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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Department stated that a comprehensive search of the Minister's phone had found no messages pertaining to the incident however the Minister is saying that his phone still contains a message that does relate to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: No problem.

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I cannot think of the last time that, by the time the Government came forward on Second Stage with a proposal, it had basically publicly acknowledged it was not good enough and would not do anything. That is the state we are in now, given the comments that have been reported from yesterday's parliamentary party meetings. On the one hand, it speaks to the scale of the crisis facing...

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will be sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett and, possibly, Deputy Barry. I will start by making some suggestions as to how the small but positive reforms contained in this Bill could be improved before moving on to the wider issue of workers' rights. The Bill states that periods of time up to September 2021 during which workers were laid off because of Covid emergency measures will...

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: That might be a bit hopeful.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: There is one vital piece of information I do not think was contained in the Minister's answer and that I would be interested in getting, that is, how many of the crèches and other childcare facilities have HEPA filters installed. That is key information the Government and the Minister absolutely must have. We know from Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HSPC, figures released this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: It seems to me that the fact the Minister does not have the figures illustrates the problem with this approach of establishing a grant and then crèches and crèche operators having to jump through various hoops to get the grant and then install the filters, as opposed to simply going out and saying this is important and that the Department will centrally purchase the appropriate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Bríd Smith. The Minister will be aware of the very high rates of Covid infection that continue among children, particularly those between zero and five years of age. During the week, I got figures about the levels of hospitalisation, which are strikingly high for those aged between zero and five. This is understandable as they are the one...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will withdraw the tender for local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5401/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in view of the rapidly rising cost of living she will reverse the cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment and cancel planned future cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be made to ending privatisation and outsourcing of the social protection system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing social welfare claimants the option of continuing to receive their payments into their bank account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5402/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (3 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the rising cost of living will further worsen child poverty; and the measures she will take to address same. [5404/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Departmental Meetings (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last week, the Taoiseach warned here about the danger of spiralling wage costs and a wage price upward spiral. Does that include Secretaries General under this Government? One such civil servant has now got two pay rises in the past four months. His wages have jumped more than €80,000 to almost €300,000, which is almost as much as those of the President of the United States....

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met. [4703/22]

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: First Stage: Cabinet Committees (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I wish to raise again the heartbreaking case of Ava Cahill, an 11-year-old old from Tallaght. She has spina bifida, which results in her feet being turned inward making everyday tasks very difficult. Putting on her shoes on a daily basis is a challenge. She needs help to put on her trousers. She has been left waiting for more than a year and a half for corrective surgery with her...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: The regularisation scheme for undocumented people opened on Monday last. While the scheme is very welcome, there are thousands of people excluded from it. I had a meeting with some of them yesterday. These are people who have made lives here and for various reasons are excluded. For example, people who have been temporarily documented within the past four years cannot avail of it, those...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Social Democrat Party for bringing forward this motion, which highlights aspects of a dysfunctional two-tier health system that exists in a permanent state of crisis. The problems in healthcare on this island are not accidental. They are not to do with personnel; they are structural in nature. They are the consequence of years of underfunding of our public health system, cuts,...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Acting Chairman. I also want to refer to the issue of parking charges. It is more than three years since a €10-per-day cap on parking at hospitals was promised. Fianna Fáil went further and promised free parking, but this regressive tax on sick people and their relatives and friends who are faced with inadequate public transport infrastructure remains in place....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (2 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021; and when the legislation outlawing fur farming will come into effect. [5302/22]