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Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Of allegations that this was happening. Is 4 August literally the first time the Minister heard that there were allegations and when it was confirmed? Did he hear about an allegation at any point previously?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: They were submitted on 13 July and the Minister answered them on 25 July.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank all the speakers, and the Chair for suggesting this. It is an important discussion. Obviously, the speakers are all in agreement about the problem that the rise of SUVs represents. It seems we have an example here of the Jevons paradox in operation where, supposedly, an increase in resource efficiency will lead to a decrease in resource usage but, in fact, it actually is the...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Let us even take that. The Minister says 4 August, but on 25 July, the Minister responds to detailed questions. He does not respond with detail and he kicks it off to CHI, which is the process, and I still do not have an answer to those questions from CHI. Therefore, the Minister was aware of the allegations at what time - was it 25 July?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I asked the Taoiseach about it on 5 July in the Dáil and I spoke about the allegations that unlicensed implants had been used in children, and the Taoiseach said he was going to talk to the Minister about it. Did the Taoiseach talk to the Minister about it?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister said he always wanted to see the publication of the external review. I asked him about that in mid-July. I asked about publication and, at that stage, the Minister did not say that, although he said it would be communicated to people appropriately. Why did he not say at that stage that he was going to publish the report?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Then the question is why it took so long. A specific question was put to the Minister and I got an answer from CHI in May, so the question must have been put in April. The question “...asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any external or internal pressure being placed on clinical staff at Temple Street to restart spina bifida-related surgeries in advance of the conclusion...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I am telling the Minister that was the case in March. I want to go back to the timeline. I think the Minister accepted the reason things were published and processed was because of the article in The Ditch. I want to go all the way back to last year. Does the Minister know that the first freedom of information requests, FOIs, from the journalist, Pádraig Ó Meiscill, were...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister accept there needs to be a spinal surgeon on the external review?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: There are no medical-grade springs for children. There just are not.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Why are we, at the start of another Dáil term, debating something the House debated previously and passed, namely, our Bill? We are here again because the Government is deliberately blocking it. It is leaving the Bill in committee or not even progressing it to committee because the Government is opposed to the reintroduction of the eviction ban, despite the fact the Dáil passed...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: That is tenant in situ. That is right.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: We proposed it and it should be done everywhere. Instead of saying that we have to give these people tax breaks to stay in the market, we should tell them that if they want to leave there is no problem, the State will buy the property and we will expand our public housing. This needs to be expanded throughout the country. I want to raise the cases of illegal eviction in this country...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: No, you do not.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Is it a family split? Are two brothers set against one another?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: What action is being taken to prevent the catastrophic ecological collapse of our lakes and rivers, as has happened north of the Border with Lough Neagh. Successive governments, many with Sinn Féin ministers, have enabled the ecocide of the largest lake on this island. A combination of sewage and agricultural run-off, commercial sand dredging, climate change and invasive species is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: The EU-CELAC summit discussed global peace and security. Did the issue of the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh come up? What is the Government's position on that? Ethnic cleansing is happening before our eyes while the authoritarian Aliyev regime remains an EU ally. Von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, flew to Baku last year to sign an agreement to double the supply of gas...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Just Transition (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach if he has seen the film "I, Daniel Blake". It is heartbreaking.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Just Transition (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is very good but it is a very difficult watch because it is about people with disabilities who are forced to go through medical assessments under the work capability assessment introduced by the British Tory Government. Their disabilities and inability to work is not being recognised. It is a heartbreaking and very difficult film to watch. The reason I ask is that it seems the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: ActionAid recently published a report on Ireland's involvement in financing fossil fuels and environmentally damaging agribusiness in the global south. It found that investment managers registered in Ireland hold an incredible $6.2 billion in bonds and shares attributable to fossil fuels and agribusiness in the global south. The top six investments are in oil and gas companies. How is that...