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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: I trust Deputy Crowe is opposed to greyhound racing as well then.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32544/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: I raise an issue regarding the operation of the investment fund landlord LRC RE-1. It is based in Luxembourg and has assets estimated at €6 billion. It began buying property in Ireland in 2016 and now owns an estimated 1,700 homes across the State. Having bought these properties, LRC RE-1 unsuccessfully attempted to flip them in 2021. LRC RE-1, trading as Jersia Limited, is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Does that include HAP?

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the NESC. [32545/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Last week, Deputy Bríd Smith and I met a group of Tesco workers, who are so-called dot.com workers. In other words, they are the workers who pick the products if one orders online on tesco.com. They have to pick between 180 and 190 products per hour, and they are the delivery drivers who deliver that shopping to people's doors. During the Covid-19 pandemic, these were the people who...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Again, I am just trying to put these pieces of the jigsaw together. I might start with some general questions for the Minister of State to address now. A number of commitments were made in the Seanad to Senator Alice-Mary Higgins in regard to amendments she had proposed, so I will just go through some of them and ask, if I can, whether these are addressed in the current lists we have before...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Is that amendments Nos. 1 and 2 from the Seanad to be replaced by amendment 1c?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Okay.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Okay. The question is whether that is dealt with in these amendments. My second question is if anything has happened in relation to these two amendments. The then Minister of State, now Senator Seán Kyne, committed that departmental officials would liaise with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to see if a comparison made within the definition of "environmental criteria" in the...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Unless I am misreading it, in which case the Minister of State will correct me, the proposed amendment does not deal with the main problem, which is that there is potential for the dedesignation of a large number of NHAs and allowing peat mining to take place. There is explicit reference in respect of dedesignation to national, regional and local economic needs. This means economic needs...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if someone who has been receiving jobseeker’s allowance for a period of 18 months applies for disability allowance, does their jobseeker’s payment cease immediately, or does it continue until a decision regarding the disability allowance application is reached; if the payment is ceased is there a requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is awarded disability allowance and transitions from jobseeker’s allowance does this change their eligibility for the Christmas bonus associated with long-term social welfare payments. [32933/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person receiving disability allowance is permitted to participate in a part-time springboard course or other ETB training options. [32934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health whether he or the relevant Minister of State will engage with the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce, including meeting with the executive, to enable the TDATF to outline the current challenges and opportunities being experienced by the communities of Tallaght and Whitechurch. [32953/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact of the ending of the eviction ban on the latest homelessness figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33183/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: The latest figures show there are 12,441 people in emergency accommodation, including an incredible 3,699 children. That is more people than live in Rush, Portmarnock or Skerries in the Minister’s constituency. When these figures came out, the Minister effectively said to the media that they vindicated the decision to end the eviction ban; however, since the ban ended, the figures...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: That is cold comfort to the 12,441 people who are homeless now. The Minister made the point, which is true, that the staggered nature of the ending of the eviction ban has had an impact. It meant we did not have the tsunami in one fell swoop. That is true, but we in the Opposition never said it would come in one fell swoop. I am not an expert in tsunamis, but I get the impression they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: We do not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: We do not need a private rental sector.