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Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Murphy: On that and the wider shared island fund, the extent to which we are investing in so many cross-Border projects, with €600 million having been committed to the A5, and having regard to the Irish Road Haulage Association coming in next week, has the issue of the HGV levy of up to £10.30 that applies to every HGV entering Northern Ireland, including on the A5, which is an unfair tax...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Murphy: I really appreciate that. Can I make a final call? I do not request an answer on this. In the context of the Connecting Ireland remit of the NTA and the rural transport programme, what is the impact of the 15 Local Link services? My Local Link in Tipperary provides 54 door-to-door services and six regular rural services. We have a town bus in Clonmel. For a very small investment, I...

Select Committee on Transport: Message to Dáil (25 Jun 2025)

Michael Murphy: In accordance with Standing Order 110, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2025: Vote 31 - Transport.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education and Training Boards (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I agree with Deputy McGrath. This decision by the ETB to cut vital local training initiative programmes across Tipperary should be urgently reversed. I acknowledge the critical role played by these programmes in our communities, particularly those delivered at the Spafield Family Resource Centre in Cashel, the Knockanrawley Resource Centre in Tipperary town, the Littleton community...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education and Training Boards (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: We need to be very honest here. One of the reasons we find ourselves in this position is that while the most recent national wage agreement included a 3.5% increase, only 2% of the funding was provided by the Government. The other 1.5% must be absorbed from the existing budget. I ask the Minister of State to urgently rethink this decision and to engage with the ETB in Tipperary. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Swimming Pools (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I will be sharing time with Deputy Mattie McGrath. I want to speak about a reply I received from Tusla to a parliamentary question I asked of the Minister regarding the future of the swimming pool on the Ferryhouse campus, just outside Clonmel. The reply stated that unfortunately, due to significant mechanical and electrical issues identified, Tusla deemed the pool at the end of its life...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Swimming Pools (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I have to ask where the report is. There has been no engagement with local stakeholders. This is the reality of the situation. I fully accept Tusla's core competencies in respect of looking after children, but is there a greater gift to give to a child than the opportunity to learn how to swim? The wonderful thing about most activities in the water is that in many cases mobility issues as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed summary of moneys paid to the owners of a hotel (details supplied), in each year and to date in 2025, as it relates to contracts entered into for those fleeing the war in Ukraine and those seeking international protection. [35245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (3 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of appeals lodged that directly relate to a business’s valuation certificate, since the establishment of Tailte Eireann on 1 March 2023, on a quarterly basis; the average waiting times for these appeals; and if any appeals are outstanding since before the establishment of Tailte Eireann in March 2023, and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 12 June 2025, if he will provide a detailed summary of costs solely associated with the delivery of the modular units in Clonmel. [35244/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Business of Joint Committee (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I have received apologies from Senator Cosgrove, and Deputies Crowe and O'Gorman. We will go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the road haulage industry. On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to welcome Mr. Ger Hyland, president; Mr. Eugene Drennan, officer management committee; Mr. Paul Jackman, officer management committee; Mr. David McArdle, honorary treasurer; and Mr. John Nolan, honorary secretary, Irish Road Haulage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: It is important to read it for the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I thank Mr. Hyland, chair and president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, for that opening statement. As Chair, I wish to be clear that I fully recognise the importance of the road haulage sector in Ireland. It is the backbone of domestic and international trade. As Mr. Hyland said, probably 90% of all goods, on average, are transported by road. Hauliers connect businesses and they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I will come back to that during my slot. I note the minutes of the previous year's meeting with the RSA and I will focus on that later. The second issue is connectivity between Ireland and Britain and that ties in with the post-Brexit logistical adaptation that the IRHA had to make. It is so important that the current schedule as it applies to Holyhead is maintained. I invite our guests...