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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: Would Mr. Lowry agree that before it could be used in that process, a fundamental rights impact assessment would have to be carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Lowry. Reference is also made to the use of chatbots in the public service. What is the public feedback to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Has the Department of public expenditure and reform or another arm of the State conducted a fundamental rights impact assessment on the use of AI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: Has any arm of the State that is using AI conducted a fundamental rights impact assessment?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Pollution (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the impact of agricultural pollution on waterways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Pollution (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned by the impact of agricultural pollution on waterways in light of the massive fishkill on the Blackwater; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Student Travel Card (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department changed the eligibility criteria for the student Leap card by increasing the definition of full-time studies to 16 or more hours-per-week; the rationale for this change given that many students study in full-time education in courses that have 15 hours-per-week of classes are now ineligible for the student Leap...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 344. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners removed the option at retirement for defined benefit members to transfer to an approved retirement fund in mid-August 2025 (details supplied); when this change was first proposed; when the affected defined benefit scheme members were formally notified; the departments, agencies, or stakeholder groups that lobbied for or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to investigate the matter and ensure that the child in question will be provided a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54887/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress he has made on exempting students in the private rented sector from the forthcoming abolition of rent controls between tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55527/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: To tease that out a little further, does the Minister agree that a different threshold or abolishing the threshold entirely would be appropriate in cases where domestic violence is a factor or in family law cases like that for precisely the reason he outlined? Can the Minister provide any sort of timeframe for when this consideration is likely to be complete? I underline the point that it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will review the disposable income threshold of €18,000 for accessing civil legal aid, which has not been updated since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54227/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: The disposable income threshold for civil legal aid is only €18,000. Incredibly, it has not been updated since 2006. Think of all the cost-of-living crises and everything else we have been through since then. How much additional funding is provided for civil legal aid in the budget? Will it allow for the raising of the threshold very significantly and for abolishing it entirely in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legal Aid (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: I agree this is a question of access to justice. Some people are being denied justice because they are just over the threshold and therefore cannot afford it. A woman has come to me whose daughter is dealing with an abusive ex-partner and is fighting for full custody. She is €50 per week over the current threshold and has therefore had to spend €45,000 on a custody case,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. To what extent does Mr. Friel think the issue of the extremely low rates of pay for apprentices, combined with the pro rata fees people are faced with paying and what has been said about the cost of tools, are factors in discouraging young people from going down the route of apprenticeships? I ask the witnesses to give a picture of the kind of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: It would be a simple amendment to get rid of section 5(b) of the National Minimum Wage Act, which exempts apprentices. We would also have to get rid of sub-minimum wage rates for those aged under 20. Again this week, the Low Pay Commission has come out and said it is an urgent matter but the Government is saying it will not consider it until 2029. Do apprentices feel they are being treated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: My next question is for Mr. Nolan and Mr. Gavan. If they want to comment on my first question, I ask them to do so but I am also interested in exploring the quite worrying direction of travel they have pointed towards. Mr. Nolan commented on where this came from originally, which was from Thatcher in Britain. This should have alarm bells going off for any worker in this country. Mr. Nolan...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 to provide for a complete ban on the use of counselling notes as evidence in criminal trials. [54200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is concerned that the potential continued use of counselling notes in criminal trials under The Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 will deter victims of sexual violence from accessing counselling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54201/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the fact that in the 2025/2026 SNA Review Guidelines the application window for school led reviews is limited to 15 September to 24 October and excludes mid-year needs, if the Government will look to extend school led reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54407/25]