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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 287. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 563. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 771. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1126. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1333. To ask 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...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Last week I asked the Minister about various aspects of the costs we are paying to lease the private hospitals. I asked whether we are paying the directors' pay, the CEO pay, rent or interest for the private hospitals. The Minister said I would get a response in writing from the HSE or the Department within days but I have not received one yet. Fundamentally, I am trying to get to the...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I am simply asking whether we are paying-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: We have the right to know about this money in the context of a company that paid almost no tax on €170 million.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I hope to get another question in but first I will see if we get an answer.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Following up on Deputy Bríd Smith's question about workplaces, the Minister has obviously seen the clusters. We have been contacted by many workers in many different workplaces who have had difficulty getting anyone to inspect their workplaces. This is now becoming a very central issue in the context of a phased ending of the lockdown, a return to work and so on. Does the Minister...

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: A key question in the context of a right-wing Tory Brexit is, as has been referred to, the prospect of a race to the bottom with working conditions, labour regulations and taxation. We have an example now of a company that seems to be putting its workers' health at risk in order to minimise its costs and maximise its profits. We know that a particular fruit company had an internal document,...

Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will try to get through three questions and answers. It is clear from the approach of the Tory Government that the question of a hard border on the island of Ireland is again coming into focus. Boris Johnson, as has been referred to, has ruled out the idea of an extension of the transition period, which means that this can be posed sooner rather than later. It will be posed at the end of...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister did not really answer the question. Adjudications are still happening, even if they may be happening at a lesser volume than before. It is significant that the RTB is saying, and I have a letter from the RTB to someone involved in the case, that it will not be holding hearings. It will not hold physical hearings, but what is contained in that is that it will not hold hearings...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: People are not getting hearings.

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise an important issue with the Minister, which is the decision of the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, to continue processing adjudications on evictions and other cases without holding hearings. I have a letter from the RTB that says due to the Corona virus all cases will be handled as paper-based adjudication and there will be no physical hearing. There is no proposal for a...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Maybe we could do question and answer, if we get to it. I will pick up where the Minister left off. I agree that we should have free provision of childcare as a public service. We need to develop a national childcare service in this country, and it can be done. The question is, is now not the time to do it? Our so-called normal model of childcare was a failure. It was a failure for...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have another more specific question relating to huge numbers of workers who have been forced to stay at home to mind children in the course of this crisis. It seems that for many workers this will continue to be the case for months to come. Does the Minister agree that parents must not suffer as a result of this, that those who need to stay at home to mind their children, and for whom...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Annual leave.