Results 61-80 of 385 for long speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 699. To ask the Minister for Health whether long-Covid clinics are prescribing medications; and if so, what medications they have been recommended to prescribe by the HSE. [33604/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...Affairs and Social Protection if a person is awarded disability allowance and transitions from jobseeker’s allowance does this change their eligibility for the Christmas bonus associated with long-term social welfare payments. [32933/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...of a Covid inquiry, which the Taoiseach was reported as saying will be set up this year and for which the terms of reference are being worked on. Will those terms of reference include the issue of long Covid? Unfortunately, this will be a growing issue. Approximately 10% of all those who get Covid are then affected by long Covid. A recent medical paper suggested that 65 million people...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: Since we last debated this in 2022, the long awaited review of the Offences against the State Act has been published. This was the fig leaf that Sinn Féin used to justify abstaining on the vote to renew the Special Criminal Court as opposed to its traditional correct position of opposing the court and that most of the rest of the Opposition and the Government cited when voting for it....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ..., if they will be at any disadvantage over those who expressed interest; the date the full competition will be published; the number of places available; whether separate panels will be formed for long-term election observers and short-term election observers; if he plans to have any reserved places for people with disabilities, politicians or others; if so, will he detail the number of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Equality Issues (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...’s arduous struggle for justice. The impact of inaccurate reporting, fuelled by leaks from An Garda Síochána, continues to shape the prevailing narrative. However, today's announcement fills us with hope that this long-standing injustice will be rectified, finally dispelling the inaccuracies that have plagued the understanding of the facts surrounding [George's] untimely...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The way that the workers at Tara Mines have been treated is utterly disgraceful. They found out that they are to be temporarily - they do not know for how long - laid off yesterday. Some of them found out through watching the Nine O'Clock News that, effectively, they will be left without pay. The company says it is due to a variety of factors in terms of zinc prices, inflation, energy...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...were advanced as far as I could see. The first was that abolishing youth rates could potentially act as an incentive for young people to leave education and take up employment, which could have a negative impact on their long-term prospects. That is ridiculous. I have not seen any evidence produced to back that up. The idea that the princely sum of €11.30 an hour, which is not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 931. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the hundreds of long-term undocumented migrants who applied for the Government scheme in early 2022, who were advised that their applications would be processed by the end of last year but are still waiting on confirmation, if she will ensure that her Department processes these pending applications in a timely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 1167. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to support for those with long-Covid, if he agrees that the SLWP scheme needs to be extended; and if he will ensure that this view is expressed at the talks with healthcare union representatives and his Department at the WRC to discuss the future of the scheme. [27614/23]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...out of the Constitution. Then, when they finally did legislate for abortion, they put a completely unnecessary three-day wait into the law just to make sure that every woman has to wait a little bit longer before accessing the care that she needs. We know the impact that has on accessibility of care. The review of the abortion legislation was delayed until the last possible moment and...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...potential future governments. Only this week in the European Parliament, MEPs from Fine Gael and Sinn Féin voted against the crucial nature restoration law. They could have fought for a massive, long-term nature restoration fund that would guarantee a comfortable standard of living for small farmers to become custodians and restorers of biodiversity and to farm in ecologically...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...striking. The bottom line is that 97% of respondents identified staffing, recruitment and retention as vital threats to the success of service provision. We can move around the pieces this way or that, but as long as there are not enough resources and as long as we do not employ enough staff to help children, we will have significant problems. That is the bottom line point....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (16 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...has an estimate of the amount of surplus electricity in kWh and euro value being returned to the grid by those homes eligible for a smart meter but without a smart meter; and the reason, given the long delays in smart meter installation, homes that are eligible for smart meters but do not yet have them are not treated as equivalent to homes not eligible for smart meters and paid for their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 652. To ask the Minister for Health to supply the name of any consultant in the public health service of Ireland who has the knowledge to diagnose and manage long-Covid in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/23]

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ..., waste, water infrastructure, etc. We need proper planning by the State to provide sustainable and liveable communities for people across the country. I want to address the Government amendment, which is basically a long set of praise for Housing for All and how it is working so wonderfully and all the rest. The problem the Government has is that is not people's experience. People do...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...person or body that will be monitoring the footage from CCTV cameras installed at horse racing courses to prevent doping; if the footage will be reviewed daily or just when an incident occurs; how long will footage be stored for; how it will be stored; by whom the footage will be stored; and if he will request a statement from the IHRB Chief Executive Officer in relation to this. [21047/23]

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...it wants. It is rolling in it. There is €65 billion in surpluses projected between now and 2025. That is more than enough to clear the housing list several times over. It is a political choice not to do it. Instead of investing that money long term in public housing, saving billions in HAP and RAS payments, the Government is casting around for excuses not to spend it. Maybe it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (23 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees with the need to ensure that fibromyalgia, which affects one in 50 Irish people, is recognised in Ireland as a long-term illness, that causes disability (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14462/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 1118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the implications of the excessively long waiting time for those with pending citizenship applications from restrictions on getting mortgages to having professional, work-related restrictions; the current waiting time for an application; and the improvements his Department is putting in place to reduce this...