Results 7,001-7,020 of 11,947 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an inquiry into the operation of spy cops in Ireland will be initiated in view of the revelation that UK so-called spy cops infiltrated Irish political and civil rights groups and in further view of the undercover policing inquiry in the UK that held its opening statement and first evidence hearings from 2 November to 19...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that student nurses are included with other front-line health workers as a priority group to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, given that student nurses are an essential part of the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2696/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has a record of animal testing laboratories that are located in Ireland; and if so, if this information will be provided. [2597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being allocated towards finding non-animal testing methods; and if his Department is actively encouraging third level institutions to apply for such funding. [2598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare (20 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 570. To ask the Minister for Health if the details of experiments will be disclosed on animals listed as having a severe level of suffering during experimentation as listed in the latest report by the Health Products Regulatory Authority. [2599/21]

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: Tens of thousands of young people are at home right now and looking to go to further education in September. They are anxious as to how places will be allocated and anxious as to whether they will be able to get a place. Last year, after a massive campaign by school students, the Government promised extra places to remove some of the pressure on students applying through the CAO system....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (14 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the need to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection, he will immediately instruct the RSA to close the NCT test centres as was done from 28 March to 8 June 2020 and similarly extend the validity of NCT certs by four months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2037/21]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: On a point of order-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: On a point of order, the Minister is lying. He is telling bare-faced lies. The Government-----

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: I have a point of order. The Minister told bare-faced lies.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: He did lie to the House.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: May I get a correction on the record?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: Today we had 63 notified deaths, almost 2,000 people with Covid in our hospitals and 172 in ICU. The Minister now oversees the health service in the country with the worst rates of Covid infection in the entire world. It is worse than Trump's US and Johnson's Britain. All of this was predicted. It is the direct consequence of the deadly mistake that the Minister made to ignore the...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: I want to use my short time to amplify the voices of survivors of these hellish church–State institutions. Repeatedly in the report, their voices are denigrated. Despite harrowing survivor testimonies of abuse, the report states there was "very little evidence of physical abuse" of women, and it downplays the physical abuse of children. On forced adoptions, it essentially states the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the current extensions for driving licences and learner permits will be extended by six months in order to alleviate the pressure on and risks to National Driving Licence Service, NDLS, staff and to reduce the need for persons to travel long distances and increase the risks of infection in order to renew same in a context of already...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to reduce the renewal fee for small public service vehicle licenses that are due for renewal in 2021 from €250 to €50 in the context of the dramatic reduction of incomes of taxi and small public service vehicle drivers due to the Covid-19 restrictions. [1734/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance when assessments for applications for primary medical certificates will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1312/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the full list of recipients of funding under the music industry stimulus package including the allocations by first music contact, her Department and the Arts Council of Ireland; the criteria by which recipients are chosen; the criteria used by the allocating bodies to dispense funding in each case to date;...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Admissions (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether a school admissions policy that states a written request should be made to the principal of the school (details supplied) and provides no further information is in compliance with section 62(7)(n) of the Education Act 1998, which requires schools to publish an admission policy that provides details of the school’s...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Paul Murphy: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the closure of schools and colleges to reduce the spread of Covid-19 infection, he will instruct all education and training boards to close all Youthreach centres in line with the closure of the other educational establishments for the duration of the current Covid restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...