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Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: It is a painful truth that we will be faced with more and more extreme weather events. We will have more storms, more flooding and possibly even more serious snow if we see the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, AMOC, including the Gulf Stream. We should resist those who would try to respond to these extreme weather events by driving us further into the arms of the...

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: Over the past 16 months, millions of people have had their eyes opened to awful things about the world we live in, about the apartheid nature of the Israeli state, about the oppression, displacement and discrimination faced by Palestinians on a daily basis, about the deep depravity of the capitalist, imperialist system we live in, where Palestinian life is, in effect, worthless, and about the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: In the past two weeks, I have been inundated with complaints about Go-Ahead Ireland buses not showing up. I have spoken to my colleague, Councillor Conor Reddy in Ballymun-Finglas. I have also spoken to Deputy Boyd Barrett, who represents Dún Laoghaire. It is clear to me that this is not just an issue in Tallaght or Dublin South-West. It is the same story everywhere that Go-Ahead...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for the answer. I obviously accept that the Minister for Transport is not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. I am not holding the Minister personally responsible for any bus not turning up, but at the same time, the Minister of State referred to the Government's recent commitment to improving public transport under the new...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in relation to Ireland's announced endorsement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, that endorsement includes endorsement of the illustrative examples that accompany the definition, which the Government had not previously considered to be an integral part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the recent comments by US President Donald Trump advocating for the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2916/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Employment Rights (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied), benefitting from State and semi-State contracts, has been operating in a manner which has been causing workers distress; and if he will commit to investigating the company’s conduct, ensuring that working and pay conditions are up to an acceptable...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Facilities (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to carry out necessary works in a special school (details supplied) given the poor and unsafe conditions. [2876/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Patronage (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned national survey of parental preferences relating to school ethos, gender mix and education through English or Irish will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3238/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Patronage (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the commitment in the programme of the previous Government to deliver 400 multi-denominational schools by 2030 still stands despite its omission from the current Programme for Government; the steps she plans to take to increase the number of multi-denominational schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of vacant teaching posts in primary and secondary schools in the Dublin south west constituency; how this compares to the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what contacts have been made with his Department by the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure in relation to transboundary issues arising from plans for mining in the Sperrins; what arrangements, if any, have made been to facilitate public engagement and consultation in this jurisdiction in relation to these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for when the means tests will be removed for carer’s allowance; if there will be any change to the way carer’s allowance is taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legal Aid (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department sets the fees for solicitors on the Legal Aid Board's private panels or only sets out the overall budget. [2505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the ongoing abuse of horses throughout the country with some horses left malnourished, abandoned, and suffering in urban and rural areas alike; the action he will commit to in order to prevent further cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 918. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given the fact that Tusla has announced that it has ended its cooperation with that company; if any Government bodies are still using the services of the company; and if so, will she provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 923. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Child Care Act 2024, childminders are not permitted to have regular back ups, and have numerous other challenge (details supplied); and if she will ensure that conditions for childminders are up to Tusla standards. [2436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 928. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the shortage of speech and language therapists and a hiring freeze, there is a growing number of children who cannot get the help they need, many of whom have been waiting on the list for years; if she will commit to ending the hiring freeze, providing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 929. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the national childcare scheme policies which are restricting after school services for children transitioning to primary school, as well as the financial strain it has been putting on families, the actions she will take to resolve these issues; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 950. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she agrees that multi-annual funding should be introduced for the youth work sector in order to enable multi-year planning and continuity of youth work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2639/25]