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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that are being taken to ensure no cancellations occur of emergency calls to An Garda Síochána at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36751/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Let us take the time to debate the legislation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: A Cheann Comhairle, it cannot be acceptable that the Taoiseach gets to ramble through three minutes of an answer and that is then the end of the process.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Government unveiled the so-called work placement experience programme. It is a new free labour scheme for bosses whereby workers will get less than the pandemic unemployment payment and will be expected to live below the poverty line while working. Put simply, it is JobBridge 2.0. Workers on the scheme will get an extra €3.43 an hour for working 30 hours a week for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Will these case officers be outsourced in JobBridge 2.0?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I want to point out that the Taoiseach did not answer any of the questions that were put to him.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [37716/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is appropriate that we have a question on the parliamentary liaison unit of the Government because the behaviour of the Government towards the Parliament in the past week has been striking. The Government has taken a bullying approach, using its majority to bulldoze things through without proper discussion. There have been two examples in the past week. Last Thursday, there was a motion...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the Covid-19 oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [37717/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is making a serious and reckless mistake again. The Government is risking the health of hospitality workers who are mostly unvaccinated. It is risking hundreds of unnecessary deaths, tens of thousands of potential cases of long Covid and a fourth wave and another lockdown, which people would find utterly demoralising. I have two specific questions to ask the Taoiseach....

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am listening to this debate and some people here are in need of a history lesson, as well as perhaps a mathematical lesson in terms of what progressivity means and what it is meant to relate to, which is income and wealth. In any case, I will deal with the history lesson first. The local property tax was first introduced in 2013 as part of the Fine Gael and the Labour Party Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Health if he or persons in his Department have been in communication with a group (details supplied); and if he read the group's document on Covid-19. [1492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that persons who suffered narcolepsy after receiving the pandemrix vaccine will receive appropriate compensation without the need for drawn out conflict with the State. [28316/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are being taken to ensure that there is no high-risk level of contracting Covid-19 for passengers using the Luas; the way it will be ensured that there is no overcrowding given that the number of trams has been reduced; the sanitation requirements that must be met; and the way these standards are regulated. [37536/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent collapse of an unregulated trust (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that brokers involved with an organisation sold investment policies in the trust to domestic savers in Ireland in September 2019, despite the BBC having reported in May 2019 that the trust was a scam and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens' Assembly (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a date for the Citizens' Assembly on biodiversity loss before the Dáil summer recess; and if his Department will ensure that points (details supplied) will be considered on the agenda. [37234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 29 June 2021, her views on the setting up of an official channel by her Department with trained persons employed by her Department who systematically visit schools in order to provide young persons with essential lifesaving skills (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can guarantee that schools will be provided with a CO2 monitor in each classroom given the need for safe ventilation; if the HEPA filters which are also required will be provided before schools reopen at the end of August 2021; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that these measures are needed to ensure the safety...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene on humanitarian grounds to ensure the safe passage of an Irish citizen’s mother (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will call for a review of a case (details supplied) by an independent, impartial body in relation to the new evidence in connection with Horse Racing Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board published in the media on 5 July 2021. [37518/21]