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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank all our guests for coming here and for all their work. It is shameful that this is an annual part of the political and media calendar, in that from the perspectives of our guests and the people who work in the unions, this is just a thing that they know. Not only do our guests have to advocate on the issue, but they must go out and appeal for anyone to put forward beds. This issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: Student unions have received no assurances. Student accommodation in the likes of UCD or wherever may be excluded and not have rent resets every year, but a student renting a flat in Rathmines is going to be hit with regular increases if he or she changes accommodation every year. Is that Mr. O'Mahony's understanding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: I have a question relating to UCD's student union. I was struck by the charging for utilities. There are certain limits regarding what the university can do with rent, so instead it is charging for utilities. Why do the witnesses think it is doing this? Is this a way of circumventing the freeze on rents while also making up for a lack of necessary funding for the university?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: One of the impacts of the accommodation crisis is students having to drop out. They apply through the CAO, get their places and are delighted. They then start to look for accommodation. Some may start their courses while still commuting an unviable distance until they realise that this is not going to happen. Do the witnesses have any figures at a national or college level about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: Related to that, the cost of accommodation puts a huge pressure on students to work. I think most people would be okay with a little amount of work happening on the side. However, the figures for UCC, for example, show that 60% of students are working outside their full-time study, with one-in-five working more 20 hours per week. I presume this has an impact on their academic lives, but...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with the Chinese authorities. [45508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the plans for the 15a bus service to be cancelled, affecting many people along the route; and if he will request his Department to investigate this issue and ensure that residents are not negatively impacted. [45235/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider running a kerb charger pilot to enable people who do not have driveways to safely charge their electric cars. [45843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions he has granted this year for the landing of Lufthansa aircraft carrying munitions of war at Dublin Airport under Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order, 1973. [45929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the NCSE has directed a school to enrol a particular child or young person with special educational needs under Section 67 of the Education Act within the last 6 months. [45020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that had a section 67 designation notice made for them had issued legal proceedings or had threatened to issue legal proceedings. [45021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 898. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act to prevent the unnecessary merging of two classes in schools (details supplied), which may have a negative impact on the education received by the pupils. [46088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has read a report (details supplied); his views on this report, and his views on whether elephants should be phased out of zoos. [45236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus), despite being recognised as a high-risk invasive species by NPWS, NBDC, Coillte and the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, has not yet been added to Ireland’s List of National Concern under the 2024 Invasive Alien Species Regulations. [46497/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to all pensioners; to all in receipt of the working family payment and-or a medical card; the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the waiting period of a year for those on jobseeker’s allowance; the cost of increasing the rate by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1944. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether evaluation has taken place regarding the implementation of the Irish food allergy network’s guidance about best practices in childcare settings. [45576/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 2091. To ask the Minister for Health from what year public hospitals have been required to report adverse incidents affecting their patients to NIMS. [44657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Murphy: 2092. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 836 of 8 July 2025 the reason the National Gender Service chose to start and dedicate time to this systematic review, rather than relying on existing reviews. [44658/25]