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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is planned to review existing lobbying legislation. [36608/20]

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: I listened to the Minister's speech and I was struck by how out of touch the Government is as regards seeing how significant an issue this is. That is nothing personal. This is a huge issue for working-class communities. The dangerous, irresponsible and unsafe use of scramblers and quad bikes is a scourge for working-class communities. It should be a major political issue but it is not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with leaders of the Catholic Church on 28 October 2020. [36613/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if permission will be granted to an association (details supplied) to apply for membership to a body. [36609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he has not granted consent to a group (details supplied) to affiliate to a union. [36461/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the activities of Ireland under PESCO since its implementation. [36610/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount his Department and the bodies under the aegis of his Department have spent on the use of recruitment agencies for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 to date. [36607/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received and or read a document from a group (details supplied); if he or officials in the NTA have considered other proposals to the NTA for the terms of reference of the feasibility study to include a continuation of the MetroLink to south-west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36444/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2021 (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance the exact amount of ring-fenced funding across all relevant Departments to be provided to domestic violence services in budget 2021; and the additional funding that is being allocated in order that services can respond adequately to the shadow pandemic of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond. [36879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider bringing forward the date for publication of the 1926 census from 2026 to 2021 in view of the fact this would stimulate interest amongst the Irish diaspora and possibly increase international travel to Ireland in the coming years. [36567/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, at the proposed end of the current Covid-19 level 5 restrictions on 1 December 2020 and-or when the ban on the implementation of eviction notices ends ten days later, he will extend the ban on the implementation of eviction notices until such time as all level 2, 3 and 4 Covid-19 restrictions are also lifted in order...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the class size reductions planned for DEIS band one senior schools to include DEIS band one junior schools and DEIS band one vertical schools in a context of evidence that class size matters most for younger children; the way in which the currently planned increased investment in DEIS schools is to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct her officials to provide for the needs of particular children by ensuring that NEPS psychologists, speech and language therapists and art therapists are given access to primary schools in the context of her assertions that primary schools are safe for both children and adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2021 (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact amount of ring-fenced funding across all relevant Departments to be provided to domestic violence services in Budget 2021; and the additional funding that is being allocated in order that services can respond adequately to the shadow pandemic of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond. [36880/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Services (17 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the exact amount of ring-fenced funding across all relevant Departments to be provided to domestic violence services in Budget 2021; and the additional funding that is being allocated in order that services can respond adequately to the shadow pandemic of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond. [36881/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Transport Services (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the expansion of the Local Link and Rural Link bus services to reduce isolation for persons living in rural areas. [33153/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Transport Services (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister agree to expand the Local Link bus services, which are essential for getting people out of private cars in rural areas? That means developing an integrated national transport service in which routes and timetables are integrated with other public bus and train services. At the moment these services are quite successful but there is only one Local Link office for every two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Transport Services (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: These services are vital as they connect people who live in relatively isolated areas to the main public transport links. They are absolutely essential. They are, by definition, low-volume services and therefore are not particularly profitable. That is a problem with the entire model of how the NTA is doing this, by contracting services for which private operators like Go-Ahead Ireland can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ferry Services (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans in place to ensure access for foot passengers on ferry services to France. [35795/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ferry Services (12 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: There are plans in place from January to expand the number of ferries to France in light of Brexit. It will go from a few times a week to a daily service but it seems from media reports that there will not be access for foot passengers on these services, which would be a huge missed opportunity in getting people who want to go to mainland Europe out of planes and onto a much more sustainable...