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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 8 February 2022, if this combined briefing report on the three nursing homes by HIQA to the Minister for Mental Health and Older People contains information that is not in the published inspection reports; and if he will consider publishing the report without redactions. [8876/22]

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have read the report.

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have read the report. I will get to the point. That logic makes no sense. How can the Minister explain it? How the Minister explains it, if anyone who reads the report will see, is in the 44 reference to NATO. I will quote just one. They are all like this. It states, the need "for the Defence Forces to be trained and equipped to NATO standards". It is because they can have further...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: What about the Americans in Shannon?

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: This report is an attempt to soften public opinion for a massive increase in military spending and, linked to that, further integration and co-operation with NATO. That is the truth. The logic of the report makes no sense in its own terms. If you believe the line from all these people, who half the time are in favour of further integration with NATO, that really this is about protecting...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the case of Tommy Dickson. Tommy is a six-year-old who attends junior infants in Gaelscoil na Giúise in Firhouse. He has a very rare, life-limiting mitochondrial disease. As a consequence, he needs assistance to go to the toilet. When he moves around, he is at risk of falling and hurting himself because of co-ordination and balance issues, so he...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: New figures have just come out on the Covid hub about the levels of hospitalisation of children due to Covid. They are very concerning. The figures cover the period up to the end of January. Hospitalisations for those between zero and four years of age number 217. That compares with the numbers throughout the course of 2021 of, on average, 25 a month. There are 217 children between the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: They have expanded more than 800 km.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7685/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7684/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been one of the leading international figures who is beating the drums of war and aggression with Russia and who is calling for further NATO expansion. As Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned, yesterday, 15 February, was the 19th anniversary of the day on which more than 100,000 people marched on the streets of Dublin in 2003. This was part of global...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the commitment made by the NTA in 2021 for route A of BusConnects from Rathfarnham to pass by the National Concert Hall, St. Stephen's Green and Kildare Street (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a process for receiving information from schools regarding teachers who have been unable to attend school due to illness or being a Covid-19 close contact; if these numbers were examined and taken into account when making decisions regarding the State examinations for summer 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider implementing a policy that would see those on the disability allowance automatically entitled to the fuel allowance rather than basing the payment on a means test. [8581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a person’s (details supplied) case; and if she will instruct the IPO to prioritise this application due to the high risk facing his family in Palestine. [8566/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. My questions are mostly for Mr. Clancy. Ambition 4, as set out in the opening statement and the Enterprise Ireland, EI, strategy, is "Irish enterprises leading globally on sustainability and achieving climate action targets", which is mainly measured in terms of the climate action plan target of a 29% to 41% reduction in emissions from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: Transporting goods, at present, uses considerable fossil fuels and it is one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise, according to the OECD's international transport forum. It predicts that trade-related freight and transport emissions will rise fourfold by 2050 which, again, goes contrary to the whole world's goal. I see what Mr. Clancy is saying about how people in northern Europe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: However, Mr. Clancy is saying when Enterprise Ireland looks at the carbon footprint of companies, it takes into account the impact of freight, be it sea, air or whatever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: Surely, Mr. Clancy would accept it would be bizarre not to include the impact of freight when one looks at the environmental impact of a company. If the company is set up to export goods, that is an integral part of it.