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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the Bill in the name of this Deputy on hare coursing; and if he will support a ban on hare coursing. [61372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Promotion (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a ban on the advertisement of meat, as in the city of Haarlem, due to its negative impact on the environment; and if he will make a public statement on the matter and take action to implement the measure. [61371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of all horse deaths on Irish racecourses from 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and his views on whether Horse Racing Ireland can claim commercial sensitivity in regard to this information. [61369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the one-off payment of €500 to those in receipt of the State pension; and if not, the reason therefore. [61440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken by Government to combat the chronic deficiencies in victim identification and referral of human trafficking victims in the Irish fishing sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Promotion (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 300. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to food advertisements targeting children by companies; and the way that he will combat same. [61370/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on transport will next meet. [59255/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Did the Government discuss the issue of redress for the 100,000 apartments and duplexes affected by defects at the Cabinet meeting this morning? I know that the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, had a webinar last night with many apartment and duplex owners. They were not satisfied with that, certainly the ones I spoke to, because there was not a clear commitment to 100% redress, nor was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with church leaders. [61332/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last week Archbishop Eamon Martin, the most senior Catholic archbishop in Ireland, backed protests outside maternity hospitals by anti-choice activists. He claimed it was "perfectly reasonable" to intercept pregnant people on their way into medical appointments. He said that to have safe zones would be "tantamount to enforcing a ban on pro-life activities, including prayer and respectful...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners. [61333/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Currently, over 3,000 civilian staff work with An Garda Síochána. These are people who applied for civil servant roles and were allocated, under the Department of Justice, to work in An Garda Síochána. At the moment, they can transfer out to work in another civil servant role. They are 100% civil servants like any other civil servant. However, the Government's new...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Government votes it down every single time.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Thousands died. It is not funny.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Build houses for the people.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is not.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: The market is not-----

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. We have a crisis in our health service, as the motion states. According to the INMO, more than 12,600 people were without beds in Irish hospitals in November. It was the worst November on record for hospital overcrowding, and there were only two days in that month when fewer than 500 people were admitted to hospital without an inpatient bed. For the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to support measures to grant greater rights of representation for retired workers groups and specifically proposed measures to give them access to the Workplace Relations Commission and rights to consultation prior to any changes to their pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62118/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is now a year and a half since our Bill on provisions in respect of pension entitlements for retired workers passed Second Stage in the Dáil. The Bill states that retired workers cannot be ignored and have their pension pots raided without consultation. It passed Second Stage, but the Government put a 12-month stay on its progress in order to have a consultation period. We are now...