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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland from the UK since the requirement for home quarantining was introduced; the number of those who have taken PCR tests after five days of quarantining as has been the rule up until now; and the percentage of those PCR tests that are negative and positive, respectively. [33015/21]

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: That was an interesting contribution to follow because, in fairness, it was an honest defence of the Government's position. I do not agree with it and I will explain why. This is unjust. It is absolutely unjust and unfair to discriminate against people on the basis of their vaccination status. It is doubly unjust to do so at a time when almost half of the adult population has not had the...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Does the Deputy have a death wish for the population?

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: There were 783 new cases today. That is the highest daily case number since February. The seven-day average case number has doubled in the course of the past month. In the Netherlands, case numbers have gone up by 500% in the course of one week after reopening hospitality. Look at the graphs of what has been happening in Britain, and then in a delayed fashion in the rest of Europe, when...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I also want to focus on the question of quality employment. I will return to some of the questions I posed to the Taoiseach yesterday, on which I received no answers, regarding the so-called work placement experience programme, which is a new free labour scheme for employers where workers will get less than the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, and are expected to live below the poverty...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [37718/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last week, I spoke to a woman who was the victim of a blatant and gross abuse of power. She was in court seeking a protection order and was under immense stress. After the court case the Kerry judge, who is now retired and who I will not name, contacted her. He texted her and called her persistently. He told her she was beautiful and that she should not tell anyone else about the contact...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will share time with Deputy Gino Kenny if he arrives on time. He is in Leinster House. I will start by making one positive comment about the Rural Independent Group. It has been consistent on Covid-19. It has been consistently wrong, but consistent nonetheless. At every point of the Covid crisis, it has been in favour of opening up and letting Covid rip and has consistently...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. The socialist left is the only political force in Ireland that has consistently told the truth to people about Covid. That was epitomised by the discussion on the reopening of hospitality in November of last year, when the Government bowed to private business lobbying and reopened at the cost of more than 2,000 unnecessary, fully avoidable deaths....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if an extension to the nursing home temporary assistance payment scheme which is due to come to an end on 30 June 2021 will be confirmed. [30787/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the reason mandatory hotel quarantine is required for a WHO approved vaccine when there is no liability in the event of side effects as the State has not supplied a vaccine (details supplied); and his views on whether the State’s concern should be with the performance of the vaccine which has received WHO acceptance. [30967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the community ophthalmic services scheme for those over 12 years of age, beyond medical card holders and their dependants to include students in secondary school for the dispensing of spectacles and optical devices given that glasses are a necessity and are not for cosmetic reasons. [30958/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 368. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to extend the free general practitioner scheme to all children under 13 years of age. [31127/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the presentations and for the work they are doing. The EU approach to the Israeli settlements is a microcosm of its general approach to Israel, which is one that is based on gross hypocrisy. In the global context, it is happy to cry crocodile tears whenever the latest atrocity takes place, but it facilitates and gives substantial economic benefits to the Israeli...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Between Ireland and the Palestinian Territories: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Konený. That is very helpful. I am a supporter of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, BDS, in general and it has broad support in Irish society. Many people would like to boycott products or companies that have activity in the settlements. Will the witnesses speak a little about the activity of companies that have significant Irish operations and what they are doing in the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am listening to this debate and some people here are in need of a history lesson, as well as perhaps a mathematical lesson in terms of what progressivity means and what it is meant to relate to, which is income and wealth. In any case, I will deal with the history lesson first. The local property tax was first introduced in 2013 as part of the Fine Gael and the Labour Party Government's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is making a serious and reckless mistake again. The Government is risking the health of hospitality workers who are mostly unvaccinated. It is risking hundreds of unnecessary deaths, tens of thousands of potential cases of long Covid and a fourth wave and another lockdown, which people would find utterly demoralising. I have two specific questions to ask the Taoiseach....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the Covid-19 oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [37717/21]