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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 543. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personal injury claims that have been taken against the State by Defence Forces personnel for injuries sustained while on military training exercises in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of the claims finalised; the injury sustained in each case; the amount paid in damages; the amount paid in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline in respect of an upgrade regarding broadband services at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will expedite the required works to enhance the schools access to a reliable high speed service with increased capacity in view of the fact that the school has invested in class sets of laptops,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to upgrade and-or reform the high-speed broadband programme for schools; if she and-or her officials have engaged with National Broadband Ireland In respect of same; and if she will provide a schedule of all schools in County Kildare that will have broadband service upgraded in 2021 and 2022. [16760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Circulars (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the circular and-or correspondence her Department issued to the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, in respect of not transitioning NEPS assessments on returning to school in September 2020 following lockdown (details supplied); and the reason she did not address this important decision with secondary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 791. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal injury claims that have been taken by prison staff against the Irish Prison Service for injuries sustained in prisons in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of the claims finalised; the injury sustained in each case; the amount paid in legal costs; and the estimated claim...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 792. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal injury claims that have been taken by prisoners against the Irish Prison Service for injuries sustained in prison in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the injury sustained in each case; the amount paid in legal costs; and the estimated claim costs for claims yet to be finalised in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 824. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Border management unit inspections and site visits to airports (details supplied) in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; if any breaches or concerns were flagged with airport operators; and if any sanctions ensued as a result. [17259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 898. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in 2020; the number of cases that payments relate to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 899. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2020; the number of cases that payments relate to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 900. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relating to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis relating to failings in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the number of cases settled; the total amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases to date. [16469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 1101. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule will be provided of outbound and inbound international flights in respect of airports not listed on the passenger locator form field (details supplied) and or place of arrival from 1 to 18 March 2021; the number of passenger locater forms processed in respect of these airports as an entry point to the State over the same time period; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 1139. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change the policy on amending the return to work of staff members (details supplied) that are classed as highly vulnerable in cases in which they have been fully vaccinated and are willing to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 1221. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for birth partners in respect of attending all stages of pregnancy including check-up appointments; and his plans to allow partners to attend all stages from 5 April 2021. [17574/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I wish Mr. McMahon a good morning. Actually, it is the afternoon. I am an hour behind. One must ask what happens when things go wrong and people do not have their rights. We saw much of that after the economic crash, particularly in the construction sector where people had spent their whole lives working, many of them self-employed. It is only when one sees people reaching their 50s or...

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: In an ideal situation, would further legislation be required to achieve a solution?

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What are the impediments? I recall an appeal case in the construction sector. People in that sector, for example, might be blacklisted. What is stopping people? In an ideal world, workers would want their rights protected by the same protections that are available to their contemporaries in other sectors. Mr. McMahon has written an extensive book and he is invested in this issue. Well...

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The RTÉ experience was useful as we saw that permanent employment was offered to a cohort of people who were identified, and that is welcome. It is up to the organisation to decide whether it is retrospective and whether there are tax liabilities. I am using RTÉ as an example. Is there any kind of a sanction where misdesignation occurs? That seems to be something we need to...

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that it was one specific company. I am using RTÉ as an example. If we were to go after this systematically, what would be the pecking order?

Public Accounts Committee: Bogus Self-Employment: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. It is agreed.

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. We all agree that affordable insurance is fundamental to the well-being and interests of the country. The sky-high premiums that are being charged add significantly to the cost base of our economy and are a substantial financial burden for individual households. We all know that insurance costs in this country are high by international...