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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Is that an issue? Should the EPA be recording the data on water usage even if they are not abstracting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will focus on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The opening statement is disappointing to be honest. We have a horrendous biodiversity crisis. We have a report from the citizens' assembly speaking about the comprehensive failure of the State to address it. We know that agriculture, in particular big agribusiness, is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I will move on. Recommendation 83 states that people must be encouraged to consume a more plant-based diet. What is the Department doing about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Recommendation 75 states the Government must ensure Ireland's food production is in line with the Paris Agreement. What is the Department doing about that, in particular in the context of the recent trip to South Korea to promote beef exports which clearly points in the opposite direction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Mr. Callanan thinks exporting more beef is in line with the Paris Agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: We are looking for a new market in South Korea. Surely that means extra meat.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the compatibility of maintaining a nitrates derogation in any form and combating water pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the progress of the agricultural sector in reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47009/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has estimated the likely financial impact of climate-induced flooding and other natural disasters on agriculture in the State in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a need for a separate Irish injured jockeys fund, qualified riders accident fund company and jockeys accident fund; the extent of Government funding for each annually in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47011/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of a crackdown on oil pipeline protestors in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47068/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has blood on her hands. She has the blood of over 6,500 Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and bombardment over the past two weeks on her hands. She has the blood of over 2,700 children on her hands. She should resign, and if the Government seriously represented justice, peace and opposition to genocide,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: Or by the Irish State in the foundation of the State.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: On 19 October last year, President von der Leyen made a speech in the European Parliament where she said: "Russia’s attacks against civilian infrastructure, especially electricity, are war crimes. Cutting off men, women, children of water, electricity and heating with winter coming - these are acts of pure terror. And we have to call it as such.” Then when Israel began to do...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [46436/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: What is the Government doing to ensure that asylum seekers who are here and staying in State provided accommodation are safe? I understand that a new accommodation centre was opened in west Donegal recently. There are people there who have fled horrific wars in Syria and Libya, as well as some Palestinians. They have been subjected to physical threats. There have been threats to attack...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the State apologies issued by Taoisigh in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [43880/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: I raise the scandal of historical child sex abuse at St. John Ambulance. It is now more than seven months since Dr. Shannon's utterly damning report. It found that a past culture had facilitated the potential grooming of children and that the organisation had failed to intervene despite the knowledge that boys were at risk of abuse. It concluded that the organisation had failed to act...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: Last week I hosted a meeting in Tallaght for parents of children with disabilities and additional needs. We had campaigners, activists and lawyers present. The room was packed with parents telling heartbreaking stories: stories of being on long waiting lists for assessments of need, stories of waiting more than a year for therapies, stories of waiting for mental health supports, stories of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: The UK system is based on a work capability assessment. That is essentially what the system in the Minister's Green Paper is based on. Three tiers flow from that. The Minister said that nobody will have their payments cut but is it not the case that if she implements the proposal outlined in the Green Paper, people could have their payments cut? Those are found to be capable of working...