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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process that governs decisions in relation to the use of Office of Public Works sites by local community groups; if a decision has been made to not facilitate a group (details supplied) with the use of St. Enda’s Park; and if so, the basis for same. [21826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cybersecurity Policy (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the allegations which have been named CatalanGate; his views that there needs to be an official enquiry into this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure a safe evacuation for civilians in relation to the civilians in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol city which has been surrounded by Russian troops and the difficulties faced creating a humanitarian corridor to allow these people to escape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the full comprehensive review which was published in 2000 by her Department which recommended radical reform of the Coroner Service nationally; the actions that have been taken by her Department to carry out this reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the figures that have been collected on the prevalence of long Covid among those who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland; and if the figures will be published. [21662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide public funding for IVF in 2023 (details supplied); the amount of funding that is being provided; the persons that will be eligible to access this treatment; and if treatment will be available within the public system rather than being outsourced to private operators. [21930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an alternative that can be offered to a person who is being advised by the HSE that they must put their house up for the fair deal scheme to cover the cost of their partner going into a nursing home, given that the person who needs care did not contribute financially towards the home, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and the...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will start by countering the disgusting attempt by some on the far right to divide and rule and to try to blame the housing crisis on refugees from Ukraine or elsewhere. The Minister shook his head when it was mentioned a moment ago and indicated he did not say what he is reported as having said. He should clarify his comments because what seemed to be said on the radio was that a serious...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [20611/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last Friday, hundreds of parents of children with disabilities protested outside the Dáil. There were also protests in Cork and Enniscorthy. These were organised by Families Unite for Services and Support, FUSS. The hashtag used was #LetsMakeAFuss. The speeches we heard were extremely powerful. We are talking about parents forced to make a fuss and to struggle to get, or to try to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [20607/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the very serious issue of long Covid, which I fear will be a pressing issue for our health service and our society in the coming years. Figures suggest that, worldwide, well over 10% of people who get Covid suffer some form of long Covid, and that a minority of them suffer a very severe form of long Covid that can continue for many months and even...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. The housing crisis is a failure of the market, the State, this Government and previous Governments. We see that failure everywhere when it comes to dealing with the housing crisis. Often when we have debates about the housing crisis, the Government likes to say that those of us in opposition and the left are approaching this from a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that air pollution is the single biggest environmental health risk and that polluted air from solid fuels continues to cause 1,300 premature deaths each year in Ireland; and the actions that his Department has taken to implement the measures to achieve clean air that have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that the National Famine Commemoration Day 2022 will not be open to the public (details supplied). [22579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the hare coursing meeting in north County Kilkenny on 17 December 2021, if the figure listed on the report that 47 hares were released after the event on 4 January 2022 is accurate and can be validated given that the report also states that 30 hares were observed (details supplied) . [22574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time that it takes from the moment that a newly built property is made available to a council by an approved housing body to the moment that a tenant takes up residency broken down by each council in tabular form. [22578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 576. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider the decision to award a company (details supplied) the contract to provide meals to Ukrainian refugees in direct provision centres; and if he will revoke the current contract for the company for direct provision centres given the reports of below standard food being provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 724. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1565 of 26 April 2022, his views on whether that losing a medical card will disincentivise applicants to the fair deal scheme from renting out their principal residence after they have entered long-term residential care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22760/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (10 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 729. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1827 of 26 April 2022, the HSE plans to make paxlovid more widely available to those who require it given that the number of high-risk persons in Ireland is far greater than the 5,200 doses received in early April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22772/22]