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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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: I join in the thanks to the many workers who make this place tick. I raise the case of the 35-year-old Irish father of three who was held by the US authorities for 100 days. He overstayed his ESTA visa by three days because of a medical condition. He was then taken by ICE and held for two months before being transferred into the regular prison system. The story is horrendous and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that will be allocated under the review of the National Development Plan to public capital investment in housing, public transport and renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to ensure that every child has an appropriate school place with all necessary supports in their local area in September. [39845/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children still without an appropriate school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she is taking to increase the numbers of SNAs and special education teachers available to teach in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39847/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding for SNAs and SNA allocations for schools to ensure that lack of SNAs is not a barrier to any child accessing an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39846/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: It is the final week of Dáil sittings before the summer recess. When we return, the schools will already have started. The Minister for education previously stated that it was her intention that every child needing special education would have a place come September. Will that commitment be met or will children be left without appropriate school places? Over the course of the past...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: To go back to the 260, will they get offers of school places or will they be forced to turn up outside the Dáil before we come back?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: I appreciate that huge efforts have been made by those in the NCSE, people working in schools and, above all, parents. However, what is happening is not acceptable. This is the last Leaders' Questions the Taoiseach is going to face. He cannot back up the commitment by the Minister for education that every child needing special education will have a place come September. He is sending out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach might expand on that because the parents I am talking to have to leave their kids in preschool, if the preschool will allow them to do that. In some cases, that is going to be a real problem. In other cases, they are going to have to stay at home - some will not be able to do college courses they were planning to do - in order to mind their children. Can the Taoiseach tell us...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: That is simply not acceptable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: Developers will.

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Stanley for bringing forward this motion. It is striking that oral health is not much discussed in this House. This reflects a neglect that exists within our State whereby we know that oral health is so important for overall health and well-being but it is neglected and seriously under-resourced in our public health system. If your teeth and gums are healthy, you are less...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: I welcome that the commission is being established. There are real issues with the very long delay in getting here. There are issues with the timeframe proposed, which is another delay. There are very serious issues with redress and, as I read through it, there are issues with how survivors' testimonies are to be treated. If I get time, I will come back to all that. I pay tribute to all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: The population has doubled.