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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the asylum process for refugees from countries other than Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16252/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: There is a massive sense of solidarity among ordinary people with the Ukrainian refugees, who have had no choice but to flee their country and arrive in countries such as Ireland. There is also massive support for the idea that the State must do everything possible to support those people. The question is whether the refugee process will be reformed now so all refugees coming to Ireland...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the processes put in place to assist Ukrainian refugees find accommodation, get a personal public services, PPS, number, access education and healthcare and avail of banking services. They also gain permission to work in Ireland and to access translation services. The processes and hubs that have been put in place are precisely what are necessary for people who are fleeing a war...

Services for Children with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for using its time on this issue again. It is ironic. In the past couple of months every time the Opposition demands a debate on something, the Taoiseach, in particular, likes to say the Opposition has all this Private Members' time to use and if Opposition Members want a debate on Yemen or the national maternity hospital, they should use that time. If the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [14275/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [14273/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last September, the Taoiseach first promised a bonus for front-line health workers who helped in the fight against Covid-19. Seven months on, not a single cent has been paid out and now many workers are finding out that they either will not qualify for the full bonus or they will not get anything at all due to the Scrooge-like terms and conditions being applied. One such group is the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to recent allegations from organisations representing sex workers of Garda intimidation and abusive behaviour against sex workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the deportation notice against a person (details supplied); if she will revoke this notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16255/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Taoiseach the plans that are being put in place to allow those that are homeless, including rough sleepers and those living in cars to complete the 2022 census. [16426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take a public position supporting the necessity for the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment and Treatment of Covid-19 to clearly affirm the Government’s support for such an initiative within the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the building and the unoccupied apartments above a building (details supplied) are owned by the local education and training board; if the board has plans for the use of these apartments; if they will be made available to Ukrainian refugees; if not, the reason; and the reason they have not been made available to those on the housing list up...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the inequality which exists in the funding of PhDs with a large number having to self- fund while many others must find funding bodies getting approval on detailed proposals; if he will instruct his Department to increase the stipend received by PhD students across the country given the increased cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that third-level student attending the Technological University Dublin, Tallaght campus have concerns in relation to in-person examinations given the current high numbers of Covid-19 cases; and if he will instruct the institution that they must offer online examination. [16112/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 692. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); if it will be ensured that an operation will be scheduled for the child; and when the parents of the child can expect to hear from the HSE in relation to scheduling an operation. [16133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the measures that can be put in place to assist them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will support the request to establish a working party to investigate the needs of people living with Huntington’s disease and their families and to make recommendations on the actions to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include other workers in the Covid recognition payment that have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as those within the HSE working in the role of Covid-19 community swabber; if they will be excluded from receiving the full €1,000 offered to healthcare workers due to not having been in employment between 1 March...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 808. To ask the Minister for Health if in relation to the HSE website and the instructions for symptomatic persons in relation to ordering antigen tests, his views on whether the phrasing (details supplied) is discouraging for persons with symptoms to order a test; and if his Department will consider updating this. [16561/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is very clear that this Government is determined to erode any remaining semblance of Ireland's military neutrality. It is doing so extremely cynically by attempting to portray it as a necessary and mature response to Putin's horrendous invasion of Ukraine. The truth is that it is not a new position for the political establishment or Fine Gael. We can go back 19 years to 2003, when Fine...