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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: It seems to me that there was a problem and that the complaints were not being treated appropriately previously, if the authority had 80 such complaints yesterday. In early April, the HSA was advising workers and those who complained that it "did not have the powers to enforce the public health guidelines". It said it could not do anything about this. This was said repeatedly to many...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Dr. McGuinness is saying that the protocol was key in giving the HSA the powers. It did not previously have the powers and the protocol gave it these powers.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Finally, hundreds of thousands of employees were in work before this week and before the protocol. Dr. McGuinness is saying that if a protocol had been in place previously, the HSA would have been able to act more effectively, and could have, for example, been doing on-site inspections before the last week.

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Debenhams workers protested outside the Dáil earlier for the third time. They are some of the almost 2,000 workers who have been opportunistically thrown on the scrapheap by a company that had been seeking to exit the Irish market, a company of which Bank of Ireland is a part owner. Of course, the public is, in turn, part owner of Bank of Ireland. My first question is very simple....

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is planning to cut it.

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have a few specific questions, so we might do this in the form of question and answer, question and answer, etc. My first question is on childcare workers in the informal sector. It is estimated that there are approximately 35,000 non-crèche childminders, many of whom work out of their own homes or the homes of the children they are minding. They are not well paid, but unless they...

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. I wish to ask about the availability of primary care facilities, particularly for children, and raise the example of a campaign that I presume the Minister is aware of, that being, the active and long-running campaign for a primary care centre in Fettercairn. Despite having approximately 7,500 residents, Fettercairn incredibly does not have a single GP. That has real...

Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I wish to ask about a report that the Minister might have seen and on which the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, has provided answers to parliamentary questions. It relates to private clinics in the new national children's hospital. The proposal seems to be that, despite everything that we have gone through in recent months, there will still be private clinics operating out of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if amendments will be made to the requirement to submit payslips for work done by a student applying for a grant to SUSI in view of the impossibility of contacting some previous employers, for example, pubs due to them being closed as a result of Covid-19. [6198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend maternity leave and maternity benefit by three months from the end of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions for all persons currently claiming same or those that become eligible for maternity leave and benefit before the lifting of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when INIS registration appointments which have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis will be rescheduled. [5633/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 610. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department were contacted by any of the contractors involved in the construction of a new factory (details supplied) regarding the continued construction work at the site during the period of the Covid-19 restrictions. [6437/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 611. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to or if she has been contacted regarding the full reopening of a construction site (details supplied) on 11 May 2020 a week before the agreed reopening date for construction on 18 May 2020 and prior to the Return to Work Protocol from her Department and the HSE being distributed to and discussed with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 612. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will call for the closure of a construction site (details supplied) until a full Covid-19 risk assessment has been carried out and safety procedures are agreed for the site by the HSA, the workplace and safety reps, the Covid-19 safety rep and trade union safety reps in accordance with the Return to Work Protocol and the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 613. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will specify in relation to page 2 of the Return to Work Protocol that the procedure for the selection and appointment of Covid-19 safety representatives will be carried out by the employees in a collective manner, as provided for in accordance with section 25 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 614. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will insert into the Covid-19 Return to Work Protocol a provision that an employer cannot penalise a worker that leaves a workplace due to the fact their health and safety is at risk, as provided for in section 27(3)(f) of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005. [6441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 615. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she or her Department will insert into page 16 or 17 of the Covid-19 Return to Work Protocol a provision that in the absence of appropriate Covid PPE, employees shall not proceed with tasks requiring Covid PPE until the appropriate PPE is provided by the employer. [6442/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions put in place to meet the needs of the public and private dental care sectors and the dental profession during the Covid-19 crisis and after the Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted [5753/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (20 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 738. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a respiratory task force and making rescue packs equivalent to the COPD rescue packs available on the NHS available to those that need them. [6195/20]