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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the low investment to date in offshore wind energy in the State; the steps that he will take to ensure targets for offshore renewable are met given recent comments by industry representatives regarding planning delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18782/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the SEAI for the presentation. I might go back and forth if that is okay. I will start with a big-picture question. Would it not make more sense to go about this in an entirely different way? I mean instead of providing grants, which introduce an element of regressiveness, in that those who can afford to match funding get the benefit of funding. Instead of relying on private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have one final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: There is very little here for private renters. In fact, for some private renters, this will mean they will get evicted. The landlords will decide to take advantage of this scheme and upgrade the home, which will allow them to say it is a renovation. On that basis, they can do what is known as a “renoviction” of tenants. Even if people get to stay in the property, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I see where Mr. Walsh is coming from but that is precisely the problem. It is asking individuals to do this, as opposed to saying that as a society we need to do it and that if I, as an individual, cannot afford €25,000 and do not qualify for the warmer homes scheme because I do not receive any social welfare payments, I will be able to benefit from and participate in this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Minister for Health announced that IVF will be funded by the public system in 2023. For many couples, of course, that is a very welcome announcement. If it happens, it will mean that Ireland is no longer the only country in the EU without any public funding for IVF. It would mean that access to this fertility treatment will no longer be reserved for those who either have...

Personal Protective Equipment (Covid 19) Bill 2022: First Stage (26 Apr 2022)

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

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest Shared Island dialogue initiatives. [17989/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I spent much of the last week campaigning for People Before Profit candidates in the Assembly elections. The issue on the doors everywhere, just like in the South, was the cost of living and rising energy costs in particular. People are being hit extremely hard. As a glimpse of the kind of elections we may have if this crisis continues, people were absolutely furious with the big parties...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [14283/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: The teacher unions had their conferences over Easter. One clear message from right across all the conferences was the need for substantial pay increases to compensate for the rising cost of living. The Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, conference went so far as to pass a motion that said unless a meaningful pay offer was made by the end of the school or academic year which provides for...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: We are experiencing a climate catastrophe. I often think from listening to debates in this House that this has not dawned on people enough. To quote the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group III report, there is a "rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all". We are in a biodiversity emergency and experiencing the sixth...

Personal Protective Equipment (Covid 19) Bill 2022: First Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 to ensure employers provide employees with FFP-2 grade masks, or higher, where necessary during the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular to education workers and healthcare workers, and to provide for a review of this provision within 3 months of enactment. The Bill...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I raise the issue of the incredible exploitation of personal trainers by high-profile gyms. This issue was brought to light in a case taken to the Workplace Relations Committee, WRC, by a former personal trainer with FLYEfit. Another personal trainer, who works for Ben Dunne, contacted me. The situation was the same in both cases. Personal trainers have to pay about €2,500 to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I do not think they are self-employed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [17990/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is now five months since Second Stage of our Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) was passed unanimously. The Government did not oppose it. The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Damien English, said: The Government supports the objective of this Bill. I assure the Deputy that my officials and I will work with him to determine the best approach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Taoiseach to comment on what has been dubbed "CatalanGate". This is a very serious scandal in the Spanish state involving a significant number of Catalan politicians and activists, including the Catalan President, legislators and every Catalan MEP who supported independence for Catalonia, being targeted with mercenary spyware. This happened either directly or through suspected...