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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief (details supplied) for taking care of an incapacitated individual at the same time as tax relief on employing a home carer will be applied to the previous years when the legislation was the same; if persons that would have qualified for both tax reliefs will be contacted to make them aware of this e-Brief and the consequences for their...

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: The context of this debate is the fact, confirmed by the Ombudsman for Children, that the State is failing children with special needs. The Department of Education is failing such children and it is an absolute scandal. The children still being failed the most are the more than 100 children who do not have appropriate school places for September. It is now 1 July and that is a matter of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the provisions of the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 that passed Second Stage in Dáil Éireann in October 2021; the actions she has taken to ensure sufficient fresh air is provided in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34920/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 53. 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 if she will make a statement on the matter. [34924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent rapid increase in Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalisations; if she will ensure that schools provide teachers and all school staff with FFP-2 grade masks or higher where necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a direction to schools to ensure that they provide students who do not attend subjects in religious instruction under section 30(2)(e) of the Education Act of 1998 with instruction in other curriculum subjects during that part of the school day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34921/22]

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this very important motion. I attended an event last week organised by the Children's Rights Alliance to discuss the issue of child poverty, including the issue of the cost of education. It is striking that Ireland is the fifth richest country in the world on a GDP per capitabasis, but one in nine children in the State live in constant poverty....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: We have seen complete chaos at Dublin Airport in recent months. On 29 May, more than 1,000 passengers missed their flights. That chaos flows directly from the actions of the management of Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, two years ago. It chose to slash staff numbers and drive wages and conditions down taking advantage of the pandemic to drive through a shock doctrine. That is what it did....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Has the Government learned any lessons from this situation? Does it acknowledge that it was a mistake not to oppose the DAA slashing the terms and conditions of workers, slashing the numbers of workers and using the pandemic in the way that it did? Has the Government investigated why we have this shortage of staff? Why is it that the DAA cannot recruit the security staff it needs? Why...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: It has been almost two weeks since a horrendous tragedy unfolded at a EU border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, where close to 40 refugees fleeing war and persecution were killed. Some of them were crushed up against the border fences. Others were beaten to death by members of a border force of Morocco that is funded by the European Union. This is a graphic illustration...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will be extremely brief because I am anxious that we get to divisions on the important issues to have them on the record. I have a question for the Minister. The Government just lost its majority as a consequence of the position it has taken on mica and the effective campaigning done by those in the Gallery and across the country. Will the Government draw any conclusions from the fact it...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: That is not what the amendment says.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will be extremely brief. The crux of the issue is 100% redress and nothing less. This amendment is aimed at scrapping the asterisks and small print the Minister has put in, which, in effect, turns 100% redress into 80% redress. It means that homeowners would not be able to access it. It is completely immoral and unjust because it puts a burden on homeowners who are at no fault for this...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: We would come up with a new one then.

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will briefly speak to amendment No. 7, which gets to the heart of the issue, in the sense that it is not enough to just have the power to compel schools to open special education classes more rapidly. The resources have to be in place so these classes actually work for children, teachers and schools. I hear the Minister's objection, which is twofold. One part of it is that some of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Qualifications Recognition (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision that in the near future Solas will not be looking for a QQI certificate for the construction skills certificate scheme courses done through approved training organisations; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to increase the regulation of handgun licences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE policy in relation to those with long-Covid giving blood donations; if there is a policy that long-Covid patients should not give blood; if so, if staff at blood donation centres are aware of this; and if measures are in place in relation to those who have undiagnosed long-Covid who have donated blood. [36326/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if there was a regulatory system in place to check the way in which funds provided to nursing homes through the temporary assistance payment scheme were used for; and the details of same. [36327/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a three-month derogation extension until the end of July 2022 was granted for the shooting of wild birds, including wood pigeon; the scientific evidence of serious crop damage that is being used to justify the derogation; and, if no such scientific evidence exists, if he will cancel the derogation. [35716/22]