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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) was taken off a CAMHS priority list, purely on the basis of their change in address; and whether they will be re-instated. [39121/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Welfare (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in relation to the Government-proposed ban on XL bully dogs, she will publish full details in relation to this, including information about whether exports will be banned. [38759/24]

Animal Sentience Bill 2024: First Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Animal Sentience Bill 2024: First Stage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to make provision for an Animal Sentience Committee with functions relating to the effect of government policy on the welfare of animals as sentient beings. The Animal Sentience Bill 2024 is the first of its kind in this State. I thank the dedicated animal rights activists...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Cara's meeting this morning outside the Dáil was a powerful one. We heard about the horrendous failure by this State of so many children across this country. She made the point that she should not have to be here. She should be in school. She should not have to fight for the rights of her brothers and for the tens of thousands of other children who have been failed. What we get from...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I could go on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I could speak about Cyra Cahill whose mother is in the Gallery. I intend to speak about her case next week.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Every single day, we could speak non-stop-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: -----about the failures of this State. We need action, not just words.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the nitrates derogation overwhelmingly benefits a wealthier minority of intensive farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38156/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I presume the Minister is aware of the major investigation into the intensive farming lobby published yesterday. The investigation says this lobby is "preventing Ireland from addressing its poor air and water quality and meeting its climate targets". Does the Minister agree that the nitrates derogation overwhelmingly benefits a wealthier minority of intensive farmers and major agrifood...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister suggests that I should inform myself and, perhaps for the tenth time, says I should travel outside the M50. For the tenth time, I will tell him that I live outside the M50. People right across this country have a right to have input into how our farming is done and on the impact on our environment. I ask the Minister to inform me. When the cut to the derogation rate was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister tell me about the 7,000?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister did not give me the figures for the average income of the 7,000. That is what I am interested in getting. He suggests that it is some sort of conspiracy theory to say that the economy is run by very wealthy corporations - he used the term "oligarchs" - but it is not; it is the reality. Let us look at who is lobbying to retain the nitrates derogation. Glanbia made €117...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Big industry has been lobbying the Minister, as exposed by what has been discovered by DeSmog.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with An Taoiseach that tax funds from a company (details supplied) should be spent on attempts to retain the nitrates derogation; what investments, in addition to those already outlined in his Department's official plan to retain the derogation published in August, he believes would be needed to achieve this, including...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an economic assessment of the likely monetary impact on Irish agriculture of 1.5%, 2% and 3% of global heating; if his Department intends carrying out such an assessment if none is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38158/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in percentage terms the amount of last year's reported reductions in agricultural emissions that can be attributed to revisions to the sector's baseline emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38157/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability. [38255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (26 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has been made aware of an approved housing body that has allegedly been overcharging its tenants (details supplied); if he will instruct the body to refund all tenants who were overcharged; and will an investigation be conducted into this matter and whether any other housing bodies are overcharging tenants. [38318/24]