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Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Is that it in total?

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I will hear the Minister of State again.

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I hear what the Minister of State is saying. I now understand the distinction between his opposition to amendments Nos. 4 and 6. However, even in respect of amendment No. 4, it seems GNI has to abide by and is covered by the climate Bill on a very abstract level. If it were an active function, however, it would mean GNI would turn down some connection requests and would not accept...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 12, to delete lines 30 and 31 and substitute the following: “(ii) by the insertion of the following definitions: “ ‘Act of 2014’ means the Companies Act 2014; ‘carbon budget’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (as amended), and means...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the December European Union Council meeting. [2808/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: On Monday the Israeli foreign minister met with EU representatives. He showed them a video from a few years ago about plans to build an artificial island off Gaza where, basically, the Palestinians could be put. It caused eyebrows to be raised, even among those who are not very clear in their opposition to the genocide that is currently taking place. If you want a clear signal that Israel...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: The housing and homelessness crisis is spiralling even further out of control. It is destroying the lives of thousands of families and children across the State. In South Dublin County Council, 1,452 people were registered as homeless in November, including 653 children. All three homeless hubs in Tallaght are now permanently full. We do not just have a social housing list anymore, we...

Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Just over two weeks ago the Taoiseach was asked whether Ireland would intervene on the side of South Africa against Israel's genocide at the International Court of Justice. He said very clearly that the Government does not intend to do so. He said, "I really think this is an area where we need to be very careful" and that genocide is "something very particular". It was a shameful...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the funding crisis within St. John of God Community Services; if he will instruct the HSE to deliver unequivocal confirmation of the funding required to both address the deficit and maintain the financial and operational sustainability of services prior to the scheduled 25 January meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (24 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if he will secure investment for prostate cancer treatment available in Ireland through the HSE; if he will ensure that high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment is urgently made available through the HSE; if a person can avail of this treatment should it not be made available through the HSE using the treatment abroad scheme; and the HSE’s plans...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Did the issue of trans rights in education and healthcare come up in discussions with church leaders? The Catholic Primary School Management Association recently wrote to the Government, arguing that students should not be taught what it means to be transgender. It stated that it would be "counterproductive, generating unnecessary divisions" and, "more seriously, it might add to a growing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: My question is simple. Will long Covid be included in the terms of reference of the Covid inquiry? It is clearly important that if we are to come to a balanced assessment of mistakes that were made and so on, we do not look just at the short term but also at the long-term implications for hundreds of thousands of people, such as illness, isolation and inability to work. In that regard, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: At the weekend, it was reported that the Government is considering the introduction of an Internet tax, that is, a tax of €10 to €15 which will apply to everybody's broadband bills, to replace the TV licence fee. At a rate of €15, that would mean €180 for practically every household in the country. Broadband is not some luxury; it is a necessity. Such a tax...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [53912/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Over the past number of months across Europe we have seen repression and criminalisation of pro-Palestinian protestors. In Germany, for example, there have been severe police crackdowns and a banning of Palestine solidarity protests on the wrong basis that they are antisemitic. In Britain, we have seen the potential criminalisation of the carrying of flags and of chants, and there is now a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I had to step out for a while so if I ask something that has been answered already, my apologies. Can anyone tell me what the total cost of this was to an average household over the period that it was in operation, separate from the overcharging?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: It was about €250, or something like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Yes, but over how many years? Was it 11 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Okay, so it was somewhere between €250 and €300 over that time. That is effectively a transfer from households to corporations. Does the Minister of State politically agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister of State agree it was the right decision?