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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Very good.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: They are begrudgers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: It has not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture; and when it is next due to meet. [54565/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government states: "... the Government will prioritise plans for the delivery of Metrolink, Luas and other light rail expansion, DART expansion and interconnector ...". I presume the Taoiseach will say the Government is prioritising this but it is certainly some type of prioritisation when the Government is delaying it for a decade. The word "prioritise" loses all meaning...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [54397/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Anglo-Irish Relations (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the British Prime Minister. [54396/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: The unions that represent tens of thousands of workers in the voluntary and community sector have announced that they will be lodging a pay claim for a 3% rise. These are workers who provide essential services in our communities. They care for older people, people with disabilities and people with addiction. They also work in homeless clubs, homeless services and homework clubs and I could...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: He is not telling us this again.

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: A very significant crisis faces ordinary people in regard to energy prices and the Government cannot say it has not been warned. We have warned it and it has been repeatedly raised in the media, yet the Government has done effectively nothing for anybody, except something completely inadequate for those who receive fuel allowance. For everybody else, the Government is saying, "Well, suck it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Actions speak louder than words. Unfortunately, the actions of the Government show that it is not taking this issue seriously. In the budget a month ago, the entire spend allocated for measures against crack cocaine usage throughout the entire country was €500,000. It is nowhere near adequate. Let me spell out what an extra €1 million in funding for the Tallaght Drug and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Drug Dealing (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am going to assume that the Minister of State heard about and read some of the extensive coverage over the past couple of days regarding the tsunami of crack cocaine use in Tallaght. I hope she also read the report by the TDATF or that the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, has. The bottom line is that this is an appeal for help from those on the front line. The report in question...

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is leading the way for the pharmaceutical companies. It is killing people. It is disgraceful.

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United Nations in New York. [48309/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I see the Minister, Deputy Ryan, had an article in The Irish Timeslast weekend in which he approvingly quoted Greta Thunberg saying, "No more blah, blah, blah." It is supremely ironic. How else can the words and actions of this Government on climate be described but as "more blah, blah, blah"? To take the example of transport, last week the Government announced a target of up to a 50%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government includes a commitment to convene a citizens' assembly on drug use. I am sure the Taoiseach saw some of the harrowing coverage yesterday of what has been described as an epidemic of crack cocaine use in Tallaght. People’s lives and communities are being destroyed, yet the total figure allocated to address crack cocaine use in budget 2022 across the entire...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54395/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [50790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that those who avail of the new digital gaming relief are subject to ensuring quality employment and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if eight hares were killed on the first day of a coursing meeting by a club (details supplied) on 15 October 2021; the results of any post-mortems carried out on these hares; if this coursing meeting was called off on day one; and if the club was accommodated by another club to run its various stakes on the following weekend...