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Covid-19 (Health): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: For more than two months I have been saying that we have been paying over the odds to private hospital owners like Denis O'Brien and are being ripped off. I pointed to evidence that suggests we are paying four times as much per bed as was being paid in the UK and I have repeatedly asked for a breakdown of costs. The Minister refused to publish those costs and instead tried to dismiss what I...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: For the record, I take it the Minister agrees that there is substantial scientific weight behind the 2 m requirement. A review of over 200 scientific studies published in The Lancettwo days ago states that transmission of viruses was lower with physical distancing of more than 1 m and that the evidence is clear that 2 m saves more lives than 1 m. The World Health Organization, WHO, is also...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: A growing number of millionaires and billionaires and their cheerleaders in the media and the Dáil are calling for vital public health restrictions to be loosened more quickly so that the economy can fully re-open and they can resume making their profits. Leading the charge, unsurprisingly, has been Michael O'Leary of Ryanair, a notoriously bad employer, despite what the Minister might...

Covid-19 (Transport, Tourism and Sport): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is not pushing to reduce the 2 m distance to 1 m.

Covid-19 (Foreign Affairs and Trade): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Charlene Lyles, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tanisha Anderson, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and Amadou Diallo; I could recite the names of black men, women and children murdered by racist vigilantes and racist police in the United States for my full five minutes, and I could go on for much longer than that....

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I wish to raise three issues with the Minister, the first of which is not an area under his direct responsibility. However, it is an urgent issue so I will raise it with him now. I have written to the Minister for Justice and Equality about it and ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to raise it with him as well. I refer to the conditions inside the direct provision centre...

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: From day one, members of the Defence Forces have got stuck in to help fight the impacts of this pandemic. They have transported PPE, helped with testing and tracing and much more besides. Like retail workers, cleaners and other essential workers, they have worked throughout the crisis, in many instances putting their health and lives and those of their families at risk in order to keep...

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I stated that that was the case at the start of the year.

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have another specific question I wish to ask the Minister of State.

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: If the Minister of State keeps answering it, I will not have time to ask another.

Covid-19 (Defence): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: I wish to ask about the 116th Battalion. The Minister of State is aware of this issue. Will its members received their full six months' overseas allowance in order that they will not end up out of pocket as a result of Covid-19?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will invite representatives of the teachers, students and trade unions from the English language education sector onto the Covid-19 working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Attorney General and his Department have completed the review of the State ex gratia scheme which Dáil Éireann was informed was occurring on 12 December 2019. [8905/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the eligibility of persons (details supplied) for the ex gratia scheme. [8907/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Human Rights (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department made its latest report to the Council of Europe on the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in a case (details supplied); and when the report will be uploaded to be accessible to the public. [8906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of a fifth teacher in a school (details supplied) will be supported for the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8922/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of an order employed in schools (details supplied). [8999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of members of an order employed in schools (details supplied). [9000/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Carer's Leave (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an extension of carer’s leave will be considered for the parents and guardians of children with disabilities who will need additional support transitioning back to school or with special educational needs and violent–challenging behaviour (details supplied) due to the lack of available childcare and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (3 Jun 2020)

Paul Murphy: 348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the long delay in a review by the INIS of the EU treaty rights of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship. [8544/20]