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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building and the unoccupied apartments above a building (details supplied) are owned by the local education and training board; if the board has plans for the use of these apartments; if they will be made available to Ukrainian refugees; if not, the reason; and the reason they have not been made available to those on the housing list up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the inequality which exists in the funding of PhDs with a large number having to self- fund while many others must find funding bodies getting approval on detailed proposals; if he will instruct his Department to increase the stipend received by PhD students across the country given the increased cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that third-level student attending the Technological University Dublin, Tallaght campus have concerns in relation to in-person examinations given the current high numbers of Covid-19 cases; and if he will instruct the institution that they must offer online examination. [16112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); if it will be ensured that an operation will be scheduled for the child; and when the parents of the child can expect to hear from the HSE in relation to scheduling an operation. [16133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the measures that can be put in place to assist them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will support the request to establish a working party to investigate the needs of people living with Huntington’s disease and their families and to make recommendations on the actions to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include other workers in the Covid recognition payment that have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as those within the HSE working in the role of Covid-19 community swabber; if they will be excluded from receiving the full €1,000 offered to healthcare workers due to not having been in employment between 1 March...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 808. To ask the Minister for Health if in relation to the HSE website and the instructions for symptomatic persons in relation to ordering antigen tests, his views on whether the phrasing (details supplied) is discouraging for persons with symptoms to order a test; and if his Department will consider updating this. [16561/22]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The media reports that the Government opposes the Bill on the basis that it is "unnecessary". People may ask what that means and why it is unnecessary. Perhaps many people assume it is unnecessary because they believe neutrality is already enshrined in the Constitution, which it is not, or the reason the Government believes it is unnecessary is that it is saying "Do not worry; there is no...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Exactly. We have opposed it for years. The Minister has participated in this process of European militarisation. The majority of people in this country defend neutrality.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Exactly. We will not have a referendum - I thank the Minister for the confirmation - before the Government decides to send working-class young people from this country abroad to serve in a European military operation. Do we get a commitment from the Government before it abandons even the triple lock? This acts as a certain restriction on its ability to, again, send working-class people to...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: You are the Government.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We can have a referendum.

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Boyd Barrett and Barry. I will mainly focus my remarks on the question of giving the best welcome to those who are fleeing from Ukraine and coming to Ireland. Before I get to that, I want to make a couple of international points. Does the Irish Government have a position on the call from large trade unions in Ukraine and social movements for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will reinstate the battery grant for solar PV, which will remove a further cost of approximately €600 for those considering installing solar panels; if he will urgently ensure that households with solar PV installed will be reimbursed for excess electricity given back to the grid; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will allow those who are not in receipt of a qualifying payment to receive the living alone allowance; and if it will be ensured that this is negotiated in the budget 2023 discussions. [16880/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes. The housing crisis already existed. The housing crisis was not caused by the war.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Ukraine is not an excuse for everything.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last night, the Green Party held the casting votes on whether to hold a referendum to enshrine neutrality in the Irish Constitution. Shamefully, its members voted with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to block that referendum. In doing so, they voted against the long-standing position of the Green Party and the position for which the Minister voted in 2003, 2016 and 2018. Later that...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.