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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]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 325. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of money that has been paid for Ireland’s participation in NATO’s operational capability concept on an annual basis since Ireland joined Partnership for Peace (details supplied). [35253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flexible Work Practices (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in relation to circular No. 0039/2022 (details supplied), very high-risk persons are being forced to return to the workplace and are not being facilitated with continued remote working, considering the continued prevalence of Covid-19 and the high risk facing these workers. [35258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants who have started on the work placement experience programme; the number who are currently registered; the number of persons who have finished placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35523/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints that have been received from participants on the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of positions on the work placement experience programme that have been refused because the position did not meet the standards of the scheme or were removed for the same reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35525/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of workplace inspections that have been carried out as part of the work placement experience programme; the number of placements that were found to be satisfactory or unsatisfactory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35526/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether it is now an appropriate time to reverse the unjust reduction to the State pensions of 36,000 older people which were cut due to changes in the State pension system in 2012, given that they have not had their pension rates restored in light of the current situation of rising prices (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent staff in TU Dublin that were employed in attached grades (details supplied), in tabular form. [35248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount TU Dublin spent on organisational design consultants for each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [35249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the waiting time for an application for permission to remain on the basis of marriage to an Irish national and consequently for a stamp 4 enabling persons to work now being 12 months; her views on whether this is an acceptable waiting period given the severe financial stress that this is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the report of independent research conducted by an organisation (details supplied) and the University of Limerick which were awarded funding from the dormant accounts fund of the anti-human trafficking unit in her Department in 2018 to investigate the way that sex workers have been impacted by the Criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 771. To ask the Minister for Health if the discretionary fund of the HSE for 2022 has been exhausted; if so, if he will provide a breakdown of the way that this has happened, only six months into the year. [35789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements for the urgent residential care needed for a person (details supplied). [35790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the six planned long-Covid clinics at hospitals nationwide (details supplied) that are open at present; the expected opening dates for the unopened clinics; and if any of the clinics will be accepting children as patients. [35791/22]

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...

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...

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...

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...