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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some deciding officers are not aware of the changes in the fuel allowance legislation in September 2022 and that this can result in a refusal for families who need support which could lead to fuel poverty; if she will ensure that all Department of Social Protection staff,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that persons must wait for 12 months from when they receive the jobseeker’s payment to qualify for fuel allowance given that these persons are at risk of fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38399/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the scholarships that will be available to PhD candidates for the period 2023 and beyond given the merger of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council and the announcement of the Innovate for Ireland Initiative. [38230/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the stipend provided as part of the new Innovate for Ireland PhD scholarships will be taxable income. [38231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has considered increases to stipends paid to PhD candidates funded by Science Foundation Ireland, the Irish Research Council and the Health Research Board and other Government funded bodies as an emergency cost of living measure or commensurate with the announcement of €28,000 stipends as part of the Innovate for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide additional detail on the operation of the new Innovate for Ireland PhD scholarships particularly in relation to eligible research areas, industry partner input in the award process and any special requirements that will apply to recipients of the scholarships, for example work placement and industry partnerships. [38233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) which was submitted in May 2020. [38153/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he plans to meet the targets for cutting agricultural emissions in the lifetime of this Government. [38535/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sure the Minister has seen the news about the evidence of climate catastrophe all around us. In Europe, significant numbers of people are going to die in the coming weeks as a consequence of the heatwave we are seeing. Yet, in Ireland we are already off track on our already inadequate targets. The Minister is widely reported to be lobbying within the Government on behalf of big...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister outline why he is arguing for the lowest possible emissions cuts for the biggest emitting sector of the economy? Even if agriculture does 30%, the rest of society still has to do 60% to meet the inadequate target of a 51% reduction, on which we are already off track. If, as the Minister is widely reported as arguing for, we choose a reduction of 22%, the rest of society...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister’s industrialised farming system does not work for ordinary farm families. Almost half of farms in this country have an income of less than €10,000. The Minister’s industrialised farming system works for Greencore, Kerry Group, Goodman and the big dairy farmers, but it does not work for others. The figures are there in Teagasc. Instead of incentivising and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted a review into the funding and spending of Greyhound Racing Ireland; and if so, if he will report on same. [38536/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Why should we continue to give tens of millions of euro every single year to the greyhound racing industry? For me, the key issue is animal cruelty. However, even from the point of view of value for money, over the last few weeks The Sunday TimesIreland edition has exposed the fact that greyhound industry insiders make up over half of all race attendees and that all of the State funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: The public is funding not only an industry that is responsible for the deaths of 6,000 greyhounds a year because they are not fast enough, but we are also funding the British greyhound racing industry. An analysis conducted by Preferred Results business consultants, and reported in The Sunday TimesIreland edition, found that 6,300 Irish greyhounds are exported annually to the UK and sold at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: The public has provided €310 million for the greyhound racing industry since 2001. That is a huge amount of money, without which I do not think the greyhound racing industry would continue in this country. I think that would be a good thing in terms of animal welfare. Of course, I wish to emphasise that nobody should be out of a job as a consequence of that. There needs to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to support small farmers who are being squeezed out by large agri-business. [38532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote organic farming for local consumption and direct farmers' markets. [38533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote afforestation and biodiversity. [38534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its calls for greater co-ordination and planning, stronger communications and engagement with civil society organisations meeting the needs of people fleeing Ukraine and the communities in which they now live; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. First, I pay tribute to the Debenhams workers for their struggle. The very least the Dáil can do is to rapidly work through and pass this legislation and to try to make sure that no future workers are put in the situation they were in. We went through the Clerys situation and then with Debenhams everybody said if only we had done what we...