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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: Last week during Leaders' Questions, Deputy Micheál Martin was outraged when I suggested that is a policy choice by the Government to put more than 1,000 people seeking asylum onto the streets. Over the weekend, we got definitive proof that it is a very cruel policy choice. On Friday, when the snow came down and the tents collapsed, the Government came under pressure and beds were...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: There were plenty of beds in the facilities. There are pictures.

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: It will be about three minutes and five minutes. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. We agree with a lot of what is in the motion, including better security for tenants, compulsory purchase of vacant and derelict buildings by local authorities, and bigger housing targets. The only thing is that it is a shame the Labour Party did not do any of that when it was in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Water Safety (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development with regard to her responsibility for Water Safety Ireland what measures she intends to take to reduce the number of drownings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10747/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask about a pretty pressing issue for underfunded community drugs projects, namely, the extortionate cost of insurance. I will give a couple of examples from Tallaght to show just what an impact this is having. One project was paying €2,500 six years ago for insurance. That increased to just over €6,000 three years ago. For 2023, the insurance company wanted...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9322/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise again the huge hikes in childcare fees happening in crèches. Management personnel in many crèches are saying that they cannot afford to stay in the core funding programme any more, and are massively hiking their prices as a result. I have spoken to the Taoiseach previously about Chuckleberries crèche in Firhouse, where fees are being increased by an incredible...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: I do not know if the Taoiseach knows the post office in The Square in Tallaght. It is extraordinarily busy whenever you go there, and it is more than just a post office. It is a community hub for many people, where workers are extremely helpful to those who are coming in, advising them on what to do and so on. Those workers, and those who use the service, are faced with that post office...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [9321/24]

Prohibition of Fossil Fuel Advertising Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [9320/24]

Prohibition of Fossil Fuel Advertising Bill 2024: First Stage (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ban advertising of fossil fuels and fossil fuelled vehicles, including commercial sponsorship, by corporate entities and to establish a Fossil Fuel Information Commission for the purposes of product and price comparisons by the public. I am introducing this Bill today as a small step in combating the climate catastrophe...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: This morning, I went to a screening organised by the National Animal Rights Association and Animal Rebellion Ireland. It contained footage taken from two randomly selected pig farms in Ireland and it was extremely harrowing. These are very smart, sentient animals. They have no daylight or comfortable bedding. They have no space. They are massively crammed together in farrowing crates,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can provide a solution to an issue as regards guardianship (details supplied); if he will consider updating the legislation for someone who is the sole guardian in getting a child's passport; and if not, why not. [10054/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in relation to proposed lithium drilling in Moylisha Hill, if he is aware of the strength of local feeling against this development and the opposition expressed by environmentalists; if he will oppose this proposed programme of invasive drilling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10019/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on legal analysis to be provided to the Minister on Ireland’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty following Departmental engagement with the Office of the Attorney General in 2023; the scope and status of this OAG analysis and timeframe on when it will be brought to Government [10673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 February 2024, given that no one bar essential workers could sit a driving test or avail of lessons in 2020 and 2021, if he will take this into consideration and advocate for the RSA to make temporary changes to third learner permits to last for two years rather than one (details...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that animal traps (details supplied) which were being used at the Botanic Gardens, Dublin, are unlawful under the Wildlife Act, 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003 and, if so, what steps have been taken to ensure they have been permanently removed from this site and any other OPW properties....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 29 March 2023, if the OPW established if a trespass occurred at Hore Abbey during a fox hunt and if so, what action has been taken against the hunt in question. [10044/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2024)

Paul Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to circular 0002/24 issued by the Department on 6 February 2024, which proposes to eliminate the category of “complex educational needs” from consideration when allocating special education teacher (SET) hours, if she will ensure that this proposed change is withdrawn given the negative impact potentially revoking...