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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of ETB places and the number of trainers and teachers in Ireland for electricians, plumbers and carpenters; the number of same for 2021, in tabular form, for comparative purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 878. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that the highest number of prisoners was recently seen in Dóchas prison; her views on whether having 164 prisoners, when the maximum should be between 100 and 110, puts both prisoners and officers at risk; the urgent actions that her Department will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 879. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether it is discriminatory that there is no open prison for women, as is outlined in reports from the prison inspectorate, visiting committee, IPRT reports, chaplains report, and the Oireachtas Justice Committee; and the action that she will take to resolve this issue and stop the discrimination. [55285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1226. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Mater Hospital long-Covid clinic has stopped seeing new patients in the past week, and will be unable to continue at all without funding and support; if he will ensure that the review of the business case is expedited; if he will confirm the status of the HSE review of the proposal; and when it will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1228. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Promotion (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the city of Haarlem being set to become the first city in the world to ban most meat advertisements due to its negative impact on the environment; his views on the Bord Bia announcement that there will be €1 million investment in beef marketing across key UK and EU markets this autumn,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1300. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the exact breakdown of figures for thoroughbred horses that are rendered, those that die in training and those euthanised at home, in tabular form. [55302/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: That is not acceptable. We are asking a question. The answer of the Minister of State, repeatedly, was to say we are feeding in to find the best way. I have no idea what this means. Is Ireland at European Council level pushing for the EU to support the extension of the waiver or is it not? We have the right to know what position the Irish Government is taking. The Minister of State does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Mostly public.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support strengthening the very limited TRIPS waiver agreed in relation to Covid-19 vaccines to include suspending all relevant intellectual property rules and ensuring the mandatory pooling of all COVID-19-related knowledge, data and technologies in order that any nation can produce or buy sufficient and affordable doses...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the status of his engagement at WTO and EU level with regard to the proposal to not apply the TRIPS Agreement to cover Covid-19 therapeutics and diagnostic tests, as well as the issue of vaccines.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Agreements (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: What is Ireland's position? The Minister of State spoke for a long time but he did not say what Ireland's position is. Does Ireland support extending the TRIPS waiver to diagnostics - technology other than vaccines - or does it not? Does it stand with the poorest people in the world who want to get access to the technology to be able to test for Covid, etc., or does it stand with the big...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Relations (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The purpose of this question is to ask why the Government has not done what it has promised on several different occasions, namely, to provide a remedy for migrant fishers, or any fishers, who are overworked. They are working long hours in contravention of the EU directive. Currently, they cannot go to the WRC. The Government has promised on multiple occasions that it will introduce...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Relations (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. I do wish to focus on this issue. The consequence of the Government failing to act on the agreement with the International Transport Workers Federation is that workers like Jose Pame Salandron are not able to vindicate their rights in the WRC. This is a guy who was working 80 or 90 hours a week regularly. He went to the WRC and he was awarded, wrongly,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Relations (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The settlement agreement was reached on 30 April 2019. The reply to the parliamentary question was given in January of this year. Do the Minister of State and the Government not feel bad that this failure to act has left extremely vulnerable workers ripe for extreme exploitation? They are being left with no remedy in respect of going to the WRC to deal with being asked to work an illegal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health and Safety (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State said there will be a code of practice. What will be the consequence if a company does not abide by the code of practice? What is the level prescribed in terms of CO2parts per million in the code of practice? Our Bill did not just relate to Covid, rather, it related to CO2parts per million. It effectively was a proxy for the likely presence of Covid but it related to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health and Safety (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Let us see what the code of practice is. I wonder whether there is a need for a primary legislative framework for there to be real, substantial sanctions on employers that do not provide clean air for their workers. Belgium, for example, which has been one of the first movers on this in the EU, is currently introducing something quite similar to our Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health and Safety (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that his Department has taken to progress additional regulations on clean air in the workplace as promised in Dáil Éireann in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53848/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health and Safety (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is almost a year since our Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 passed through Second Stage. At that time the Minister of State, Deputy English, stated that we wanted to see it speedily and effectively implemented. He was going to call me that afternoon to see how we could have regulations to get this implemented because we do not need legislation. Where are the regulations? What...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (27 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support increasing the national minimum wage to €15 an hour in order that it becomes a living wage in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. [53851/22]