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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 2921. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (27 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 3014. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the series of checks being done by the HSE environmental health department on soup runs. [39993/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: We are back to facing a significant crisis of unemployment continuing into next year. The Government’s response is to roll out the old hits and the same old strategies. I am expecting the slogan, "Welfare cheats cheat us all", to be brought out and the individualisation of the problem of unemployment. An important part of that is the work placement experience programme. This is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Schemes (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister for her answer, which is kind of funny. The funny bit is the claim that it is an entirely new scheme. It is as if the Government knows that the old JobBridge scheme was so widely hated and discredited that it is practically telling us not to worry because it is not JobBridge. If the Government knows how hated and rotten that scheme was, why did it not take on board the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I join in thanking all the staff for all the work that has been done over the past seven months in very difficult circumstances. For years, People Before Profit has called for an end to Ireland's tax haven status. We have pointed out that not only is it immoral but it is completely unsustainable. The Government has continually responded over the years by saying that it cannot take...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a ban on hare coursing. [38988/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 316. To ask the Minister for Health when zolgensma will be made available for a child (details supplied) given the fact that the sooner the drug is received the better the outcome in cases in which the drug is administered before the child is two years of age. [31681/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if he can remove the visitation rules for the partner and or other nominated birth companion after the baby is born so that those who have given birth can be supported; if attendance for partners and or other nominated birth companions through all stages of labour including induction can be ensured; and if it can be ensured that partners and or other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of follow-up physiotherapy for stroke survivors in Tallaght University Hospital; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that patients who had been receiving daily physiotherapy sessions while staying in hospital have found themselves with no physiotherapy support provided when they are discharged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland from the UK since the requirement for home quarantining was introduced; the number of those who have taken PCR tests after five days of quarantining as has been the rule up until now; and the percentage of those PCR tests that are negative and positive, respectively. [33015/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: That was an interesting contribution to follow because, in fairness, it was an honest defence of the Government's position. I do not agree with it and I will explain why. This is unjust. It is absolutely unjust and unfair to discriminate against people on the basis of their vaccination status. It is doubly unjust to do so at a time when almost half of the adult population has not had the...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Does the Deputy have a death wish for the population?

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: There were 783 new cases today. That is the highest daily case number since February. The seven-day average case number has doubled in the course of the past month. In the Netherlands, case numbers have gone up by 500% in the course of one week after reopening hospitality. Look at the graphs of what has been happening in Britain, and then in a delayed fashion in the rest of Europe, when...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I also want to focus on the question of quality employment. I will return to some of the questions I posed to the Taoiseach yesterday, on which I received no answers, regarding the so-called work placement experience programme, which is a new free labour scheme for employers where workers will get less than the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and are expected to live below the poverty...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [37718/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last week, I spoke to a woman who was the victim of a blatant and gross abuse of power. She was in court seeking a protection order and was under immense stress. After the court case the Kerry judge, who is now retired and who I will not name, contacted her. He texted her and called her persistently. He told her she was beautiful and that she should not tell anyone else about the contact...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will share time with Deputy Gino Kenny if he arrives on time. He is in Leinster House. I will start by making one positive comment about the Rural Independent Group. It has been consistent on Covid-19. It has been consistently wrong, but consistent nonetheless. At every point of the Covid crisis, it has been in favour of opening up and letting Covid rip and has consistently...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The socialist left is the only political force in Ireland that has consistently told the truth to people about Covid. That was epitomised by the discussion on the reopening of hospitality in November of last year, when the Government bowed to private business lobbying and reopened at the cost of more than 2,000 unnecessary, fully avoidable deaths....