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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in a context in which many English language students have made a significant contribution to Irish society by working during the Covid crisis, including deliveries, cleaning, caregiving and childcare, and in which restrictions on international travel are likely to remain in place for a significant period, she will act to...

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I have two questions for the Minister. First, will he intervene to ensure that the 20% cut to Dublin bus services across the city is reversed? Essential workers, including healthcare workers, are being affected by this cut and I have been contacted by many. One route, for example, used by staff to travel to Tallaght University Hospital in the morning, has seen the number of services halved...

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: My second question is this. The Minister is on record as supporting the idea of metro south west. In fact, he has spoken about his preferred route being Harold's Cross, Terenure, Knocklyon, Firhouse and Tallaght. He is now the Minister responsible for this issue. The National Transport Authority, NTA, has commenced a feasibility study. However, there are major flaws in it. For example,...

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: On Sunday, the Taoiseach was quoted as saying he regretted the decision to reopen in December. It was the first time the Government came close to acknowledging its responsibility for the unnecessary and avoidable loss of more than 1,000 lives in January. Yesterday, however, the Tánaiste was talking about a revised plan for living with Covid-19. Mr. Tom Parlon from the CIF appeared on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (10 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the groups of public sector workers to which the updated social media policy which includes the instruction not to comment on or like social media posts which would undermine the Minister, the Department, the Government or Government policy has been sent to; and the groups of public sector workers to which it applies. [7011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements for the return of children with special educational needs to mainstream schools, including proposed special staffing arrangements and additional resources; the planned phasing arrangements; the proposed dates and timelines for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7120/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the reopening of special schools and the planned phasing of that reopening; the special staffing arrangements for same; the additional resources she plans to provide to these schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7122/21]

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is clear that there are deep problems with both of the existing regulatory bodies in aviation, the CAR and the IAA. In theory, amalgamating both in a wide-sweeping change has merit but whether this Bill and the reasoning behind it addresses the weaknesses in both is certainly questionable. Equally, it has long been pointed out by workers and others that IAA was fundamentally compromised...

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I have two sets of questions, the first on the disrespect shown to childcare workers by the Government and the second on the lack of supports for parents during this pandemic, including the proposal we have brought forward for paid childcare for working parents. The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated again just how essential childcare and childcare workers are. It is worth noting that over...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: The public are paying very substantial sums of money to enable businesses to keep going. There is a problem in that we still do not have a system of conditions for the kind of funds that are going to businesses, particularly conditions relating to Covid-19 compliance, to workers who can work from home being allowed to do so, and to how workers are being treated. Anybody who watches the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if donations to non-SIPO-registered far-right political entities through online crowdfunding platforms are counted by the Revenue Commissioners as taxable income; the income that has been declared to the Revenue Commissioners by non-SIPO-registered far-right political entities since 2016; the amount the Revenue Commissioners have collected from taxable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) and its members will be instructed to immediately release all hares currently in captivity for the purposes of hare coursing in view of the High Court ruling that hare coursing should not resume during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time that hares may be held in captivity for the purposes of hare coursing. [5393/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all of the hares under the control of an organisation (details supplied) have been released given the decision of the High Court in relation to the Covid-19 restrictions and hare coursing; if not, when they are due to be released; and if there is a time limit for the length of time the organisation can keep a hare in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 773. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 20 January 2021, if his Department has a list of the locations of the animal testing laboratories; and if the list will be published. [5565/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the body with responsibility for the inspection of laboratories involved in animal testing and the treatment and condition of animals within those laboratories; and the regime of inspection. [5566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 873. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a breach of the Covid visiting policy at the HSEs Clonakilty Community Hospital on 30 December 2020, in which a group of eight persons allegedly visited a resident in the hospital, as indicated in a report in the media (details supplied) on 16 January 2021; if four of the group of eight visitors subsequently tested positive for Covid-19; if the...

Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: Parents are at their wits' end trying to juggle work and childcare during the lockdown, with no support from the State. They are expected to double job, to hold down their regular work while also home schooling. Many are simply not able to do that. They have run through their annual leave already. They are being told by the Department to leave their job and go on the PUP. Other countries...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am fairly certain it was said at the press event to announce the extension of restrictions to 5 March, etc.. If we want to reduce the chances of more dangerous mutations that could undermine vaccines getting into the country, it would make sense to pursue elimination strategies within each country and to seek to keep new variants out. This also makes sense in respect of the points made by...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is clear from listening to the Minister that he prefers vaccination aspirations to targets, because people can be strung along with aspirations that will not be met and because that allows him to try to avoid the fact that if we continue the living with Covid strategy, there will be more lockdowns before we achieve full vaccination. Earlier this week the Minister, unbelievably, claimed...