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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Public transport fares have recently been reduced for the first time since the Second World War. As a consequence, we have seen an increase in passenger numbers which is very welcome. Imagine what moving to free, fast and frequent public transport could do. We know that cutting fares saves people's money, reduces congestion and cuts CO2emissions. More than 100 cities and towns across the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and policing reform division of his Department. [24527/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Thousands of workers in our bars and restaurants are being told to leave the country by the end of the month as the Department of Justice is refusing to give a simple extension until September for those on stamp 2 visas. This means thousands of people will have to leave their accommodation and jobs for the summer. When they return next September they will have to try to find new apartments...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: But are they going to be extended on this occasion?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Exactly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: But are they going to be extended on this occasion?

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Breathtaking cynicism has characterised the Government's ramming through of this proposal. The height of that breathtaking cynicism will be seen this evening when the Government votes in favour of a motion that calls on it to secure full public ownership of the site and new building on the very same day that it has done the very opposite. It is a disgusting level of cynicism. Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in line with increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24512/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: In the most recent budget the Minister increased social welfare rates by a measly 2.5%. Over the past year we have seen inflation at 7% or more. Does the Minister intend to immediately increase social welfare rates to at least keep pace with the spiralling cost of living so that those on low fixed incomes are not compelled to fall deeper and deeper into poverty?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Government likes to talk a lot about the cost of living being caused by factors outside its control but let us look at the factors that are in the Government's control. Social protection is set at poverty levels. That was the case before the huge inflation we are seeing but it is getting worse. The crumbs being offered to people are not good enough. When their bills are soaring by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will give the Minister some other statistics from the same report. After paying their rent, one in two people living in local authority housing is at risk of poverty. It is even worse for those reliant on HAP or rental accommodation scheme, RAS, of whom 59% are at risk of poverty after paying their rent. More than one in ten of the population is living in enforced deprivation. Almost...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline measures taken to prevent abuse of the Work Placement Experience Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce deprivation among lone parent families given the increase in deprivation found in the latest EU survey on income and living conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules, procedures and regulations regarding the capturing of wild hares for coursing. [24574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules, procedures and regulations regarding the release of wild hares after coursing has concluded for example, if hares are released in the exact location in which they were captured; and the measures that are taken to distinguish which hare was captured from which location. [24577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to take action to ensure that shareholders in a company do not divide up the assets of a company (details supplied) into individual residential units for the purposes of evading restrictions on carrying out tenant evictions. [24798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the thousands of parents who have children living with a disability that will not be able to avail of the July provision summer programme despite being eligible; her views on the need for a review and update of the current conditions, which needs to include consultations with families regarding their needs;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will reconsider the decision by Tusla not to apply the 4% increase which is being applied to all other Tusla grantees which is not being extended to area-based childhood programmes due to a legacy issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 704. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its call for homeless front-line workers to be included in the Covid-19 recognition scheme; if he will action direct intervention and support in requesting that section 39 homeless front-line health care workers are included in the criteria and application process for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: This morning, I visited the picket line of medical scientists at Tallaght University Hospital. They are among the more than 2,000 members of the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association, MLSA, who are on strike today. By the way, the public support for them and the support from patients were quite overwhelming. These are the hidden heroes of our health service. They are the people who...