Results 1-20 of 123 for going forward speaker:Paul Murphy

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for bringing forward this very important Bill. We live in a world of growing, galloping and deepening inequality. Since 2020, about two thirds of the new wealth created in the economy went to just 1% of the population, almost twice what the bottom 99% got globally. The same process is happening in Ireland, where the richest two billionaires now have as much...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...left of neutrality and getting Ireland closer and closer to NATO? In that context, what is the plan in terms of legislation to get rid of the triple lock? When does the Government plan to bring it forward? I think it should be brought forward as a proposal for a referendum because I think the people should decide. It would, in reality, be the end of what is left of neutrality...

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Perfect. I am very happy to do that. These amendments relate to what is effectively new legislation introduced by the Government on Committee Stage, which is extremely poor practice in terms of having any parliamentary oversight. We should have had new legislation. The Government wants to strip rights from Ukrainians and put them on poverty rates as it treats other asylum seekers. It...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...strategy which specifies the manner in which it is proposed to achieve the national climate objective; ‘sectoral adaptation plan’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 6 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (as amended), and means the plans made by each Minister of the Government for which each such Minister of the Government has responsibility;...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...accommodation waiting list. Every day as a consequence, families are being sent miles away from school and family support networks into Gardiner Street where, on just one street, the Taoiseach's Government has forced more than 1,000 people to live their lives in slum conditions in 21st century tenements. I met a family a couple of weeks ago with six children and the eight people have...

An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I support our amendments and the others that go in the same direction. I am disappointed, if not surprised, by the extremely limp wording proposed by the Government to replace this section. Having such poor wording, which is correctly open to strong criticism, as we will make, not only misses an opportunity to make a meaningful difference for carers in this country, but also endangers this...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: ..., I highlight the call for Ireland to take a lead in a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. That demand is extremely timely given the final text agreed at COP28, which emerged a couple of hours ago. For the 28th time, the news from COP is not good. We see a failure of the COP process and global leaders protecting the interest of the fossil fuel industry at the expense of small island...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister said it twice. I thought it was not an accident that he said it twice. The Minister first said: "We will measure ourselves going forward against carbon abatement objectives, alongside employment and productivity".

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: Two weeks ago we had riots, incited by the far right, on our streets. Now we have migrants in our city who are afraid to go out for fear that they will be targeted by the far right. What has been the response of the Rural Independent Group? During the original debate and then during the debate yesterday, all of them were at pains to emphasise that the riots that took place were nothing to...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment 1 to amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "systems and structures to address these": "calls on the Government to: — introduce a Bill for a referendum to insert Irish neutrality and a policy of non-membership of military alliances and not allowing its territory to be used by other states to transport war material or personnel to third countries for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: The State and the Government are failing children with additional needs very badly. They are failing those on the long waiting lists for an assessment of needs and for therapies and those who are seeking to access education. I want to raise one particular case, that of a young man called Tadhg who is 11 years old. He is in sixth class in primary school and is looking forward to going to...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Deputies who brought forward this motion. It is a scandal, and an avoidable one, that tens of thousands of people are waiting for months to get driver tests to acquire driver's licences. Ideally, and this is what we need to work towards, we would not have such a demand for private car licences because we would have free, frequent and accessible public transport for the vast...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I heard the allegation that unlicensed implants were being used in April so I did what was appropriate and asked the Minister if it was happening. The response I got twice from CHI stated it was not happening. I went back to the person who was alleging this to me with more specifics. I came forward with specific parliamentary questions on 13 July about how many spring implants had been...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: .... We have a crisis with the number of apprenticeships that are being commenced. We have a crisis with the skills shortage that is holding back our ability to tackle our housing crisis. We have Government plans, announcements and so on and a target of 10,000 apprenticeships the year by 2025. Interestingly, Deputy Bruton spoke earlier about his experience when he was the Minister. If...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion opposing the disgraceful deal entered into between Coillte and Gresham House. It seems that there is no crisis where the Government does not think that equity funds is the solution. With housing and climate; who does it call? It calls equity funds. Its neoliberal mantra is that private capital and profit making are the solution...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...if he is aware of a dog breeder (details supplied) in Cork who was shut down due to the horrific conditions the animals were subjected to; his Department’s plans to ensure this does not happen going forward; if he will commit to the closure of all puppy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2997/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...there needs to be more resources provided to make the citizenship application process more efficient (details supplied); and the steps that have been taken and are planned to help tackle this issue going forward. [63978/22]

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is very unfortunate we are here on the final normal day of the Dáil debating this issue without the proposal that is going to be brought to Cabinet just next week. Every time we have asked about this over the past number of months, we have been told the Minister is going to bring a proposal to Cabinet before Christmas. It is going to happen at literally the final meeting of the...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...of an open, competitive and transparent system to appoint the board. That is great. However, in the next breath he said he will vote against an amendment which would make sure he has to bring forward a proposal for the establishment of an open, competitive and transparent system. The Minister is against an amendment which will ensure he does the thing he said he would do in any case....

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: ..., and dependence on imported fossil fuels for 70 per cent of our energy use; — it has failed to enable a just transition to renewable energy, or to reduce energy use, and is inherently incapable of doing so; — the Government's policy of encouraging the construction of energy-guzzling data centres, which have accounted for 70 per cent of the increase in metered electricity...