Results 7,101-7,120 of 12,355 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (25 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any new tax incentive for the game industry should at least include a similar requirement to the film sector tax credit introduced in section 481 of the Finance Act 1997 which requires employers to commit to providing quality employment before availing of the tax credit. [28102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commence a review of part M of the Building Regulations 2010 to include specifications for liveable accommodation which provide appropriate accessibility as required by persons with varying levels of mobility in accordance with the lifetime adaptable housing design criteria (details supplied); if he will introduce...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (25 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to an aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28046/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (details supplied) is not included in the hot meals scheme unlike other schools in the area; if she will instruct her Department to include the school in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28017/21]

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: Ten days of terror have been raining down on the people of Gaza. We are now on day 11. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 60 children. Lynch mobs are roaming the streets of cities within Israel, shouting slogans like "Death to Arabs", backed up by state forces targeting Palestinians. Ethnic cleansing is continuing in East Jerusalem. What was the response of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to review its handling of the outbreaks of Covid-19 in the meat processing industry over the past year with a view to improving preventative measures in the future. [27379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (20 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for banning mink fur farming; and the current population of mink in such farms in Ireland. [27019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possible impacts of the further concentration of ownership of the meat processing industry here on small farmers. [27017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the planned expansion of the dairy processing industry here. [27015/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory Bodies (20 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish an independent regulator for the meat industry to address instability in the sector. [27018/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: I do not think it is an accident that the housing policy of this Government and many previous Governments has not solved the housing crisis and has not addressed the needs of ordinary people, but instead has lined the pockets of developers, speculators and investment funds. I put it to the Taoiseach that is because housing policy has been captured by those interests. We have seen many...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach never answers the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [26244/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [26245/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is reported that yesterday the Cabinet agreed to seek to extend the sweeping Garda emergency powers to November with a possible extension all the way to February 2022. Shamefully, while political parties have been exempted from the ban on gatherings, workers' pickets and socially distanced protests have been effectively banned for over a year. Recently, taxi drivers were threatened with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [26512/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the President of the European Commission. [24256/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: The statement of the EU Commission President that she condemns indiscriminate attacks by Hamas on Israel was scandalous. There was no mention of the ethnic cleansing in East Jerusalem. Neither was there any mention of the pogroms being carried out by far-right Israeli activists in Israel, with the backing of state forces, against Palestinians. Likewise, there was no mention of the bombs...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: It is noteworthy how the Taoiseach is the only man in the building without an ideology. It really is quite striking. It is the best kind of ideology when you do not admit that it is an ideology. Parents and staff at Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School have been forced to struggle again and again to ensure they have buildings for the kids and students on the school site. Last...