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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (10 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if recipients of illness benefit or Covid-19 illness benefit will receive the Christmas bonus; if not, if she will take steps to ensure that recipients of the benefits will get the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42596/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider amending the regulations for the Covid-related additional three weeks maternity and parental leave to allow women and parents finishing their maternity leave before April 2021 to add the extra three weeks of parental leave to the end of their existing maternity leave rather than having to return to work before being...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: On a point of order, Standing Order 54(1) states: "A member of the Government shall, in replying to a Question asked on notice ... address each and every request for information contained therein." Question No. 10 has only one request, namely to ask the Taoiseach-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Question No. 11 inquires as to the amount the Taoiseach's Department is spending on consultancy firms. The question was not answered in a written response he had in advance. He said in response to repeated questions in the House that he can go and get the information. He had notice of the question. He has advisers working for him finding answers to various questions that are not even...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Briefly, to respond to a question asked me by the Taoiseach in the last set of questions, where he suggested that it was not clear to him whether I was in favour of a university model for nurses or not, to be clear I am absolutely in favour and am opposed to the big exploitation of student nurses which is currently going on. We would not be talking about that or the Taoiseach would not be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Yes, we should.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will send it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Should I do it with or without their consent?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work being conducted by a consultancy firm (details supplied) for his Department. [40645/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the amount his Department is spending on consultancy firms advising on Covid-19 related matters. [40646/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Charles Dickens wrote about a tale of two cities but right here we have a tale of two economies. On the one hand, Goodbody is saying that Irish GDP will be higher this year than last year despite Covid. That is something that is fuelled by the kind of fictitious financial trickery that has seen Kellogg's direct more than €1 billion worth of sales through Ireland. Irish people are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: We can change the law.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: We are the Parliament.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the economy last met. [42051/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisers appointed in his Department, including press advisers; and the annual cost. [42050/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Government cannot be accused, in fairness, of lacking ambition when it comes to spin doctors and advisers. It is set to break all previous records. In September, we were told there were a total of 64 special advisers costing more than €3 million a year. Now we have seen the Government bring in a new press secretary on up to €160,000 a year. This new spin doctor has come...

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the crisis of mental health that exists in our society. The Covid crisis has shown the strengths and weaknesses of our society in many ways. We have seen huge solidarity from ordinary people assisting one another in big and small actions to work through the pandemic. We have seen the amazing work of our health professionals on the front line and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and their work on this issue. Why have they gone for the approach of designated venues with a capacity of 1,000 or the Minister deciding? Why not just say outright, across the board, that people cannot sell tickets above the original purchase price, full stop? There would then be clarity for everybody involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have a follow-up question. Let us say that I am a venue operator and I have a venue with a capacity of 950. Why can I not at least apply for designation? Such venues are currently only covered by the last head to which Ms McNamara referred, which is the same one that allows the Minister to decide to cover a venue with a capacity of 2,000 even if there has not been an application. Why...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Would this apply to season tickets and so on? Let us take a football season ticket, which is for multiple events happening at 20 or more different venues. Would this measure apply there or does that create a complication?