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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has conducted a valuation for the land at Harold’s Cross bought by her Department from the Irish Greyhound Board; the value of the land at present; the value of the land when it was bought from the Board; and if more was paid for the land than its worth at the time of purchase. [31673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department recognises cohabiting couples as a family unit and therefore pay them full amount for the main would be earner with an allowance for an adult dependant, and if applicable, their children, not as two individual single persons both receiving the full rate for a single adult given that for taxation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of job coaches employed in regard to the use of job coaches for disabled jobseekers as a way of improving access to the labour market; the cost for the relevant Department or State agency to recruit a job coach; and the amount allocated for her Department to spend on job coaches. [31867/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. [31406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions in place to require a primary tenderer to ensure that a contractor to whom a contract is awarded by that primary tenderer pays any sub-contractor in full for work undertaken and completed satisfactorily by any such sub-contractor; if there is a public register of defaulting contractors; the procedures for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact airlines specifically an airline (details supplied) to require it to provide free of charge rescheduling of flights scheduled prior to 19 July 2021 to dates after 19 July 2021 when international travel restrictions have been lifted. [32314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential properties purchased by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new residential property units constructed by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units by type, such as, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are owned by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units by type, that is, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are leased from private entities by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [32316/21]

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry and, possibly, Deputy Boyd Barrett. In May 2019, the previous Fine Gael Government, propped up by Fianna Fáil, declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. So far, more than two years on, even with the Green Party now in government, those in power have completely failed to follow up that declaration with adequate action. The science is very...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will finish shortly. They have no protection in terms of health and safety. They suffer injury in many cases. For many of these fishers, it comes to an end when they suffer a significant injury and are no longer able to continue. They are then off the boat and the owner of the boat no longer cares about them. It is an absolute scandal which continues in this country. The International...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (17 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered a review of the nine-year rule in regard to the taxi industry; and if older vehicles having passed a strict NCT test could be permitted to operate as taxis. [32598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (17 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to bring forward legislation to implement the recommendations of the Supreme Court ruling in Zalewski vs. Adjudication Officer and Others in relation to Workplace Relations Commission hearings; and the timeframe within which he plans to do so. [32591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the Public Spending Code requires that the Metrolink Preliminary Business Case to Beechwood, which has been submitted to Government by the NTA, cannot be approved until the main alternative option (details supplied) has been appraised. [32594/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met. [31406/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the ESRI issued a report which refutes the key justification the Government has put forward for cutting the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, in September. For months we have had to listen to millionaire business owners, like Pat McDonagh of Supermac's, calling for cuts to the PUP and claiming it was so high it meant that workers were better off not working. Yesterday's ESRI...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the National Risk Assessment for 2021. [33401/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: A month ago I raised in the Dáil the need for us to take action to slow down the spread of the Delta variant in Ireland, including mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers from Britain. I raised it again with the Taoiseach last week and he said the Government is not taking any risk in terms of the Delta variant. When I first raised it, we had a small number of cases of the Delta...