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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach accused me of giving a warped interpretation of what he said, so I will repeat what he said, which is very plain: "we took a more conservative approach on the household visits, and then traded that off with visits to hotels and restaurants". The Government chose not to follow NPHET's recommendations on household visits so that it could open up hotels and restaurants. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: What actions do the Taoiseach and his Government intend to take to pressurise the British Government to reverse its scandalous decision not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane? Even David Cameron, in 2012, admitted to "shocking levels of collusion" and said it seemed that Mr. Finucane was suggested to the murderers as a target to kill by the police. The British Supreme...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with foreign affairs will next meet. [40064/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Government has been at pains to reject the idea that its Covid-19 strategy has been informed by the interests of short-term private profit. It is now 100% patently clear that is what is informing, or at least partially informing, the approach of the Government. Yesterday the Taoiseach told the Dáil that "we took a more conservative approach on the household visits, and then traded...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: In six minutes or so, the Minister of State will stand up and explain why the Government does not think that student nurses should be paid. She might say that they should not be paid to protect their education, but before she does, I would like her to listen to the words of a student nurse who has been on the front line of the fight against Covid-19. Ms Maeve Evans is a student nurse from...

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]