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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: On the issue of mental health, the figures referenced in Ms Lynch's opening remarks and the survey to which she referred are striking. She stated that 11% of parents believe their child will need additional support from someone outside the family to help with anxiety and that 45% of those parents believe the child will need professional therapeutic support. The parents of 5% of children in...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I strongly urge the Minister to publish those figures so people can see for themselves to better investigate the situation and to compare it with Britain. I have another question on the pay and treatment of nurses, who have been on the front line over the past while, along with other workers, in the struggle against Covid-19. We know that more than 8,000 healthcare workers have been...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: Most of the healthcare professionals hired during the crisis have been hired on short-term contracts with CPL, a recruitment agency. The former Minister, Deputy Harris, refused to publish the details of that arrangement. Will the Minister publish the details of the arrangement between the State and CPL?

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: We are here to discuss the question of extra funding. I do not think anyone in the country could dispute the need for extra funding for our health service. That is probably a general truth but it is particularly true at this moment. There are legitimate questions about where the money is going and conditions in our health service. If possible, I want to do back and forth question and...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: Put me after the Deputy.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will start by saying that we need more support for small and micro businesses, such as arts workers, small coffee shops, restaurants, tradespeople and taxi drivers. They need more support at this time be it grant aid, which is preferable, or easy access to very low interest loans. I am, however, opposed to the utilisation of the stories of those small, family-run coffee shops being put to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a staff member of a company (details supplied) is sitting on the anti-racism committee in view of the involvement of the company in the private prison industry, multiple allegations of human rights abuses at its facilities and its involvement in the surveillance of asylum seekers in the UK. [13298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 501. To ask the Minister for Health if medical card holders should not be charged by their general practitioners for blood tests; and the steps persons that have been incorrectly charged should take. [13295/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 722. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency or prioritised driver test appointments will be provided for persons that are essential carers and or essential workers and that urgently need to do a test in order to be able to drive legally but whose planned tests were cancelled due to Covid-19, in view of the planned lifting of many of the Covid-19 restrictions on 29...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 808. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the pandemic unemployment payment due to have it reduced to €203 as a result of having previously earned less than €200 in wages, in receipt of child benefit. [12884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 811. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the pandemic unemployment payment due to have it reduced to €203 and in receipt of child benefit, that were not previously in receipt of another social welfare payment (details supplied). [12887/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 809. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women on the pandemic unemployment payment due to have it reduced to €203 as a result of having previously earned less than €200 in wages.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12885/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 810. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of women on the pandemic unemployment payment due to have it reduced to €203 that were not previously in receipt of another social welfare payment (details supplied). [12886/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 812. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment to the end of 2020. [12888/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 813. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment if it were maintained at €350 for all those availing of the scheme to the end of 2020. [12889/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 814. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated difference in cost of leaving the pandemic unemployment payment at current levels to the end of 2020, compared to reducing it to €203 for those previously earning less than €200 in wages from 29 June 2020. [12890/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 815. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment for July 2020. [12891/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 816. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment for July 2020 if it was maintained at €350 for all recipients. [12892/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 817. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if declarations of income from cash tips will be accepted in assessing income for the purposes of the pandemic unemployment payment. [12893/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Hospitality Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will start with some questions for Mr. Cribben of the Vintners Federation of Ireland. On the 2 m or 1 m distancing requirement in pubs, the World Health Organisation's special envoy on Covid-19, Dr. David Nabarro, has made very clear that 2 m is very safe and much safer than 1 m as it protects people from 99% of droplets. The advice on pubs changed in recent weeks when the 2 m distancing...