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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [26003/22]

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I welcome and support the motion. As with pretty much every other public service in this country, there is a disgraceful lack of timely access to adequate home adaptation grants for older people and those with disabilities. As has been stated repeatedly, there are thousands of people in dire need of immediate home adaptations who have been waiting months, and even years, to have their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are nursing-home residents will be included in the category of those not to be taxed in the planned vacant property tax in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of two Bahrainis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request that a passport application by a person (details supplied) is expedited given that the delay has been caused due to an error in the Garda station when singing as a witness and not due to the fault of the applicant or their guardians. [28495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take in relation to the closure of beds in the busiest inpatient unit in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in the country ensure that resources are put in place so that these beds are re-opened as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28505/22]

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The chaos that was seen at Dublin Airport is the consequence of DAA management choosing to slash staff numbers, wages and conditions, taking advantage of the pandemic to drive through a shock doctrine. We have been warning the Government about this for the past two years but the Minister for Transport was asleep at the wheel. Two years ago, when the DAA announced plans to sack hundreds of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: People cannot wait until then.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 284 of 17 May 2022 (details supplied) in regard to No. 14 of the licence, if he will provide details regarding the way that hares are distinguished from each other and the way it is known which location a hare is to be released back to. [27713/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that there is a greater supply of long-term rental accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will cancel a passport application (details supplied) which will allow for the resubmission of an application by this person. [27345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli High Court ruling on 4 May 2022 in favour of demolishing 12 communities in Masafer Yatta and displacing thousands of residents under the claim of being present in a firing zone area; if he will make representations to the Israeli government to halt the expulsion and forced transfer; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a 65 year-old person in receipt of rental income greater than €7,500 per annum is eligible for the benefit payment for 65 year olds. [27827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (31 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 284 of 17 May 2022, his views that it would be better practice to have coursing specifically detailed in the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 rather than regulation by the organisation (details supplied). [27714/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes. The line is that the proposal is a temporary option for those who are waiting. It is a draft, etc. I get the message. Nonetheless, there is a proposal. AsIAm put a statement up on Facebook after the meeting saying that, like here, the Department had sought to assure it that no decision had been made and that the Department had listened to the concerns, but AsIAm makes the point that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will raise the issue of the Government plan for special education centres as an emergency response to the shortage of appropriate school places reported in The Irish Timeslast night. It caused significant alarm to the organisations representing parents and children with special needs, and the parents who have been campaigning very hard to get their children the places in school they need,...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is, however, a big feature of the discussion here. It is a basic function of democracy.

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The basic point is to improve the service so people can get the service they are entitled to.

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is very evident that we have a passport crisis in this country. Lots of people are ringing hundreds of times to no avail to try to get their passport applications processed in time for their travel arrangements. They are facing looming departure dates which is making the whole process extremely stressful for them. It is also very clear from this debate, as Deputy Ó Snodaigh said...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: A genuine apprenticeship programme should be a crucial part of our higher education system and we should be expanding apprenticeships to other sectors. As with other forms of education, we should also challenge the financial barriers that exist to someone taking up an apprenticeship. The then Labour Party and Fine Gael Government scandalously introduced apprenticeship fees in 2014. These...