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Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: He says it is a con job one minute and then he says-----

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: Incredible scenes have emerged from Germany over the past few weeks. The German Government has decided to destroy and demolish a village called Lützerath to make room for a coal mine. It has been met by brave resistance. Some 50,000 protestors turned up to resist, who in turn were subjected to incredible brutality by the German police. Indeed, yesterday, Greta Thunberg was arrested....

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The group is very slow though.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: Earlier on the Taoiseach told us "I believe [the Minister, Deputy Donohoe] is somebody we can trust, and somebody who I believe. I think, deep down, everyone in this House knows that ...". I looked deep down, a Cheann Comhairle, and I must say I do not know that. I do not trust the Minister. I do not trust the fact the Government has blocked a real question-and-answer session here and I...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: How many posters did the Minister have printed? He will have the invoices for that.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The idea we are not going to get any answers is a joke.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is supposed to answer the questions. He just said he is not going to answer the questions.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: What is wrong with legal aid?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is not doing us the courtesy of providing any response. He is not answering the questions.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: I do not. I would like some answers. Let us give the Minister as much time as we need to.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is being evasive right now.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Donohoe is a Minister.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. It is important to say the health crisis we have, the trolley crisis we have annually, is not a natural disaster. It is not a natural function of winter. It is a policy-made disaster that we get regularly. Those polices are a commitment to a two-tier fragmented health service with a chronic lack of capacity and staffing in emergency departments, acute...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his target of removing one in five cars from the roads by 2030 is matched by the provision of an expanding and accessible public transport alternative in terms of capacity and funding; if free public transport is being considered as part of the plan to achieve this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans to restrict the use of private jets in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2379/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the landlord of the building which houses the Enniscorthy Intreo office (details supplied) ever applied for any funding to carry out any work to upgrade the building prior to and during Covid-19; if so, the funding that was applied for; the work that was carried out; and the person or body that signed off on same. [2535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person in her Department that visited the Enniscorthy Intreo office (details supplied) to check its suitability for employees and clients to be in the building; and if no one inspected the suitability of the building, the reason. [2536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person from her Department that inspected the building to check the ventilation system and the non-availability of hot water for workers to wash their hands in the building housing the Enniscorthy Intreo office (details supplied). [2537/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any representatives from her Department verbally voiced any concerns in relation to the safety of employees in the building housing the Enniscorthy Intreo office during and at the start of Covid-19, guaranteeing the duty of care owed to workers (details supplied). [2538/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Coillte's plans for partnering with a company (details supplied) are in line with the plans committed to in the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2441/23]