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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason in relation to a back-to-school allowance decision for a person (details supplied) it is stated things are means tested when the means test does not take into account all the means of the household incoming and outgoing; the way it can be that based means testing, carers benefit, domiciliary care and a medical...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the decision-making process regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations for re-designating sections 38 and 39 residential childcare organisations as section 56. [49217/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the consultation regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations that took place with the management and staff of these organisations before being re-designated as section 56 organisations. [49218/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if management and staff of section 38 and 39 organisations were informed by either his Department, the HSE or Tusla of any potential changes to their terms and conditions regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations. [49219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis on which section 56 organisations were informed that their funding would be reduced by an initial 5% if they refused to sign section 56 service level agreements with Tusla regarding the re-designation of children's residential care organisations; if any of these organisations lost funding as a result;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which the relationship between organisations (details supplied) differs from the employment relationship between section 39 organisations that received pay restoration and the HSE, which funds them. [49222/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that having had their pay cut during the economic crisis, as Section 38 and 39 organisations funded by the HSE, that Section 56 organisations were excluded from pay restoration following the re-designation of children’s residential care organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department have given consideration to the potential impact on children in the care of voluntary organisations when the staff who look after them on behalf of the State, have been excluded from pay restoration and have had no pay increase for more than 12 years and are allowed to fall further and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is another route of getting into biological sciences and biomedical sciences if one cannot gain access through the traditional route of the CAO system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49251/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a criterion (details supplied) was developed; and the person or body that was involved in the development of same. [49223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the contracts that his Department has with top security. [49262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident in relation to one of his staff members which occurred on 5 September 2021; and if he will ensure that there is an internal investigation into this incident. [49285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 426. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm the contracts that her Department has with top security. [49262/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Policy (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: We know eviction bans work. They worked here during Covid. The number of homeless people came down consistently when the eviction ban was in place. We also know that an eviction ban is being introduced in Scotland this winter. When the Taoiseach was asked about this yesterday, he implied it could not be done because of the Constitution. I do not agree with that interpretation, but the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: There is already an effective hard border on this island that stops people from moving freely for work, accessing healthcare and visiting friends on the island. That is because the common travel area excludes those without UK or Irish citizenship, including refugees, asylum seekers, partners of citizens and more, who are not permitted to move freely within the island of Ireland for leisure,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit. [48336/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste told a meeting of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment this morning that the introduction of statutory sick pay has been delayed by 12 weeks to January 2023. The Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit of €350 was, however, abolished last Friday and is, therefore, back to a payment of €208 a week. Does the Taoiseach agree that the abolition of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [48749/22]

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...

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

Paul Murphy: The ERO was stopped by an injunction, but the Government so far has not challenged the injunction.