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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NCT testing centres will be closed for the duration of the new Covid-19 restrictions with workers pay maintained at least at the level of the TWSS, as they were from March to June 2020; if and when the test centres reopen, if the employers will provide the workers with full and appropriate PPE including masks; if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if action will be taken to ensure that sufficient capacity will be provided on a Dublin Bus route (details supplied). [33221/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 428. To ask the Minister for Finance if viable coach and tourism businesses can access the CRSS scheme to keep workers employed and bring them back to work when the Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33143/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 464. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine working arrangements for public sector staff as specified in Guidance and FAQs for Public Service Employers during Covid-19 document published by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32828/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will suspend hare coursing in view of the level 5 restrictions and instruction from the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if an order will be given to release all hares in captivity. [32943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rabbits and hares that have tested positive for RHD2 since 1 January to date in 2020; the locations in which these hares and rabbits were discovered; and the names of the coursing clubs not permitted to hold a coursing meeting in the 2020-2021 coursing season as a result of their proximity to these locations....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 830. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the earnings threshold of €480 per month will be introduced for self-employed persons that are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment to allow same to take up occasional work opportunities and keep their payment. [33196/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can collect social welfare payments such as jobseeker’s allowance on a fortnightly basis rather than weekly, as was provided for during the previous period of high-level Covid-19 restrictions. [32626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide data on confirmed Covid-19 infection among persons in the age group from four to 12 and 13 to 18 years, respectively, by week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32633/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1221. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to avoid hunting becoming the cause of the spread of Covid-19, for example, in respect of unnecessary travel, close proximity to others, crowds of more than 15 persons and persons travelling through miles of farmland. [32705/20]

Level 5 Response to Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (23 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Yes, unless Deputy Boyd Barrett comes back in, which I believe is unlikely. He sends his apologises. He had to go because of the change of the slots. The Government's plan is called Living with Covid. It would be better off renaming it the yo-yo strategy because that is the truth about what it offers to people with its plan. It offers a future of yo-yoing in and out of lockdown until a...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will be brief. As regards the comments the Ceann Comhairle made, it is very clearly the Government that is not listening or hearing. It would not have to have particularly good hearing to listen to the anger, upset and appeals to change course from survivors. The approach of the Government has been horrendous and heartless and is unfortunately reimposing an abuse upon people. I pay...

Residential Tenancies (Extension of Eviction Ban) Bill 2020: First Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to extend the ban on evictions and rent increases and for that purpose to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. At the start of this month as it became clear that we were facing a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and a second wave of restrictions, we drafted this Bill to restore the full ban on evictions and rent...

Residential Tenancies (Extension of Eviction Ban) Bill 2020: First Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Two and a half weeks ago, when the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, advised the Government to go to level 5, there were 31 outbreaks in nursing homes and there are now close to 200 such outbreaks. We are hearing a horrendous story about 26 of 28 residents in a nursing home having tested positive for Covid-19. There has only been one nurse and one carer available in the home for...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I am opposed to the extension of the sunset clause for this and for the other matter we are debating today. Fundamentally, the Government is attempting to compensate for its mess-ups, blunders and lack of a clear strategy in dealing with Covid by doubling down on repressive measures. That relates more to the second element of what we are discussing today, but the two elements are related....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (22 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward the implementation and the date of eligibility for the recently promised additional three weeks of parents leave from April 2021 to the 1 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (21 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cases of political prisoners (details supplied) in Bahrain who were sentenced to death. [31932/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Years Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the lack of increase in funding for childcare services in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31315/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Years Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: A childcare worker called "Today with Claire Byrne" after the budget was announced. She said that all those workers were asking was for a fund of €30 million to be put in place to bring the pay of the 60% of staff who were not earning the living wage up to €12.30 an hour and for a sick pay fund to be put in place. She also noted that the childcare sector was the only sector...