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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 791. To ask the Minister for Health the position of adults with special needs on the Covid-19 vaccination list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4079/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 200 horses along with up to 350 trainers, jockeys and grooms are preparing to go to the UK for Cheltenham week from 16 to 19 March 2021 at a time when infection rates of the British variant of Covid-19 are likely to be still very high; if he has been notified of and or approved...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is good to see that the Minister has recovered from coronavirus. Congratulations are also in order, as I think he is now the longest serving Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in this Government. My questions relate to Covid and the Minister's Department. I accept that he may not have all the information before him but we do not have other avenues in oral questions and so...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a position with the Naval Service as a radio and radar technician; his plans to change the entry age limit; if so, the date on which such a change will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Human Rights (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reopen the redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in schools and require it to act in accordance with various court recommendations from a case (details supplied) such that survivors of sexual abuse in schools are not required to demonstrate a prior complaint and likewise not required to seek redress through the courts or any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the continued operation of JobPath is inappropriate in the current circumstances of mass layoffs, job losses and restrictions on travel due to Covid-19; if the motion taken in Dáil Éireann on 6 February 2019 to close down the JobPath scheme will be acted upon; if she will terminate the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including the parents and carers of persons with particular underlying conditions (details supplied) who are especially vulnerable to Covid-19 and any person in receipt of family, carer’s allowance or benefit in the Covid-19 vaccination category of front-line healthcare workers given their essential role in the care of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the authorisation of medical procedures that were applied for before the end of December 2020 to be carried out in Belfast under the cross-border directive. [3323/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delayed provision of an MRI scan and delayed autism assessments and treatments for a person (details supplied). [3245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (21 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in a specific case (details supplied), a felling licence was obligatory; if so, if a felling licence was sought; and if it was granted. [3322/21]

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last week, the Minister wrote to the religious orders to ask them to contribute to the redress process. That is completely unacceptable. Those orders must be compelled to contribute, including by seizing their assets where necessary. The scheme must include all survivors, including women affected after 1973 and women and children who stayed in the homes for less than six months. Survivors...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: This lockdown has placed huge pressure and burdens on families. Many parents are unable to work because of childcare responsibilities with schools being closed. In recognition of the additional burden being placed on parents as a result of the pandemic the German Government has just this month increased working parents' entitlement to paid leave to care for their children on full pay from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: I find the defence that nobody said it would be this bad to be bizarre. It is like saying, when one's mother tells one not to put one's hand into the fire, "Mummy, you just told me I would burn my hand; you did not say my whole body would burn". The Government was warned about what would happen. It is simply not true to say that the Government broadly followed NPHET's advice. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Government's failure to follow public health advice is responsible for Ireland having the worst rate of Covid infection in the world. It is responsible for hundreds of tragic deaths and these tragedies were avoidable. On 26 November, NPHET wrote to the Government and stated, unambiguously, "NPHET therefore recommends that the hospitality sector remain closed ... over the eight-week...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am old enough to remember a month and a half ago when all Government Deputies united to vote down our motion to pay the student nurses and midwives. I remember, as I am sure the Government Deputies do, the public backlash against that decision. We had reports on that aspect of the matter from the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties, but I am not sure if we got one from...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a plan to reduce the frequency of Dublin Bus Monday to Friday services to Saturday times. [2748/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of boarding schools, given the general closure of schools announced until the end of January 2021 as a consequence of the pandemic. [2221/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a deadline will be set for a decision on whether the leaving certificate oral and practical exams are to proceed, given the spread of Covid-19 infection and the possibility that schools will remain closed beyond 31 January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2530/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding to schools will be increased to ensure full PPE provision, given the need to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection now and into the future and taking account of the concerns of teachers, students and their families regarding the safe functioning and reopening of schools, in particular in special education settings; if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give leaving certificate students the option of predicted grades or sitting the written exams, given the spread of Covid-19 infection and the possibility that schools will remain closed longer than 31 January 2021; if she will set a date to announce these options along with the relevant details; and if she will make a statement on...