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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on progress regarding the legal recognition of non-binary persons. [19221/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the recently announced benefit payment for 65 year olds in order that each person, irrespective of their record of PRSI contributions is eligible for this payment from the date at which they are 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the practice by the Science Foundation of Ireland Centre for Research Training at the University of Limerick of requiring PhD students to undertake unpaid work placement as interns for 12 weeks of up to 45 hours per week as part of their PhD scheme (details supplied); if this practise at the university is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the University of Limerick and or the Science Foundation of Ireland Centre for Research Training at the University of Limerick to comply with GDPR requirements; if they will be requested to provide their PhD students with all or any information collected in relation to those students that was used in any PhD student...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1540. To ask the Minister for Health the way he and the Chief Clinical Officer of the HSE plan to facilitate the commencement and completion of clinical placements by unpaid first, second and third year student nurses who are unvaccinated or decline to be vaccinated and who are due to commence HSE clinical placements from 1 April 2021; the way the HSE will facilitate a person (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1563. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place or that are about to be put in place for pregnant women in the context of the current and changing Covid-19 restrictions in order that can they have the full range of maternity services provided to them before, during and after childbirth and in order that they will be able to have the presence and support of a friend, a partner or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1880. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence a review of healthcare for transgender and non-binary persons with a view to changing the system in order that it corresponds to the recommendations of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 2070. To ask the Minister for Health if restrictions on non-essential travel will remain in place for travel beyond the new limits in the context of persons now being allowed to travel within their county of residence or up to 20km if travelling across a county boundary. [19740/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1851. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in September 2020 the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics refused reimbursement for the life-changing gene therapy luxturna unless cost effectiveness can be improved relative to existing treatments; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there are no existing treatments for inherited...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: 2566. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has allocated additional funds to local authorities in the context of the major increase in outdoor recreational activity which is likely to continue into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19848/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank MII and the MRCI for their presentations. I think the meat industry presents a good case study where there is quite-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: The meat industry proves the point the MRCI is making that where there is discrimination and different sets of rules for migrant workers, it serves to undermine working conditions and wage rates for all workers. Covid is a good illustration. It has, unfortunately, shone a light on some of the conditions that exist in our meat plants and that is worth looking at further. I have an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: The figures I have are from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, from 7 April. Those are the most recently published figures and they state that there are 25 open outbreaks in meat plants. If Mr. Healy has alternative or more up-to-date figures, I would be grateful if he would share them with the committee. On the substance of the issue, does Mr. Healy accept that the fact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: I do not agree. The evidence will show that one will find a correlation if one maps meat plants and levels of community transmission on to each other. That has happened at multiple stages in terms of the different waves of the pandemic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: Absolutely. Is it acceptable that, according to Mr. Healy's own statement, eight out of ten workers in the companies he represents do not have access to sick pay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: I might get an answer to that.

Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: First Stage (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the protection of certain foreign nationals in employment in the State and for that purpose to amend the Employment Permits Act 2003,the Employment Permits Act 2006, the Protection of Employees (Employers' Insolvency) Act 1984 and the Employment Permits Regulations 2017 and to provide for related matters. I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Apr 2021)

Paul Murphy: Two days ago, public health officials requested that the USA, Germany and 41 other countries be added to the list for mandatory hotel quarantine. This is in order to prevent dangerous Covid variants from entering the country. We still have not heard if or when this is going to happen. Instead, we have the corporate lobbyists, IBEC, out pushing for this public health advice to be ignored...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Paul Murphy: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it next plans to meet. [16825/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Paul Murphy: The CEO of Beacon private hospital was caught red-handed essentially stealing public vaccines, treating them as his personal property. He should not get any special treatment just because he is the boss at Denis O'Brien's private hospital and part of the golden circle. The Taoiseach says it was wrong and a gross breach of trust. I agree. The question is whether there will be any...