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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [42352/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: EirGrid admitted this week that there is a reasonable probability that energy supply will not meet demand this winter. The main reason for that is the proliferation of data centres, consuming 18% of our electricity and projected to consume 30% of our electricity by 2030. This uncontrolled growth is incompatible with the need to reduce carbon emissions to zero to halt climate catastrophe....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 32. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with President Biden. [43869/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: After the horrendous bombing of the Baptist hospital in Gaza, Joe Biden has arrived in Israel. He embraced the war criminal, Netanyahu, and said, "It appears as though it was done by the other team, not you." It was a disgusting comment in line with the disgusting policy of US support for Israeli ethnic cleansing. Those who have given a green light to genocide by Israel, including Joe...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: There are two issues here that need to be separated. One is the question of whether there is excess mortality and whether there are excess deaths. The second question is, if there are, what is the cause? The two are often intertwined and the subtext of much of the discussion on excess deaths, unfortunately, involves the implication, which is without foundation, that these deaths or a...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: In the past ten days, we have heard a lot about Israel's right to defend itself. We heard it from Joe Biden, Ursula von der Leyen and the Taoiseach. What "defence" of an apartheid state looks like is now very clear. It means attempted starvation of more than 2 million people in Gaza. It means bombing hospitals, schools and apartment blocks. It means more than 3,000 Palestinians,...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is ethnic cleansing.

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: I do not.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide funding for necessary work on a school (details supplied), including assessing whether a new school building is needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45018/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends progressing separation of church and State in the education system; the funding that was provided for this in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she envisages a situation where schools in this country will not be reliant on charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that were included in the Budget to address the recruitment and retention crisis for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no funding was provided for reducing class sizes in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an application for the warmer home scheme with SEAI can be expedited (details supplied). [44890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a complaint (details supplied) with the provider; if he will ensure it improves the bus services offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44855/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the steps Dublin Bus, a company (details supplied) and Transport Ireland are taking when they receive complaints; the process for handling complaints; and how long are they taking to process them. [45102/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of bus services in Dublin that were delayed or unable to run; the reason they were delayed or unable to run; the breakdown of each route and area in Dublin that they service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 3 October 2013 and the report that OPW is to commission a cull of wild rabbits at a national park in Kerry; the timeframe of the cull, providing exact dates of when it will start and finish. [44849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation in which a modular building on the grounds of Firhouse College is still being run on a generator given that the college has no use for the building (detail supplied); the reason for this decision; the reason the building is still being provided with electricity from a generator and that money...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 290. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether she agrees that the National Famine Commemoration Day should be treated equally to St. Patrick’s Day and the National Day of Commemoration and broadcast live on RTÉ Television. [44682/23]