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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1564. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that those who are administering an estate on behalf of their loved one in a nursing home will be included in consultations in relation to action 19.8 of the Housing for All proposal which sets out to amend the nursing home support scheme to remove disincentives against the rental of vacant properties in the fair deal scheme (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1803. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 9 February 2022, the status of the procurement of paxlovid by the HSE; and when it will become available for high-risk patients. [21034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 6 April 2022, if she will request the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, to provide a response given that none has issued to date. [21206/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1031. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will review the disability payment of €200 per week as it has been reported to my office that it is impossible to survive on this amount; and if there will be a review to increase this weekly payment given that the upcoming artist basic living income is proposed to be €320. [20157/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that partners of those on the disability payment are discouraged from working more hours for fear of losing access to the disability payment or access to the medicines their partner needs. [20158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 5 April 2022 seven students and their families were informed with little less than 24 hours notice that they were being relocated from a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin to another hotel in Cork; if he will reconsider this decision to move these students to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1551. To ask the Minister for Health if those working for an organisation (details supplied) that is part-funded by the HSE, particularly those in a residential setting for adults with disabilities, are entitled to the Covid recognition payment. [20107/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1563. To ask the Minister for Health the status of action 19.8 of the Housing for All proposal which set out to amend the nursing home support scheme to remove disincentives against the rental of vacant properties in the fair deal scheme; and the likely timeline for progress in relation to same (details supplied). [20148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 1565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will exempt the rent received from the over-70s medical card calculations in relation to action 19.8 of the Housing for All proposal, which sets out to amend the nursing home support scheme to remove disincentives against the rental of vacant properties in the fair deal scheme (details supplied). [20150/22]

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?