Results 8,441-8,460 of 12,388 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is the dominant factor.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: If that is not ruling out price controls, I am not sure what is, and that has been done just as the meeting is about to take place. I know what happens in a capitalist economy because I live in one. I experience the reality of the people who come to see me and are now dependent on food banks. Around one in seven families in this State is now dependent on food banks. Why? It is true...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach comes from a radical right-wing neoliberal ideology.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: What is the Government going to do in six weeks?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: What if there is no such evidence and it is just profiteering?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability. A report on that review has been sitting on the desk of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage at least for a number of months. It looks at areas such as income thresholds, grant limits, decision-making processes, etc. It is an urgent issue. One key...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [19915/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Business Postreported that, in the end, the Irish auction for offshore wind is set to result in the world's most expensive offshore wind. The results are likely to deliver average prices close to the €150 per MWh price cap. That is more than three times the price of offshore wind in Scotland and much higher than that in other European countries. The result for consumers will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21533/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise an issue of planning, which I presume is dealt with by the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The issue is the use or abuse of section 254 licences to erect phone masts without having any process of public notice, consultation or whatever. Hundreds of masts have been put up in this way by Cignal, which recently changed its name to Cellnex. People are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: Was there any discussion at this summit about Nord Stream, in particular the blowing up or destruction of Nord Stream, which had such devastating impacts on people, with the increase in gas prices which was a consequence, and the largest single discharge of methane the world has ever seen, with significant environmental consequences? It seems that nobody is really interested in finding out...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether it would be appropriate to organise the national and international famine commemoration days on the same day, the third Sunday in May. [21066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that will be monitoring the footage from CCTV cameras installed at horse racing courses to prevent doping; if the footage will be reviewed daily or just when an incident occurs; how long will footage be stored for; how it will be stored; by whom the footage will be stored; and if he will request a statement from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the rules in relation to unhealthy food outlets being located close to schools; if she will introduce a national ban on unhealthy food being sold within 400 m of schools, including transportable retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the potential dangers of a commercially driven research system in the name of innovation in the Research and Innovation Bill 2023, if he considered that the national research funding agency will be solely driven by enterprise and industrial initiatives, which will lead to under-investment in all research other than those that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Research and Innovation Bill 2023, if he considered the under-representation of research and researchers in the arts and humanities and social sciences, given that most western countries have specific funding agencies and programmes for social sciences and humanities research; the reason this Bill appears to have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 appears to place extraordinary power in the sitting Minister in appointing board members and directing public funds in research, and considering this Bill can lead to irrecoverable damages to the research and higher education systems the reason the decision was made to have no consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 25 April 2023, if she is aware that library staff received an email on 15 March 2023 (details supplied) which confirms that staff have never needed parental consent to place young readers in their appropriate age category, and that they used to have to check the child’s age with...