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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1832. To ask the Minister for Health the way that a person (details supplied) can avail of help in reaching the cost of travel and stay expenses for a surgery they must travel to the UK to avail of. [21152/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request that a club (details supplied) provide him with a breakdown of the 2,185 litters whelped, in 2021, into racing and coursing dogs; if he will request the club the reason that it will not provide a breakdown between the numbers of coursing and racing greyhounds born for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I can confirm what Deputy Bruton said. Obviously, we welcome the introduction of a right to statutory sick leave in this country. It is a good thing that we are going to have it, even if it is extremely overdue and even if it is a lot less than what we need to have and what workers deserve in this country. Ireland has been an extreme outlier in not providing any statutory sick leave....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on each of the human rights issues that he raised with the Saudi regime during his last visit given recent reports that these were not recorded in minutes of meetings (details supplied) including any concerns he raised about the war in Yemen. [18777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that his Department has undertaken to progress legal standards for CO2 in the workplace in view of the current wave of Covid-19 and the Government's support for the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale for including only three statutory sick leave days in the Sick Leave Bill 2022 including lobbying by employers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will take to ensure that liquid natural gas terminals cannot be built in Ireland given recent reports that large shipments of the gas will be made available from the United States of America to the European Union in view of the current crisis in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the low investment to date in offshore wind energy in the State; the steps that he will take to ensure targets for offshore renewable are met given recent comments by industry representatives regarding planning delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18782/22]

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: Even necessary?

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "having reflected on the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, declines to accept the carbon budgets presented for 2021-2025 and for 2026-2030 as: — they are not aligned with the State's commitments entered into under the Paris Agreement; and —...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine. People across the world have been horrified and moved by the graphic pictures of horror and brutality unleashed by the invading imperialist Russian forces that have emerged. Those images cannot but move people and give them a sense of the extreme horror of war. I will address the point that was made by Deputy Richmond which was, in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I wish to raise a scandalous case of a mass eviction at Shannon Arms in Limerick. Up to 60 families are facing eviction by a consortium of landlords. Four of the landlords are evicting on the grounds of sale. Notices of eviction were signed at the same place and witnessed by the same solicitor on the same day. Another landlord, the millionaire owner of Supermac's, Pat McDonagh, is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated additional cost of providing free insulation to all households that need it, over and above the funding already committed to; and the estimated additional cost of providing free deep retrofits to all households that need it over and above the funding already committed to. [18728/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an up-to-date estimate of the annual cost of providing free public transport. [18724/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be raised by the imposition of a tax on SUVs weighing over 1800kg by adding €10 per additional kilogram to the retail price of the car, as has been imposed in France (details supplied). [18725/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from a 10% windfall tax on the profits of energy companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18727/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for checks when a council tenant is being transferred to another property; and if they are Garda vetted. [18564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process when a person is known to the authorities for being involved in criminal activity but is being transferred into a new council property; and if there is a process for the new neighbours to object and keep their identity hidden. [18565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that will be taken to ensure that a child (details supplied) is able to access the education they need. [18515/22]