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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Dr. McGuinness is saying that the protocol was key in giving the HSA the powers. It did not previously have the powers and the protocol gave it these powers.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Briefing by ICTU, HSA and CIF Representatives on the Reopening of the Construction Industry (19 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Finally, hundreds of thousands of employees were in work before this week and before the protocol. Dr. McGuinness is saying that if a protocol had been in place previously, the HSA would have been able to act more effectively, and could have, for example, been doing on-site inspections before the last week.

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will quickly ask a separate question. Has the Minister considered the request by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties not to expand the Garda powers beyond 18 May? Rather than using these restrictions on civil liberties, the Garda should rely on the things that have an overwhelming impact, such as education, persuasion, etc.

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have a very simple question and I would like a clear answer to it. According to the agreement with the private hospitals, last week they were to produce a full cost statement detailing the costs for the month of April. I asked last week if that would be published but I did not receive a response to that question. Will the Minister make this detailed breakdown of costs available to...

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: This is the fourth time I have raised this question and got various answers but on the essence of publishing the information about the costs so we can establish why we are paying so much for the private hospitals, I am not getting an answer. I raised it once with the Taoiseach and three times with the Minister and, repeatedly, the phrase "open book" is used to explain it but I do not...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Does the Taoiseach think it is acceptable that 200 workers or groups of workers have complained about not being safe in their workplaces to the HSA, the body to which we eventually found out they are supposed to complain, and it has not inspected their workplaces? Are workers who are asked to return to work next week expected to have confidence in the system when those who have complained...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: In that case, does the Taoiseach agree that workers and unions will have to take action themselves to protect health and safety? The HSA is not intervening or doing the job it is meant to do. I have it in black and white from the Minister that there have been more than 200 complaints and zero on-site inspections related to Covid-19. As such, unions need to prepare and stand alongside their...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, I received a letter from the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, which confirmed that there have been over 200 complaints about breaches of the Covid-19 guidelines in workplaces and there has not been a single on-site inspection of one of those workplaces. That is 200 groups of workers potentially working in unsafe conditions and 200 appeals to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA,...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have several questions for the Minister, so I will ask a question followed by an answer and the same again, if possible. It is a bit frustrating listening to the Minister and some of the other Fine Gael Deputies, whose contributions have involved giving lip service to the idea of the importance of the arts, combined with a certain supposed realism about what can be done in terms of...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I want to focus on the question of airline vouchers, which was mentioned previously. Tens of thousands of people are legally entitled to a cash refund within seven days for flights that have been cancelled. They are being obstructed by airlines, including Ryanair, which are trying everything to avoid people availing of their legal rights. Even the vouchers that are being offered to them...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: What the Minister is clearly responsible for is the joint statement with other European states. That is the simple question I am asking. Is it the case that the statement, which called for consumer rights to be suspended in favour of the airlines, emerged from a meeting and that the Minister signed up to it? The Taoiseach said to me in the House that the Government had made no decision...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements he is making to repatriate Irish citizens that are presently unable to get scheduled flights out of Peru to Ireland, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [5137/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rates of progression from junior to senior cycle in a school (details supplied); and the way in which this compares to rates nationally. [5147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 557. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons that are 16 years of age are required to register in the adult accident and emergency unit in Tallaght Hospital while still being required to have a parent or guardian accompany them at the time of registration; if admitted, if they will be allowed to have a parent or guardian continue to stay with them outside of visiting times and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if a binding unconditional contract between a health group (details supplied) and the State for the purchase of land was in existence prior to the advancement of funds amounting to €43 million for the construction of a car park and other facilities for the new maternity hospital on a site owned by the group; if so, when the sale will be closed on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Statutory Instrument No. 541/2019 will affect families that began their IVF donor-sperm procedures prior to 4 May 2020 in relation to the commencement of Part 2 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if consideration will be given to delaying the commencement of the relevant sections of the Act until a later date in view of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the employment of staff under the AIM scheme will be clarified; and if staff employed under the scheme are required to have a FETAC level 5 qualification (details supplied). [5151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (13 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: 1333. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the independent film and television sector does not fall within the remit of the wage subsidy scheme due to the non-permanent project nature of the sector (details supplied); if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that many in the sector were due to commence work on...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: Last week I asked the Minister about various aspects of the costs we are paying to lease the private hospitals. I asked whether we are paying the directors' pay, the CEO pay, rent or interest for the private hospitals. The Minister said I would get a response in writing from the HSE or the Department within days but I have not received one yet. Fundamentally, I am trying to get to the...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)

Paul Murphy: I am simply asking whether we are paying-----