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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will Mr. Ó Donnchú talk to me about wildlife crime, in particular, fires deliberately set by farmers, which have a devastating impact? We are not talking about tens of fires across the country but hundreds of them. Will Mr. Ó Donnchú talk about the scale of the problem, the resources in place to tackle it, the reason there not a specific wildlife crime unit and what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Ó Donnchú.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is 2023 and we live in a wealthy country. For 7,000 people in Limerick, however, it might as well be the Dark Ages because they have no clean drinking water in their homes. For over five months, they have been told that the water coming from their taps is not safe to drink because of the pollution of our rivers and the underfunding of our treatment plants. This is particularly egregious...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Electoral Commission for its work on the boundaries. There are significant problems with the outcome but one cannot really blame the commission for it. It just implements the process that has been designed elsewhere, particularly here. Its hands have been tied by the decision to restrict constituencies to between three and five seats. The consequence is the current proposal we...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Has it changed?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: There is still a period up to that when there are no restrictions. We could have annual restrictions on advertising by any potential candidate to avoid a lot of money being spent. An election does not just happen. Certainly in a three-week period or even 60 days-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I will check it out. I encourage this because lowering the limits, and certainly not raising them in line with inflation, would generally have a good outcome.

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Earlier today, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, was taking Leaders' Questions. He was asked about the horror being rained down on the people of Gaza. He said that what is taking place is a war on children. It is a war being waged by Israel against Palestinian children. That is a very good description of what is happening....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what actions his Department is taking to ensure the safe release of an Irish-Israeli citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take immediate action to stop the fighting in Sudan; if he will commit to delivering food and medical aid to the Sudanese people through organisations such as the UN World Food Programme and the Red Crescent; if he will strongly condemn the shipments of weapons into Sudan from countries that are opponents of peace, including but...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if is aware that the UN has stated that there is a record 6.9 million people internally displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence, for the sake of mining coltan and cobalt for the big tech companies of the world; the actions that have been or will be taken by his Department to bring an end to the violence;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what actions his Department is taking to ensure the safe release of an Irish-Israeli citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence [49912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to avail of the disabled drivers scheme unless they modify their car, given that this person does not need adaptions to drive but needs to avail of the benefits provided by the scheme; if he will investigate this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Schooling (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to previous correspondence where he confirmed that the Department of Education has an "administrative agreement" with the Revenue Commissioners, where home tutors are classified as self-employed entirely because of a precedential group or class decision of the social welfare appeals office to label all home tutors as self-employed for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Trafficking (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given that serious concerns in relation to the WRC labour inspectorate's interactions with migrant workers - and, in particular, undocumented migrant workers - were raised in "protected disclosures" by a WRC labour inspector to the WRC and the Department in 2015, to Minister Frances Fitzgerald in 2017 and to Minister Simon Coveney...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Protected Disclosures (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm whether a disclosure to Minister Fitzgerald in July 2017 (details supplied) was included in the Department’s Protected Disclosures Report for 2017, as required under Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act; and, if so, what specific wording was used to declare that disclosure. [50022/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the issue of the barriers to full Teaching Council registration for a teacher (details supplied) who has obtained qualifications outside the Republic of Ireland, despite the opening-up of a route to full registration. [49278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will instruct her Department to investigate a case (details supplied); if she will ensure this person receives compensation for the time they were unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in relation to a matter (details supplied), she will now accept that the approach of using precedential group and/or class decisions to make insurability of employment determinations on groups and/or classes of workers is unlawful [49833/23]