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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Shakespeare and Dr. Daly. I will start with Mr. Shakespeare. Obviously, I welcome the commitment to a liveable city, with its emphasis on outdoor spaces, outdoor living, and public spaces. All of that is important in the context of Covid-19 and also post-Covid-19. How does that commitment square with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Is that the choice? Do we have to choose between one of the two or is it a question of finances? For example, Mr. Shakespeare indicated the refurbishment of Dalymount Park is to be funded by the Exchequer and Dublin City Council. He stated Dublin City Council does not have enough money from rates, etc., and must, therefore, sell off Tolka Park to raise the money. If the Exchequer was to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: If the funds became available from the Exchequer, would that still be Mr. Shakespeare's position? If Dublin City Council did not have to choose between the two and could choose to have both options provided in a quality manner, would that then become Mr. Shakespeare's choice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I have a question on Limerick for Dr. Daly. There is a big discussion taking place internationally on the changing nature of work. There is a question of where people will work and there is an emphasis in the opening statement on digital hubs. We could have a scenario whereby people work partly from home and partly from digital hubs. With that, the traditional office space becomes less...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the Central Statistics Office with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [34844/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will start with Mr. McDonnell in regard to the call for an accelerated cut in the PUP. Previous speakers have gone over the evidence, or lack thereof, of the case he is making, that ISME's members are finding it difficult to get workers as a consequence of people being on the PUP. Is the other side of that equation not an admission that some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will return to sick pay with Mr. McDonnell. We were talking about who is going to pay for this. He spoke about low rates of employees' PRSI. We could make the choice to improve workers' conditions but then someone has to pay. How about we make the choice that employers' PRSI should rise, considering that we have the lowest employers' PRSI in all of Europe? Part of developing a proper...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider implementing education on basic first-aid skills which could be introduced to children in upper primary school and continued in secondary school given it would provide most of the young population of this country with the basic skills necessary to react in an emergency situation (details supplied). [34533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to give accreditation to the 500 special needs assistants currently undertaking the National Training Programme for the SNA certificate in inclusive school support (details supplied). [34723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the regulations to allow the blind pension to be paid concurrently with the invalidity pension given that it is means-tested (details supplied). [34737/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems with a proposed funding model (details supplied) and its possible detrimental impact on all Youthreach learners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the design, construction and operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include design, construction and fit-out for the provision of full reproductive healthcare including contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion; the specific design, construction and fit-out provision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include specific estimates for section 38 funding of staff for the provision of contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion services; and the estimated number of staff to be funded under section 38 for the specific provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the case of an official (details supplied) in his Department who has admitted to animal neglect charges at a farm County Sligo; the way his Department has dealt with this situation; and the steps he is taking to ensure this is not the case for any other Departmental employees. [34468/21]

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I pay tribute to Deputy Bríd Smith and the People Before Profit activists involved in working on this Bill. In particular, pay tribute to the organisations of retired workers that have campaigned and fought on this issue and sought change. There is an extremely long list of them that is too long to read out. There is a crucial context to the Bill, which is often apparent in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [34685/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: We have all heard about the undocumented Irish living in the United States. Less commented upon are the approximately 20,000 undocumented people from outside the EU who are living in Ireland, including 2,000 to 3,000 children. It has been reported that almost a quarter of those people are earning below the minimum wage, with nearly half of them working more than 40 hours a week. They are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: We did not get any answers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [34686/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (30 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: As I listened to the Taoiseach's press statement yesterday when he spoke about us being in a race between the vaccine and the variant, I was reminded of something I said in the Dáil on 27 May last: We are, therefore, in a race against time to complete two doses of vaccines before the Indian variant becomes dominant here. It is a race we are likely to lose unless we take action, and it...