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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I would like to ask the Minister about the recent increase in homelessness among single adults. The number increased by 171 nationwide between February and the end of August, with the majority, 133, in Dublin. What is the Minister's view on the causes of the increase? What action is the Government taking to deal with it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister was given five minutes to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: There are two issues, the first of which is the general homeless figures. I welcome that they are decreasing. That is a consequence of the eviction ban for which we have called for many years. Unfortunately, it has been largely lifted and I think we will see an increase in general homelessness as a consequence of that because evictions of private tenancies are the number one cause of...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Covid is brutally exposing existing vulnerabilities in individuals but also in our society as a whole. This is very true in terms of our disability services and the effect the coronavirus is particularly having on people with disabilities. The pre-existing conditions are there for all to see with regard to the brutal facts of the treatment of people with disabilities in the State. There...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Direct Provision System (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been consulted on the role his Department can play in ending direct provision. [28325/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a scheme will be put in place for private sector rent write-offs for tenants who have lost income as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. [28323/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: US Presidential Election (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the upcoming US presidential elections and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement during his visit to Washington, DC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland on the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider instructing the Road Safety Authority to install sheltering facilities such as ultra cabins at driver test centres in which approved driver instructors can await the return of their vehicles which are being used by driver test candidates for the duration of the practical exam (details supplied). [28328/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the measures which provide for staycation payments to render them payable as a grant rather than as a tax rebate in order that persons on pensions or other benefits whose incomes are below the tax threshold can also avail of the grant. [28785/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the widespread detention of prominent human rights activists, journalists and opposition leaders in Bahrain in view of the deteriorating situation in terms of human rights in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28133/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that St. James's Hospital expedite the provision of medical records by the hospital as required by a patient for Tallaght Hospital and as requested under freedom of information by the patient concerned (details supplied) [28723/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if a provision can be made in relation to the case of persons (details supplied) [28786/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste, Deputy Leo Varadkar, surprised the nation on Monday night not by his cynical attack on NPHET, not by his undermining of public health advice in general in an extremely dangerous way, but by his newfound concern for ordinary people. All of a sudden, Deputy Leo Varadkar is a champion of mental health, opposed to poverty and stands up for the ordinary worker. He forgot how...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: There are two issues I want to speak about. The first is the very good news that emerged from Athens a few hours ago on the conviction of the fascist organisation Golden Dawn. The top leaders of that organisation have been convicted of running a criminal organisation. Its members have been convicted of the murder in 2013 of 34-year-old rapper Pavlos Fyssas, a left-wing activist. Golden...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Attorney General and her Department have completed the review of the State ex-gratia scheme which the Tánaiste informed Dáil Éireann was happening on 12 December 2018. [28998/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department made its latest report to the Council of Europe on the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in a case (details supplied); and when the report will be uploaded to be accessible to the public. [28999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the eligibility of abuse victims in a school (details supplied) for the ex-gratia scheme. [29000/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: What was the Tánaiste doing on Monday night?

Covid-19: Statements (8 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister and the Government made a very grave mistake this week by not following the public health advice. The consequence of that mistake is that we will still go to level 5, but we will do so later, for longer and after unnecessary deaths. That is a decision the Government made against the explicit opinion of NPHET that "[a] graduated approach will not have sufficient or timely impact...