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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Policies (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland joining a future European defence force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34167/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to IDA-backed companies that are asking job applicants questions in relation to their political views (details supplied); and if he will consider making it a condition of IDA funding that companies do not ask questions of this nature. [34080/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views that the RHD2 has been listed as one of the threats of highest importance to the hare species and that the NPWS previously said licensed hare coursing was a risk factor in the spread of RHD2 on nets and boxes given the evidence; if the licence will not be granted for hare coursing on both animal welfare and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the way coursing may be impacting on the conservationist status of the Irish hare and the trend in recent years for coursing clubs to extend their two day events to three days, to allow for re-coursing of hares in instances where an inadequate number have been netted by a club for its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 2 June 2022 (details supplied), if his attention has been drawn to the fact that compared to the 1,421 public sightings, those carrying out the survey only detected 229 hares in the pilot study March to May 2018 and 253 hares during the full survey November 2018 to February 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views that it is concerning that National Biodiversity Data Centre’s average density estimate of 3.19 hares/km2 was 4.5% lower than the 3.33 hares/km2 estimated during 2006 and 58% lower than the 7.44 hares/km2 estimated during 2007 and is the acknowledgement in the report that the number of hares could be as low...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 302. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify the person who initiated the visit of the HMS Enterprise war ship to Cork city; and when the invitation was sent to the British admiralty. [33991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 6 April 2022, if she will request the National Council for Special Education to provide a response given that none has issued to date. [34008/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes that exist for schools to apply for funding for more substantial structural work than would normally be covered by summer and emergency works schemes, for example replacement of roof, walls or the construction of new buildings. [34085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 725. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by a number of Irish citizens for example, Chinese Irish citizens holding dual passports among others in relation to the decision to stop issuing re-entry visas (details supplied); if the immediate provision of Garda National Immigration Bureau cards will be ensured in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 773. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for the current long-Covid clinics to provide further funding to increase the number of clinics from just eight post-acute Covid-19 clinics in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33720/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) from the Ombudsman for Children that states that children with special education needs are not getting their right to education without discrimination and that this is putting an unacceptable level of stress and pressure on families and their children; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Ombudsman for Children found that the State is failing children with special needs, which means the Government is failing children with special needs. It is particularly failing those children who do not have an appropriate place for September when it is now the end of June. The original response from Government to that failure was the awful scheme for special education centres, which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister of State apologise to the four DEIS - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools - schools that she named? She said that the decision to name the schools had been made because they were "not engaging at all" with the Department and were "just ignoring correspondence". When the schools produced correspondence to prove that was not the case, the Minister of State's story...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will ask again. Will the Minister of State apologise to the four schools? She attempted to name and shame them to distract from her and the Department's failures. She put wrong information into the public domain by saying that they were not engaging at all and "just ignoring correspondence" when it has been proven that this is not the case. Will she apologise to the principals, teachers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the delay in the publication of leaving certificate examination results until early September 2022, which will cause immense difficulty for students seeking accommodation away from home and for students who may have been allocated places internationally, conditional on a certain starting date; and if she will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister about the leaving certificate results being delayed for the third year in a row, to 2 September on this occasion. As I am sure the Minister knows, this will create a crisis for students seeking accommodation and will present real difficulties for those studying abroad and real problems for those with disabilities who are to go through an access programme, these programmes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Just because it happened last year and the year before, it does not mean it is okay. Is this going to be the norm now? The Covid situation this year is quite different from the situation last year or the year before. The norm previously was for results to be out in the middle of August. This still left students in a difficult situation with regard to getting accommodation but it was more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I agree we are still in a Covid environment. I often find I am the one pointing that out. It is the Government that is getting rid of long Covid leave. It is the Department of Education that is telling very high-risk individuals they have to go back to the workplace. Clearly, we are in a different situation than we were last year or the year before. Regardless of the reasons, will the...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: The first thing I wish to do is pay tribute to the many campaigners throughout the country, some of whom are in the Gallery. When faced with a situation where they discover the house they bought whatever number of years ago is basically crumbling around them, people could be forgiven for collapsing into despair and thinking there is nothing they can do. We are still not where we need to be...