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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will offer adult education tutors parity with their post-primary colleagues doing the same work and a contract that truly reflects their professionalism and dedication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7211/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I raise the issue of historical sex abuse of children at St. John Ambulance. Mick Finnegan, one of the survivors of that abuse, is in the Gallery. It is almost a year since the publication of the Shannon report into this. It will be over a year since the organisation received a copy of that report. It made a series of recommendations, one of which was the employment of a full-time...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The evidence is mounting of a concerted campaign of intimidation and repression by the State against pro-Palestinian activists in this country. I raised with the Taoiseach before the case of Léna Seale, a PBP local election candidate who was arrested, held for more than ten hours and charged with criminal damage for allegedly putting washable red paint on the Department of Foreign...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6663/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: It has been reported that Ursula von der Leyen is to seek a second term as European Commission President, the most powerful political position in the European Union. Politico sums up her pitch as, "More military might, less climate talk". This is the Commission President who went to Israel to give a green light to the genocide that is now under way and continues to support that genocide....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 23. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. [7877/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I wonder whether, in the Taoiseach's discussions with Rishi Sunak, the question of financial support for Israel's genocide in Gaza came up. Britain continues to be probably the second most enthusiastic supporter of Israel globally after the US. War bonds are a type of government debt to raise capital to fund war efforts. Does the Taoiseach agree that US Treasury bonds have effectively...

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Ukrainian people have faced two years of invasion, occupation and war crimes as a result of Putin's horrendous, criminal, imperialist invasion. It has been described as a meat grinder and been compared with the First World War due to the level of casualties and the type of war that is being fought. More than 10,000 civilians have been killed and that is potentially a significant...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: First, I thank the families, the advocates and the children in the Gallery for taking time out to fight for healthcare services. People should get the healthcare that they need. They should not be on long waiting lists. They should not be waiting over a year to get healthcare. It is a national scandal that we are here tonight. We have been here before. Children with scoliosis are being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to children for whom child benefit is paid, and in the case of young children and their travel companions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7898/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine and the EU budget. [7879/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [6664/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to all social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7897/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a poverty impact assessment was carried out into extending child benefit to 18 year-olds in full-time education or training compared to extending it to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend child benefit to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7894/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a poverty impact assessment of extending child benefit to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7896/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that have been taken to alleviate the driver test backlog; if tests are being carried out on weekends and evenings; if the additional testers from October 2023 are making an impact; and if so, what is this impact; if it is possible for the RSA to make temporary changes to third learner permits where they last two years rather...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that Go Ahead Ireland, which operates the 120 bus service from Edenderry to Dublin via Celbridge, is authorised by his Department and by the NTA to reduce capacity since around 29 January 2024 by 13 passengers through denying access to 13 seats to the rear of the coach used (details supplied). [7715/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will inform this Deputy whether the arbitrary reduction of capacity to the 120 bus service, which is turning the already under-capacity service into an unusable one for commuters, is in accordance with the contractual obligations under which Go Ahead Ireland operates the service. [7716/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the reduced capacity of the 120 bus service has been authorised by his Department and by the NTA; if so, if he will make a statement as to why it has been authorised, as it has caused a member of the public to be unable to board this bus on several occasions, along with a number of other people who were then significantly late for...