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Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: None of this is natural or inevitable. The scale of the housing crisis and how it affects ordinary people is a consequence of policy. There are almost 11,000 people in emergency accommodation, more than 3,000 of whom are children whose lives will be forever blighted by their experience. Hundreds of thousands of people are stuck living with their parents because they cannot afford to rent....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will bring the Taoiseach back to 29 November 1989. The Taoiseach had been recently elected and was supporting a Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government, led by former Deputy Charles Haughey. The Dáil was debating the Building Control Act, which introduced a regime of self-certification, allowing builders effectively to sign off on projects themselves. Former Deputy Eamon...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Stop kicking the can down the road. The Government has the report from July. It is very simple and it sets out the problems and the potential solutions. At the very least, the residents are looking for a commitment from the Taoiseach today that any scheme that will be introduced will be retrospective. Will the Taoiseach answer that question and give a commitment that, regardless of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: It did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: You were warned very clearly-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: No, it is in the Dáil record.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Then do it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach at least commit to the scheme being retrospective?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will raise with the Taoiseach a particular case that illustrates the problems in our health service and the fact that children with complex needs are being failed by the State. Brody Martin is eight years old and has multiple complex needs that mean he cannot be left by himself. He has to be minded at all times. He needs to have spinal surgery every six months. He was due to be in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Something needs to be done. Here is something: let us do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: It appears that we are on the verge of the second Stormont election within six months. The DUP has used a boycott of Stormont to attempt to whip up sectarianism to stop its slide in the polls. The truth is that more and more people are seeing through its sectarian and Tory policies. This is the party that backed the disastrous policies of May, Johnson and Truss and failed to do anything...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [53231/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Thirty-three Ukrainian refugees had to spend a night in Dublin Airport. It is being reported the Government is to use social media to tell Ukrainians there is no accommodation in Ireland. So much for the Ireland of a thousand welcomes. Sometimes people say to me the Government should put its own first, but the problem is precisely that the Government does put its own people first, namely,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Giving money to developers is relying on the market.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Government has been dragged kicking and screaming to implement some form of eviction ban. It has been dragged by pressure from the Opposition, by the growing housing movement, which will be seen on the streets again from 26 November with the Raise the Roof protest, and by the rising homeless numbers and the political pressure that puts on the Government. In that context, the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that Ireland’s agriculture sector will reach its emissions reduction goals. [53259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the UK-Australia beef trade deal; and the effect that it will have on Ireland. [53257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 1 March 2022, in which he advises that things are “progressing”, if he will outline the progress that has been made since this reply was supplied in March 2022; if he will provide a timeline for when legislation will be resolved (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the issues caused by delays in the 17 and 75 bus routes (details supplied); if he will ensure that action is taken to resolve the issues outlined by bus users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (25 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 356. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 18 October 2022, the locations in which the in-person meetings of the Ukraine defence contact group at which Ireland has been represented have taken place. [53105/22]