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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability to patients with PKU in Dublin and throughout Ireland of the HSE-approved medicine kuvan; the reason kuvan it is not being made available to children with PKU at Temple Street Hospital or adults with PKU at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the reason the care pathway stipulates that patients must be admitted for 48...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister stated that there is one inescapable fact; people are living longer. In 1971, we had an average life expectancy of 71. That figure has now reached 81. It is great news that people are living longer. People should be able to enjoy a longer retirement as a result. I want to introduce the Minister to another inescapable fact which she chose not to mention. Productivity tripled...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I would like to make two points. The Taoiseach implies there is a problem with us disagreeing with the Ceann Comhairle's interpretation. There is no problem whatsoever. Any Deputy has a right to disagree with the Ceann Comhairle's interpretation, state the grounds for this and ask for the House to overturn it. If the House did so, it would not be a vote of no confidence in the Ceann...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: That is the point.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I am not the one who is making it up as he goes along. The words of Standing Order 77(2) are extremely clear. I encourage people to read them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Not agreed. I will restate the essential point that the Standing Order very clearly does not envisage a situation where an Article 35 motion could be put, would simply sit on the Order Paper and would then lapse after a period. It is clear that it envisages a situation where there are two options at that first stage. Either the motion is rejected and that is the end of the process or a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: And also put our-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: It is not agreed. On the Order Paper for today is a very important motion which is fundamentally about accountability. It is a motion to begin the process of removing Seamus Woulfe from his position as a Supreme Court judge on the grounds of stated misbehaviour. The motion, which people can read, sets out the stated misbehaviour which, in a nutshell, comprises his attendance at the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: So the pubs could be opened.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Well the pubs are being opened. That was the choice-----

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the status of plans for reopening after level 5 Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. [38834/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method used to decide the allocation of special education teachers for a school (details supplied) in the context of a current school population of 330 rather than the earlier 171 and the high number of children with special and additional needs, including 12 children with complex needs in the ASD evergreen unit classes; if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method used in the new SNA allocations model (details supplied). [40041/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Student Assistance Fund (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if the funding students receive from the student assistance fund will be regarded as taxable income for those students who are not eligible or in receipt of a SUSI grant; and if so, if he will consider exempting all payments from the student assistance fund from being regarded as taxable income. [39685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ban on hare coursing will be extended until at least the end of March 2020 in a context in which any extension of the current coursing season into March 2021 would be to allow coursing during the height of the breeding season and potentially disrupt the reproduction of the Irish hare population. [40240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current expected cost of the European Peace Facility to Ireland for each of the years 2021-2027 noting that the Athena mechanism and the African Peace Facility are funded through his Department and the Department of Defence, respectively; the Department that will have primary policy responsibility for the European Peace Facility; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a scenario in relation to a person (details supplied) is fair and equitable; if he will request the university to cease demanding such charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39743/20]

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: I want a "Yes" or "No" answer to this question. When the Minister spoke to the Taoiseach about this matter, did she mention the fact that there were other expressions of interest besides Séamus Woulfe?

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: When the Minister's party leader, Deputy Varadkar, told her he thought Séamus Woulfe would make a good judge, did that weigh heavily on her mind when it came to recommending him?