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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Feb 2022)

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Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (23 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9710/22]

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: What we have here in black and white in the Police Ombudsman's report is the very significant evidence and confirmation of repeated collusion by the British state with loyalist paramilitaries in murdering people. The point has been made that this is far more than a few bad apples. It is or was clearly government policy. It was systematic, deadly, has been covered up and continues to be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has costings or projected figures for the additional cost of the National Broadband Plan as a result of the poor infrastructure of the existing network (details supplied); if additional costs attributable to this will be met solely by the State or the winning tenderer for the plan; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to ascertain the number of persons that are dealing with a vaccine (details supplied) related narcolepsy in Ireland. [10141/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to express People Before Profit’s solidarity with the people of Ukraine. They are facing a horrifying imperialist invasion. Will the Tánaiste give a guarantee that no limit will be placed on the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine who will be accepted into Ireland? Does the Tánaiste agree that any NATO escalation will simply make the situation worse, threatening...

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: A crucial part of developing our town centres is making sure that people feel safe to use them. On Saturday, over 50 people gathered in Tallaght for a street meeting called by community activists in Watergate Park after a series of attacks took place there. People were united in the idea that our parks cannot be a place where people are scared to go. They have to be a safe space, a space...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (24 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed energy grant will be reviewed in light of ongoing inflation in energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10280/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach is on record as saying that no clear process was followed in deciding to give a 38% pay rise to Robert Watt. He stated “While I would rather there was a much more scientific process for all of these things, there is not.” Some €81,000 extra was given to Mr. Watt, more than the vast majority of workers earn in a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11434/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is nine months since the Dáil endorsed our Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020 to which Deputy Boyd Barrett referred. The Dáil agreed to call a referendum to insert the right to a home into the Irish Constitution. Nine months on, we have no date for this referendum. No progress has been made on that but we heard reports today that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7690/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We will switch it around. The Taoiseach can ask us questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The world is horrified by Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, by the war crimes which are now being committed and by the threat of this spiralling into a full-scale hot war between nuclear powers. We unreservedly condemn this brutal invasion and we demand that Putin withdraw from Ukraine, immediately and unconditionally. I want to pay tribute to the anti-war protesters in Russia who...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Afghanistan was robbed of its gold just last week.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We do.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I extend our deepest solidarity with and support to the Ukrainian people. They are now the victims of war crimes carried out by Putin's army. There is no justification for this imperialist invasion. Russian troops should be withdrawn immediately and all refugees fleeing from Ukraine should be welcome into the EU and Ireland. I will address the campaign from large sections of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The inhumane system of direct provision sees companies like Aramark make millions in profits, running what are essentially open prisons for asylum seekers. This is fitting, perhaps, because Aramark also makes money by running for-profit prisons in the US. They have treated those who are in direct provision here appallingly over the years, by serving up terrible food, by intimidating those...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach thinks that it is fine.