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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (14 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I accept this matter is not the primary responsibility of the Minister of State, but a Department with responsibility for community and rural affairs should be supporting the fight for rural communities to get the services they need. I ask the Minister of State to add his name to the list of those calling for a women's refuge in Carlow, and in all those counties without one. I will set out...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence (14 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: The absence of a refuge has been ongoing and highlighted for a number of years. In 2018, a report on homelessness in Carlow by Dr. Brendan O'Keeffe highlighted how women and children are often forced to stay in violent homes for the lack of a refuge. Tusla's 2019 needs analysis accepted that a refuge is "the most effective means for protecting women and children". The Carlow Women's Refuge...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has plans to support rural information support services and assist those in rural communities to access supports they are entitled to. [50088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (14 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on plans for a new location for the Limerick city centre library. [50086/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (14 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has plans to support a local library for the City West area. [50089/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms McNamara for her presentation. I only have one question. She might have seen an incredible story in today's newspapers about Ryanair, which has been in receipt of significant public moneys throughout the course of the pandemic. Passengers who were unable to travel due to Covid carried out chargebacks on their credit cards and, as a result, Ryanair is saying that they are banned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: Hypothetically, let us say that this is an online retailer with nothing to do with flights. I buy something, I feel I did not get it or whatever and I do a chargeback as a result, but the online retailer says that I am barred and cannot buy anything from it again. Would that be covered by this Bill or is it the right of a retailer to decide that someone cannot buy something from it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Consumer Rights Bill 2021: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms McNamara.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: People are facing a real crisis this winter in terms of energy and fuel costs. Many people are already seeing rises of over €500. The Government in the budget last week made much of the extra €5 for those on fuel allowance, even though it is less than a third of the cost that many will face. It also announced that the means test would be increased by €20. It did not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit. [50788/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of workers and trade union rights, North and South. In the South we are governed by the Industrial Relations Act 1990, which banned political strikes, solidarity actions, solidarity strikes and secondary picketing, and which restricted workers' rights to organise. In the North, workers and trade unionists face Thatcher era legislation with similar effect. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [46804/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [50789/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I raise with the Taoiseach the question of the homophobic and transphobic attacks being carried out by the ruling party in Poland, Law and Justice. Like the Hungarian regime, it has engaged in continuous attacks on LGBTQI+ people. The Polish President has described homosexuality as a foreign ideology that is "worse than communism". The Archbishop of Krakow has described it as "a rainbow...

Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: We are being asked to ratify the partnership and co-operation agreement with Singapore today. Only 15 days ago, Singapore passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act. It is legislation which allows the authorities to force social media platforms and Internet service providers to hand over user data, to block contacts and remove applications that share information considered by the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the retired County Kerry judge, James O'Connor, about whom I have previously raised shocking cases of abuse of power and an example of institutional sexism. When I last raised the cases with the Taoiseach, he said, "I am very concerned about it and about what I have read today in the articles the Deputy mentioned. I will give further consideration to this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 last met and will next meet. [47964/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Government policy of hear no evil, see no evil in the schools is now unfortunately coming to fruition. I want pay tribute to Ms Vicky Barron, the principal of CBS Primary School in Wexford town. The school made the decision to close because more than 10% of their pupils had Covid-19. She appropriately made the point on the radio that the HSE says this is not a school outbreak. What is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Government stopped contact tracing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: That is because the Government stopped contact tracing.