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

Paul Murphy: There are 600 men on the streets now because they are not Ukrainian.

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

Paul Murphy: I did not say the Deputy was doing it.

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

Paul Murphy: Do we go through this section by section?

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

Paul Murphy: We will not discuss the sections?

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...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Kenny for all the work he has done on this issue and on the Bill. I also thank those who have gone before him, including Ming Flanagan who is in the Gallery. I also thank all the campaigners, many of whom are here. They have been pushing on this issue for a long time, trying to get us in the direction of social progress. I have been here almost ten years, incredibly, and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [4023/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [4033/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I raise the absolute scandal of how children with additional needs are failed by this State and left languishing on waiting lists for necessary therapies for years. I have figures, which show that almost 9,000 children across the country have been waiting more than 12 months, not for therapies, but for initial contacts from their CDNTs. A campaigner has done a tremendous amount of research...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: The housing crisis is still getting worse. Every week, I meet couples who are working, whose combined income puts them over the limit for social housing and who are simply unable to afford a home in the market. They are spending all their money, week to week, on their rent and cannot save up a deposit. Such people are utterly trapped. The market has failed those people. The Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [2798/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: For a number of years, the Government has talked the talk when it comes to a health-led approach to drugs but it definitely has not walked the walk. The failed and failing war on drugs has continued. In 2022, 17,321 controlled drug offences were reported. There has not been the investment needed in the front-line drug addiction services and task forces. Investment has basically stagnated....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4032/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [4024/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle; it is People Before Profit. Sixty people per day are now being prosecuted for not paying the TV licence. More than 13,00 people were brought to court last year and, if convicted, had to pay a fine of €1,000 or face a jail term. This is in the context of what is now a majority of eligible people refusing to pay the TV licence. It is an unjust, regressive...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take a stance against Pakistan's actions and explore avenues such as sanctions to halt the ongoing war crimes in occupied Balochistan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3935/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: European Union (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a report in which the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change said the EU’s policies will need revising to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 (details supplied); his views on whether the EU should stop subsidising fossil fuels and to redirect such spending towards targeted actions...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on the process to follow when a person has made a complaint to the National Transport Authority and there has been no resolution offered or action taken to resolve this complaint; if there is an authority the person can report the NTA to for their poor handling of the complaint process; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the recent decision not to release funds that would allow teachers in Ireland who have taught in secondary schools outside the EU to move up the incremental pay scale, if she will reconsider this decision and take immediate action to rectify this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4172/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in relation to the issue of no HEPA filters in Irish classrooms despite the €62 million announcement by her in December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4197/24]