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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the Programme for Government. [55801/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department to immediately establish a rapid and transparent system for reporting Covid-19 cases in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57320/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that produced the homophobic materials recently removed from post-primary school teaching resources; the person or body that made the decision to include the materials as teaching resources; the actions she will take against those responsible; and the steps she has taken to ensure there can be no repeat of this. [57319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in relation to coursing clubs (details supplied) which are based in areas in which live hare coursing is banned but have been able to run their live hare coursing meetings in Ireland; the location of the hares caught; the location of the storage of the animals; and the person or body that authorised these meetings....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the minimum 12-week wait for teachers providing additional tuition through the summer provision before they receive payment; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that when payment is received in cases in which they are paid and not paid under primary teachers employment, they are subjected to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider a special arrangement for current leaving certificate students for 2022, for example, accredited grades for two to three subjects to relieve some of the pressure given the disruptions they have experienced to their education due to Covid-19. [57081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the registration system at The Garda National Immigration Bureau, Burgh Quay Office given there have been reports that it is not possible to make an appointment currently. [57458/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 655. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 16 November 2021, if he will provide the details of the notifications to date in 2021 given that he has advised that a notification of each termination of pregnancy carried out under the legislation must be notified to him within 28 days of it being carried out. [57446/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances by which there was a power outage at Tallaght Hospital on 17 November 2021; and the impact the outage had on the services provided at the hospital. [57473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (23 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 704. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 is implemented ensuring that children are protected from alcohol marketing, particularly the broadcast watershed under section 19 that removes alcohol advertising from television until 9 p.m. and the content of advertisements under section 13, which, if enacted, ensures all self-regulatory and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: If we are to overcome sectarian divisions and partition on this island, we need to provide a vision for an alternative Ireland - I would argue an eco-socialist Ireland - that protects all minorities and delivers real changes and improvements for people's lives. The issue of abortion rights for women in the North is crucial. It is shameful that women and pregnant people in the North are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: However, if nobody took the minutes of the meeting, there is no record of who was there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the most recent European Council meeting. [55800/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Tomorrow, Seán Binder, an Irish NGO worker and trained maritime search and rescuer faces trial in Greece for the crime of saving people's lives. In 2017 and 2018, he worked with a registered non-profit body that regularly engaged and joint operations with the Greek Coast Guard. His job was conducting search and rescue operations in the Aegean Sea, saving drowning refugees. Now he...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which further potential risks have been identified in the context of the national risk assessment. [55799/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: The new draft national risk assessment highlights a decline of people's trust in institutions as a risk facing the State. I would make the case that cronyism, corruption and a complete lack of transparency have meant that more and more people are disgusted by the politicians and the institutions in this State. I ask the Taoiseach to comment in that respect on the recent actions of his...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: On 19 October I asked the Taoiseach why the increase in the means test for fuel allowance was being delayed until next January. The Taoiseach told me that the Government decision was to implement the decisions with immediate effect on budget night. I then got a letter from the Minister, dated 15 November, telling me that, in fact, the decision is that the means test will not be increased...

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Barry. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the Bill, which we support. We support anything that will enable people to take the action that they want to take. The evidence strongly suggests that people are in favour of doing everything they can to try to contribute to the collective effort to avoid the climate catastrophe we are currently hurtling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of the Withdrawal of Covid-19 Measures on Business: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the officials for their presentations. I will turn first to Mr. Hughes. He spoke of how business supports are still available until the end of the year. Businesses can apply for those supports until the end of December. What explains the contrast between that and the PUP? It is obviously fair enough that a nightclub owner is not expected to do something else if he or she cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of the Withdrawal of Covid-19 Measures on Business: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Bluntly, to return to the question, what is the rationale for PUP being closed off whereas the business supports continue? To be clear, I am not arguing against the business supports. I am suggesting there is a contradiction, particularly at a time when sectors of the economy are beginning to be closed down. Fair enough, the Department says some taxi drivers have never come off the PUP but...