that died or were killed at Galway Racecourse to date in 2021; if an investigation will be carried out into the high level of fatalities; and if consideration will be given to ending State funding to Horse Racing Ireland in view of the growing number of horse deaths. [44276/21]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

313. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct or indirect funding provided to an organisation and a publication (details supplied) in the past ten years up to September 2021. [44277/21]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will stop Horse Racing Ireland's major financial supports to foxhunting groups for point-to-point races of more than €10 million since 2001 given that this funding is sustaining foxhunts whose hunting activities are opposed by a majority of citizens due to the animal cruelty involved. [44278/21]

Animal Diseases

Paul Murphy

315. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of culled badgers that are tested for TB; the number of badger post-mortems for TB that have been carried out by county in each of the past ten years; and the number of badgers that tested positive and negative, respectively for TB. [44279/21]

Animal Diseases

Paul Murphy

316. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers vaccinated and culled in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will immediately end the cull in view of the findings of his Department funded study which concluded that vaccination could be a highly effective means of reducing the incidence of tuberculosis in badger populations. [44308/21]

Health and Safety

Paul Murphy

97. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether adequate resources have been allocated to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/21]