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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022 will include a ban on surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the traceability system (RCÉTS) for greyhounds is not utilised to provide a full picture of what happens with greyhounds in Ireland, i.e., outlining on a regular basis how many pups are born in any given year, when they die and if they are exported. [49627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of correspondence from Caredoc (details supplied); if he will keep the terms and conditions of these workers in line with Section 38 and HSE staff, given that the CIT team in Caredoc is the only national team not to have received the building momentum pay rises and 37.5-hour week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49775/23]

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Pringle for pushing consistently for this debate because it is very important. It should have been about a formal announcement by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, that Ireland was immediately withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty. Unfortunately, it is not. Italy, Germany, France, Poland and Luxembourg have all already formally withdrawn. Ireland said it plans to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: ALONE has published a report on housing adaptation grants. It reveals that almost 6,000 families across the country are on waiting lists for housing adaptations for loved ones, older people and people with disabilities. It also suggests that local authorities are turning down applications because of a lack of funding. Thousands of other people are not entitled to a grant because they are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (9 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned at the impact of pollution from agriculture on algal blooms in Blessington Lakes; the measures he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47008/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Taoiseach spoke about the need for the International Criminal Court, ICC, to have a proper investigation into the alleged war crimes which we think are very clearly, openly and brazenly being committed by Israel in Gaza. I asked the Taoiseach about it earlier in Leaders' Questions. I suggested that the Government should use the power that it has under Article 14 of the Rome...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [46437/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is more than 15 months since the Government received the working group report on building defects in apartments and duplexes. It revealed the scale of the crisis that up to 100,000 families are facing. They are facing serious fire defects and other defects with an average remediation cost of €25,000. The responsibility for this crisis lies with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Twelve years ago I visited the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. I was struck by how packed it was with more than 100,000 people living in closely cramped quarters in less than 1.4 sq. km. Many streets are so small that you cannot even fit a coffin down them. Today, much of Jabalia, a refugee camp, lies in ruins because Israel targeted it for bombardment. I visited a hospital in Gaza....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: It would demonstrate real solidarity with the Palestinian people. I have two questions for the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government make a referral to the International Criminal Court so there can be an investigation and will he expel the Israeli ambassador?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach has acknowledged that there needs to be an investigation by the International Criminal Court. It is true that the Prosecutor has said that the ICC has authority, but what that is referring to is the fact that Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute and therefore it is saying it is not applicable to it. The Prosecutor is saying "No. Things that are committed in Gaza can...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Those countries whose citizens are allowed to leave are those who voted in line with Israel against the ceasefire and Irish and Brazilian citizens are effectively being punished by Israel for our vote in favour of the ceasefire at the UN.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: The best thing for Irish citizens in Gaza-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: -----and everyone else is for the bombing and the assault to stop. The more pressure on Israel, and the more isolation of Israel, the more pressure that will be put on Israel to do precisely that. The best thing we can do, precisely, is to expel the ambassador and to send a signal to them and to the whole world.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a ban on glyphosate (details supplied); if he is aware of the dangers reported about this very controversial pesticide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48968/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (8 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a complaint (details supplied) is processed as soon as possible; his views on the contents of the complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48969/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: I raise the case of the death of Margaret Bracken, whose body was discovered at her home in Dundalk on 16 December 2019. The Garda very quickly concluded that there was nothing suspicious about the circumstances of her death. That conclusion was reached extremely quickly, with the sergeant and inspector having spent less than ten minutes in the house before doing so. However, they ignored...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (7 Nov 2023)

Paul Murphy: Using gas.