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Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Yes. I am opposed to giving €95 million of public money to the horse and greyhound racing industry. Compare it with the €15 million total in core funding for sports organisations in this country, including the FAI, the GAA, Swim Ireland, the Olympic Federation of Ireland and many others. It is a scandal. There is a lot I could say about the fact that much of this money for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: John Donoghue is 15 years old. He loves boxing. He was due to fight for a bronze medal at the Junior World Boxing Championships in Armenia but was forced to withdraw because he was up against a Russian opponent. He is not the only one. A number of young boxers have been forced to withdraw and unless the policy is changed, a number will be forced to withdraw in the coming days. No other...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: They are still up there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: She did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I will tell the Minister who they are. Gardaí do not need facial recognition technology.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he anticipates that the inner orbital BusConnects routes will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he anticipates that A spine and F Spine of BusConnects will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52844/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Examinations (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act to ensure that oral exams are moved back before the Easter break, as requested by a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate free PCR testing centres for Covid-19 for at least the duration of the winter period, given the likely increase in Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will act to ensure that a dedicated neurology nurse phone line is reopened in Crumlin Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52729/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment 1 to amendment No. 1: To insert the following after "systems and structures to address these": "calls on the Government to: — introduce a Bill for a referendum to insert Irish neutrality and a policy of non-membership of military alliances and not allowing its territory to be used by other states to transport war material or personnel to third countries for the...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will the Ceann Comhairle invite them in? There are pictures of them.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: First, I send my thoughts and solidarity to the victims and the families of the victims of the stabbing attack. It is just horrifying and so nightmarish to think of children being attacked in such a way. In the response to that horror, we saw the very best of our city - Warren, Caio, Leo, Siobhán and others - people who were white Irish and immigrants coming together and putting their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: There has been a suggestion from the Government that the problem with the policing on Thursday night in Dublin was that gardaí are in some way hesitant about the use of force. That struck me as strange. They were not hesitant about using force against striking Debenhams workers, who were overwhelmingly women. They were not hesitant about using force against the community of Rossport,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: In the Taoiseach's talks with the French Prime Minister, I wonder if there was any discussion about what was then an upcoming decision by the European Commission - since made - to effectively tighten the screws on Palestinian aid when Gaza has been reduced to rubble and people are left without food, water, and fuel? In the aftermath of 7 October, the European Commission announced it would...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I raise the threat that Children at Risk in Ireland, CARI, will be forced to close after 34 years as the only national child sexual abuse agency. It has been told by Tusla that it will fund only 30% of CARI's over €1 million operating costs for 2024. It cannot fundraise enough to cover the rest. Therefore, unless the amount is increased, it will face closure. Child sexual abuse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank our guests for coming in and for their work. I will start with the Friends of the Earth and Mr. MacEvilly. The word "unabated" is very problematic because to me it means change without change and pretending that we can continue, and that we do not need to stop using fossil fuels and we do not need to leave them in the ground. This all relies on carbon capture and storage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I accept that there are qualifications on the EU negotiating position but the fact that the EU, as one of the more ambitious global north blocks, is putting such a thing as its common position is a problem. Is Ireland bound to only argue for that EU common position or can it go further and say at COP28 that, for example, we need to completely phase out fossil fuels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask a question of Ms Balfe. The figure she had in her opening statement was striking. She stated that investment managers registered in Ireland held "$6.2 billion in bonds and shares attributable to fossil fuels and agribusiness in the global south". Then she went on to make the point, in a strong, clear and accurate way, that it is completely by design that Ireland acts as a...