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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We will switch it around. The Taoiseach can ask us questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The world is horrified by Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, by the war crimes which are now being committed and by the threat of this spiralling into a full-scale hot war between nuclear powers. We unreservedly condemn this brutal invasion and we demand that Putin withdraw from Ukraine, immediately and unconditionally. I want to pay tribute to the anti-war protesters in Russia who...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is nine months since the Dáil endorsed our Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020 to which Deputy Boyd Barrett referred. The Dáil agreed to call a referendum to insert the right to a home into the Irish Constitution. Nine months on, we have no date for this referendum. No progress has been made on that but we heard reports today that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11434/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach is on record as saying that no clear process was followed in deciding to give a 38% pay rise to Robert Watt. He stated “While I would rather there was a much more scientific process for all of these things, there is not.” Some €81,000 extra was given to Mr. Watt, more than the vast majority of workers earn in a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the public finances of renting and leasing buildings from private property owners in total and broken down by Department or State agency over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that outstanding increases to pensions for semi-State workers are being authorised and paid over to pensioners by all Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay agreement before the expiration at the end of 2022 considering the real difficulties faced by low and middle income workers in the view of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11497/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Treatment Purchase Fund (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the likelihood that that impact will grow ever greater over future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a ban on horsedrawn carriages in Irish cities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10855/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by the Irish League of Credit Unions which is calling for his Department to make the necessary regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market and honour the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the demonstration (details supplied) to demand that the contract between The National Gallery and a company (details supplied) be revoked; his views on the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11610/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will establish guidelines in relation to the use of diplomatic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 431. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the total cost of sending and receiving diplomatic bags over the past five years with individual costs associated with each expedition laid out (details supplied). [11651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 22 February 2022, the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that persons can come to Ireland from Ukraine in the quickest way possible given the current urgency of the situation. [11740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 623. To ask the Minister for Health when those in the 12 to 15 years of age cohort who received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine over three months ago will be given access to booster vaccines [10883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 643. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to register with the Medical Council Ireland; and if the application will be expedited urgently in order that they can work in the health service in Dublin. [10935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide specific details regarding each of the racing fatalities at tracks in 2021; if any were caused by broken necks and or heart attacks; and if he will provide full details of the post-mortem results and the locations at which the related dogs died. [10853/22]

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: A crucial part of developing our town centres is making sure that people feel safe to use them. On Saturday, over 50 people gathered in Tallaght for a street meeting called by community activists in Watergate Park after a series of attacks took place there. People were united in the idea that our parks cannot be a place where people are scared to go. They have to be a safe space, a space...