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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I have two final questions. Is Dr. Okafor aware of any documentation existing of any consent process surrounding the use of these springs? I understand no consent process could possibly agree to the use of these springs, which are not authorised and so on, but was there any consent process, even though it would not have been adequate? Second, the letter of 21 February that purports to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: What about the consent process?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to confirm that the Irish Government will support the establishment of a loss and damage fund at COP28 in November that is obligatory, compensatory, grant based and non-debt-creating, and is funded by the wealthiest states and corporations that have increased greenhouse gases in our atmosphere; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister of State confirm that the Irish Government will support the establishment of an obligatory, compensatory and grant-based loss and damage fund at COP28 that does not include market-based mechanisms like the Global Shield? Crucially, will the Government push for it to be available to all countries in the global south impacted by climate change and for contributions to be the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a recent report that found that 98% of people in Europe are living in areas with highly damaging particulate pollution; if he is further aware that it is estimated that up to 1,400 people die in Ireland every year because of poor air quality and that the streets along the quays on either side of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will bring a proposal to Cabinet for Ireland to support the establishment of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a recent report from global NGO Corporate Accountability that found that a majority of carbon offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are 'likely junk'; what implications this has for Ireland's emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41792/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate will next meet. [41221/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: The River Poddle was the main source of Dublin's drinking water for more than 500 years but if one was to drink it now one would be in danger of going to hospital. It is polluted so often that it is a danger to wildlife and children in the parks that it runs through in Tallaght, Crumlin and Kimmage. For years local people, environmental activists and the Save the Poddle campaign have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination unit will next meet. [42344/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the participation of Irish soldiers in the EU's military assistance mission of Ukraine. We opposed Ireland's participation. We explained that this was a full-spectrum military training mission and a clear breach of neutrality. In response, Government representatives repeatedly said that Irish soldiers would only be involved in non-lethal training. A...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: The question was lethal not defensive.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty unit in his Department. [42345/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: There was a striking article by Fintan O'Toole in today's edition of The Irish Timeswhere he is drawing upon research by the OECD to put the fiscal cost of child poverty in Ireland at something like €20 billion, around the scale of the health budget on a yearly basis. That, of course, is on top of the moral shame and human impact of people growing up in poverty and all the impact it...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 37. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [41213/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [41220/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to the report that OPW is to commission a cull of wild rabbits at a national park in Kerry, he will instruct the OPW to seek alternative methods of population control (details supplied); and if he would be open to meeting to discuss these options with a named organisation. [42293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the Children's Books Ireland's Right to Be a Reader Campaign, urging the government to provide sustained funding for school libraries in Budget 2024; given that only 15% of the Irish population of any age are signed up as public library members, will the Minister support properly funded school primary and secondary school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortage of SNA hours in a school (details supplied); if she will ensure that the extra hours the school has applied for are granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that he only removed four out of 15 amber- and red-list birds from the open season order; and if he will urgently act to end the persecution of all threatened species. [42443/23]