Parliamentary questions

Commemorative Plaques

Paul Murphy

277. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the exact location in Custom House in which the inaugural 2008 national famine commemoration day plaque will be mounted. [18206/22]

Commemorative Plaques

Paul Murphy

278. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when and the location in which the commemorative stone or plaque will be unveiled and placed at the famine sculptures on Custom House Quay given that the sculptures were part of the 2008 inaugural national famine commemoration day ceremony with a community group (details supplied). [18207/22]

Local Authorities

Paul Murphy

338. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 22 March 2022, if his Department has clarified the matter regarding the refusal by South Dublin County Council of applicants for social housing support on the basis of savings or capital; if local authorities are free to create their own policies regarding the assessment of means in this manner; and his views on whether it is appropriate or correct for a local authority to assess capital or savings, including inheritance, pension lump sums and redundancy payments when considering an application for social housing support. [17961/22]

Ukraine War

Paul Murphy

419. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the call for the cancellation of Ukrainian national debt. [18233/22]

Social Welfare Code

Paul Murphy

522. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether participants in the back to work enterprise allowance (details supplied) should have to repay all of their payments on the basis that they did a few days of work on a self-employed basis during the period in which they were being paid the allowance, considering the fact that the operational guidelines clearly state customers are not allowed to enter into paid employment as an employee but do not mention any restriction on doing work on a self-employed basis. [17834/22]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

624. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she has been informed by the Garda Commissioner in accordance with section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 regarding a letter sent to them by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18279/22]

Ambulance Service

Paul Murphy

872. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times for ambulance services for Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if an outline of the plan by his Department to tackle this crisis will be provided. [18281/22]

Electricity Generation

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department will reinstate the battery grant for solar PV, which will remove a further cost of approximately €600 for those considering installing solar panels; if he will urgently ensure that households with solar PV installed will be reimbursed for excess electricity given back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16836/22]

Social Welfare Code

Paul Murphy

90. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will allow those who are not in receipt of a qualifying payment to receive the living alone allowance; and if it will be ensured that this is negotiated in the budget 2023 discussions. [16880/22]

Departmental Reports

Paul Murphy

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [14273/22]

Official Apology

Paul Murphy

12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies he has issued since he assumed office. [14275/22]

Asylum Seekers

Paul Murphy

73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her plans to reform the asylum process for refugees from countries other than Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16252/22]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

101. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will respond to recent allegations from organisations representing sex workers of Garda intimidation and abusive behaviour against sex workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16253/22]

Deportation Orders

Paul Murphy

125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the deportation notice against a person (details supplied); if she will revoke this notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16255/22]

Census of Population

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the plans that are being put in place to allow those that are homeless, including rough sleepers and those living in cars to complete the 2022 census. [16426/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

188. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take a public position supporting the necessity for the TRIPS Agreement for the Prevention, Containment and Treatment of Covid-19 to clearly affirm the Government’s support for such an initiative within the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/22]

Ukraine War

Paul Murphy

420. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if the building and the unoccupied apartments above a building (details supplied) are owned by the local education and training board; if the board has plans for the use of these apartments; if they will be made available to Ukrainian refugees; if not, the reason; and the reason they have not been made available to those on the housing list up to this point. [16140/22]

Third Level Costs

Paul Murphy

520. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the inequality which exists in the funding of PhDs with a large number having to self- fund while many others must find funding bodies getting approval on detailed proposals; if he will instruct his Department to increase the stipend received by PhD students across the country given the increased cost of living which has outpaced a PhD stipend which has not changed since approximately 2003 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16108/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

521. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that third-level student attending the Technological University Dublin, Tallaght campus have concerns in relation to in-person examinations given the current high numbers of Covid-19 cases; and if he will instruct the institution that they must offer online examination. [16112/22]

Hospital Services

Paul Murphy

692. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); if it will be ensured that an operation will be scheduled for the child; and when the parents of the child can expect to hear from the HSE in relation to scheduling an operation. [16133/22]

Disability Services

Paul Murphy

694. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the measures that can be put in place to assist them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16141/22]

Disease Management

Paul Murphy

720. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department will support the request to establish a working party to investigate the needs of people living with Huntington’s disease and their families and to make recommendations on the actions to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16388/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

727. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will include other workers in the Covid recognition payment that have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as those within the HSE working in the role of Covid-19 community swabber; if they will be excluded from receiving the full €1,000 offered to healthcare workers due to not having been in employment between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2021, given that HSE Covid-19 testing centres were established early in the pandemic but the HSE recruitment campaign did not hire community swabbers until October 2020 (details supplied). [16418/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Paul Murphy

808. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if in relation to the HSE website and the instructions for symptomatic persons in relation to ordering antigen tests, his views on whether the phrasing (details supplied) is discouraging for persons with symptoms to order a test; and if his Department will consider updating this. [16561/22]

School Staff

Paul Murphy

104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) has had an infant class teaching post removed despite having a classroom available and a large waiting list of children hoping to attend; and if she will take steps to ensure this is corrected. [15395/22]

School Enrolments

Paul Murphy

105. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the once-off reductions in new enrolments in junior infants in some schools in 2021 due to Covid is now resulting in a reduction in teaching posts for the coming 2022-2023 school year despite a recovery in the numbers seeking enrolment, potentially leading to classrooms being left empty while students are unable to find a school place, and if he has plans to prevent same. [15396/22]

Employment Schemes

Paul Murphy

81. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of roles that have been filled in the Work Placement Experience Programme; the cost of the scheme to the Exchequer since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7060/22]

Driver Licences

Paul Murphy

161. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow those who have a pending status for their GNIB card to renew their driver licence. [13845/22]

Public Transport

Paul Murphy

162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) is calling on the National Transport Authority to act on behalf of its industry and introduce a temporary stopgap of one euro to all metered fares during an extremely difficult period for all taxi operators given the increase in fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/22]

Public Transport

Paul Murphy

199. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that most electric vehicles come with tinted glass in the rear as standard given that the cost to change these windows is around €800 plus; if the clear glass windows are available if he will discuss with the National Transport Authority the idea of allowing tinted rear glass in taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14642/22]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

330. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm his Department's social housing means assessment policy, specifically regarding the assessment of savings and capital of social housing support applicants and the recent implantation of same by South Dublin County Council whereby applicants have been refused on the basis of savings, inheritance, pension and redundancy lump sum and other amounts held in financial institutions. [14344/22]

Defective Building Materials

Paul Murphy

339. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the working group on defective homes will be completed by the end of March 2022 as previously advised; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of the working group's report meeting this timeline in order that there is sufficient time for the report's recommendations to be considered by Government and acted upon in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14456/22]

Irish Aid

Paul Murphy

392. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will match funding from an organisation (details supplied) to support persons with cystic fibrosis in Ukraine. [14340/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

615. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports offered to those suffering with long Covid; if they are entitled to long-term illness benefit given the impact of long Covid on their health and ability to work. [14490/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Paul Murphy

629. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those who are working over the age of 66 are not entitled to claim the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit payment (details supplied); the reason this information is not supplied on the MyGov.ie website; if she will instruct her Department to change this rule; and the way that a person in this situation can proceed to get payment while they are not working due to Covid isolation. [14774/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Paul Murphy

687. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a manager with a level 6+ qualification and 18 years’ experience will not meet the uplift requirements in relation to the Core Funding Plan for Childcare; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that for them to get a level 7 qualification they need to return to college for approximately six years to do nine modules at a cost of approx. €4,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14587/22]

Asylum Applications

Paul Murphy

760. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a person who became undocumented on 18 March 2018 just a few weeks after the cut off 31 January 2018 will be allowed to be included in the undocumented scheme. [14492/22]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

780. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of deaths by year in or following Garda custody or contact since the creation of GSOC including but not limited to shootings, pursuits, deaths in custody and deaths following any Garda interaction in tabular form. [14991/22]

Organ Donation

Paul Murphy

929. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the human tissue Bill including the commitment to bring in soft opt-out organ donor consent will be fully enacted. [14341/22]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Paul Murphy

930. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when financial support for all those seeking IVFR treatment including those with cystic fibrosis will be provided. [14342/22]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

968. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his Department’s plans for funding long Covid clinics; and the supports that are available for those suffering with long Covid. [14489/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

979. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the payment of Covid-19 bonuses for HSE workers; and when these will be processed and provided to workers. [14554/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the details of Ireland’s defence spending projections into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13515/22]

School Facilities

Paul Murphy

73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a letter from a union (details supplied) pointing out that the advice of her Department that CO2 concentrations of above 1,400-1,500 parts per million are likely to be indicative of poor ventilation was being publicly challenged by experts in the field and that the union noted that experts maintained that a concentration of 1,000ppm is a more appropriate upper limit for CO2 concentration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13319/22]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Paul Murphy

94. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will take immediate action to reduce the average class size in Irish primary schools to below the European Union average of 20 pupils per class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13320/22]

School Facilities

Paul Murphy

102. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of classrooms and school staffrooms that have yet to be supplied with adequate ventilation systems to ensure safe air quality standards in every school classroom and staffroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13318/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

121. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers that were absent in February 2022 due to having Covid-19 symptoms, testing positive or being identified as a close contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/22]

Education Policy

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the new ESRI report, Children of migrants in Ireland: how are they faring?; the steps that she will take to provide additional language supports for children with migrant parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13317/22]

Departmental Policies

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12795/22]

Economic Policy

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [11774/22]