Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Dental Services

Paul Murphy

672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the provisions put in place to meet the needs of the public and private dental care sectors and the dental profession during the Covid-19 crisis and after the Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted. [5753/20]

Health Services Access

Paul Murphy

738. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a respiratory task force and making rescue packs equivalent to the COPD rescue packs available on the NHS available to those that need them. [6195/20]

Hospital Services

Paul Murphy

765. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the expenditure on the agreement with private hospitals to incorporate their capacity into the public system in tabular form. [6471/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

1156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance that will be provided to small crèche owners to assist with filling out the necessary paperwork to avail of the TWSCS. [6854/20]

Childcare Services

Paul Murphy

1157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assistance that will be provided to small crèches to assist them in reopening safely at the appropriate time. [6855/20]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Paul Murphy

1201. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the fuel allowance further in view of the extension of the lockdown. [5654/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Paul Murphy

1219. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pandemic unemployment payment will be backdated for a person (details supplied). [5916/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

1244. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the State could pay maintenance payments that are not being made on the basis that the State could recoup these costs after the Covid-19 crisis. [6196/20]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Paul Murphy

1257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to further extend the fuel allowance in view of the continuing Covid-19 crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6455/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

1350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if amendments to planning regulations will be introduced to facilitate small businesses that are no longer able to work out of their business premises as a result of the Covid-19 health measures and therefore need to operate from their home. [6197/20]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

1404. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the National Famine Commemoration Day is being marked on the fourth Sunday of May for 2020, when the third Sunday in May is formally designated as the National Famine Commemoration Day. [6165/20]

Consular Services

Paul Murphy

36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements he is making to repatriate Irish citizens that are presently unable to get scheduled flights out of Peru to Ireland, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [5137/20]

Schools Data

Paul Murphy

287. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of progression from junior to senior cycle in a school (details supplied); and the way in which this compares to rates nationally. [5147/20]

Emergency Departments

Paul Murphy

557. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason persons who are 16 years of age are required to register in the adult accident and emergency unit in Tallaght Hospital while still being required to have a parent or guardian accompany them at the time of registration; if admitted, if they will be allowed to have a parent or guardian continue to stay with them outside of visiting times and overnight as would be the case in a children’s accident and emergency unit; and when and the reason the decision was made to treat persons who are 16 and 17 years of age in this way. [4416/20]

National Maternity Hospital

Paul Murphy

563. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a binding unconditional contract between a health group (details supplied) and the State for the purchase of land was in existence prior to the advancement of funds amounting to €43 million for the construction of a car park and other facilities for the new maternity hospital on a site owned by the group; if so, when the sale will be closed on foot of the contract; and if no such contract has been agreed, the way in which his Department plans to retrieve the funds should the building of the new maternity hospital not go ahead on the site as planned [4431/20]

Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation

Paul Murphy

771. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which Statutory Instrument No. 541/2019 will affect families that began their IVF donor-sperm procedures prior to 4 May 2020 in relation to the commencement of Part 2 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if consideration will be given to delaying the commencement of the relevant sections of the Act until a later date in view of the suspension of IVF procedures and the lack of clarification given to families up to this point. [5144/20]

Childcare Services

Paul Murphy

1126. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the employment of staff under the AIM scheme will be clarified; and if staff employed under the scheme are required to have a FETAC level 5 qualification (details supplied). [5151/20]

Broadcasting Sector

Paul Murphy

1333. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the independent film and television sector does not fall within the remit of the wage subsidy scheme due to the non-permanent project nature of the sector (details supplied); if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that many in the sector were due to commence work on various productions but could not start due to the industry shutdown; and if the regulations or the payment scheme will be amended to support workers in the sector. [5167/20]

State Claims Agency Data

Paul Murphy

680. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the legal costs of fighting court cases in relation to the administration of the Pandemrix vaccine; and his views on whether the State should cease fighting court cases against persons that suffered narcolepsy after receiving the Pandemrix virus and instead ensure that they receive appropriate compensation without the need for expensive court cases. [3230/20]

Services for People with Disabilities

Paul Murphy

683. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will pay for a person (details supplied) to be accommodated in healthcare facilities. [3248/20]