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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Rights (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department takes a different view from the Department of Social Protection on the employment status of workers (details supplied) recently adjudged to be employees through the Department of Social Welfare on the one hand, and through the Eversheds Report on the other. [48408/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 14 September 2022, if he will clarify the definition of the supplement form; if it is a completely different document from the RFA1 form; if the supplement form has a specific name; and if the form can be filled in and submitted by a resident of Ireland at any time of the year,...

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

Paul Murphy: 329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Russian authorities in relation to the abduction and forcible conscription of a Russian national (details supplied) who is a Ukrainian resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48021/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the high cost of alternative foods for those with allergies, especially those with dairy allergies; if she will ensure there is financial assistance provided to those who have allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48008/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a change in policy that would see those who are in receipt of the widow’s allowance also able to gain access to jobseekers' payments; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48108/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request her Department to re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been disallowed the disability allowance; and if the disability allowance will be provided. [48129/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Burial Grounds (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 20 September 2022, if he will examine the information (details supplied) and reconsider the request for those workers in Section 56 agencies who have not had their pay restored, to receive a pay increase in line with inflation and the cost-of-living; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that evusheld has not been made available in Ireland given that it has been approved by the European Medicines Agency and is in wide use in Europe and America. [47935/22]

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

Paul Murphy: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a public inquiry is conducted in relation to the lives that were lost in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic in order to help inform the reforms that are needed in the care system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48161/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Inspections (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the health inspection report of a hospital (details supplied) that was carried out in July 2021 and the fact that it reports that the pine ward has failed on matters repeatedly since 2014; the actions that he will instruct the HSE to take to address this urgent matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 639. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the deepening crisis in the provision of radiation therapy to cancer patients and the fact that an organisation (details supplied) has been seeking an independent review of radiation therapy in an effort to deal with recruitment and retention; if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the establishment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 693. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are approximately 600 children waiting on disability services in the Tallaght area (details supplied); if he will take all the necessary steps to reduce this wait time; and if he will ensure the long-term improvement of these services by filling the need for more staff and college places to allow more...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 746. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been paid to an organisation (details supplied) and its affiliated clubs by the Government and or Greyhound Racing Ireland in the past five years, including in the form of loans, grants or payments for mating, greyhound, litter registrations, earmarking, microchipping, DNA sampling services, advertising and so...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will read some headlines for the Taoiseach. One from RTÉ states, "Prepay energy customers will not be cut off, says Taoiseach", while another from the Irish Independent states, "Pay-as-you-go energy customers will not be disconnected over winter – Taoiseach", and thejournal.iestates, "Taoiseach confirms pay-as-you-go utility customers will not be disconnected if unable to top...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: It has not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: On Sunday the Taoiseach said prepay energy customers will not be cut off. Today he says prepay customers should not be cut off. Which one is it? You are the Taoiseach and you have the power to prevent the disconnections. What you are actually saying today is that these people have got enough money and sure it will be their own fault if they run out and are not able to put money in their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The way to do it is very simple.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Government did it during Covid. It should extend the emergency credit to protect people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: There is no guarantee.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: There are 16,000 security officers in this country. They were recognised during Covid as being essential workers. However, they remain very low-paid workers involved in stressful work, in many cases working up to 60 hours a week. They were due to get a very small pay increase to €12.50 an hour under an employment regulation order, ERO. However, three security companies, namely, Top...