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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: My final question is to the representatives of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. I welcome and support the campaign of the ICCL against spit hoods. It might be useful if the ICCL representatives could paint a picture of what spit hoods are like. I know that in Britain they have been compared by the Met to the hoods used in Guantanamo Bay. Obviously, they are not exactly the same, but...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: Yes. Will the ICCL explain how the gardaí bought 16,000 spit hoods with no human rights assessment? How can that take place? Is the Department aware of it?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS will provide a further extension for driver licences for six months or until the current backlog is cleared and more appointments become available in view of the difficulty for persons in renewing licences such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if documentary applications will be accepted by way of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) is discriminating against mortgage applicants who are recipients of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will engage with the bank to ensure that income from the scheme is treated equivalent to other income. [21300/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the issuing of hare coursing licences; and her further plans to fully suspend the issuing of same. [22110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the members from Ireland on the national election observation roster by the county submitted on the application forms as of 30 March 2020; the country submitted on the application forms of each in cases of overseas observers; the due diligence applied prior to appointment of persons to the roster in tabular form; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure a school (details supplied) has a school building in the area for reopening in September 2020. [21256/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision of Dublin Bus to not renew the contracts for school bus services across Dublin and to cut the school transport services for many schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21257/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary support will be provided to allow a school (details supplied) to open safely in view of the issues raised by the board of management. [22033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the precise regulations in relation to the pandemic unemployment payment and jobseeker's payments; and if there are self-isolation or quarantine issues with regard to travel overseas either to green list countries or to non-green list countries (details supplied). [21656/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health if he will promptly initiate a public inquiry into nursing homes in view of the evident failings in the system of care for older persons contained in the HIQA report entitled, The Impact of Covid-19 on Nursing Homes in Ireland, of 21 July 2020 and in particular the findings regarding the way in which Covid-19 got into some homes but not others. [21254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1033. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the deaths to date due to Covid-19 in the HSE Crooksling and Tymon North nursing homes; the reason residents were moved from one facility to the other; if he will provide the communications with the families of residents; and if he will report on the relevant staffing issues. [21255/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1287. To ask the Minister for Health when section 2 of the Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Act 2020, which increases the income limit for the over-70s medical card, will be commenced. [21992/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1224. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin will be added to the list of medicines covered by the medical card. [21645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (8 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1303. To ask the Minister for Health the public health policy in relation to the testing of patients for Covid-19 prior to surgery; and if the same policy applies to public and private hospitals. [22036/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry. This is the first debate in which I have spoken under the new speaking rules and what an attempt it is to muzzle the Opposition. By the time we get to speak for five minutes the Government has spoken for 32 minutes. By the time our slot comes up, instead of four slots before us there have been eight. By the time some of the other Opposition groups...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (2 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: Deputy McConalogue will today become the fourth Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in four months and nothing sums up the dumpster fire that is this Government as succinctly as the revolving door at the Department. It goes around, bringing in a new Minister each month. We started lockdown with the former Minister, Deputy Creed, who rushed to the defence of the meat plant owners,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I want to ask about high-risk teachers. It seems absolutely scandalous that teachers with significant underlying conditions are being compelled to go back to work in circumstances where their doctors or consultants are saying it is unsafe to do so. There does not seem to be any guarantee that this issue has been dealt with or that the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (2 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms Piggott. I have a question for Mr. Gillespie. It seems that, at an individual level, coronavirus exposes and attacks underlying conditions, which relates to the previous question. It also does so at a societal level and exposes the very low levels of investment in our education system as a percentage of GDP, the very high pupil-teacher ratios and the lack of space in our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (30 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will add to that by asking for confirmation that nobody else will be moved into the centre and underline the point that it should not have come to a hunger strike. People should not have been forced into that situation where they felt they had no other choice. This crisis has been discussed openly including in the media, protests, organisation and support from the local community for...