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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the decision to keep Moneypoint open up to 2029; how this aligns with Ireland’s carbon emissions targets and sectoral emissions ceilings; what it means for a just transition in the energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress of the just transition for former Bord na Móna workers; the number of these workers who attained sustainable employment following the transition of the company; if this employment was equivalent to their former grades at the company; the kind of education and retraining...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the issue regarding the 76 bus not showing on time on Monday 25 September and Tuesday 26 September 2023, causing passengers to be late for work; what actions his Department will be taking to address this issue; if compensation will be offered for the passengers being late, for example, two days' free travel in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he anticipates the next phase of BusConnects in Dublin will be rolled out; the reasons for the continuing delays with the roll-out; when these will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43121/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action he will take to resolve the longstanding problems with the Dublin Bus No. 15 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is permitted to attend their placement on an ARAS drug treatment course, given that the person is two years drug free and eager to attend the drug treatment course. [43029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (4 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the differences between the Irish injured jockeys fund, qualified riders accident fund company and the jockeys accident fund company limited by guarantee; the reason there is a need for three separate funds; and how each differs from the other. [43022/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: There was a striking article by Fintan O'Toole in today's edition of The Irish Timeswhere he is drawing upon research by the OECD to put the fiscal cost of child poverty in Ireland at something like €20 billion, around the scale of the health budget on a yearly basis. That, of course, is on top of the moral shame and human impact of people growing up in poverty and all the impact it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: The question was lethal not defensive.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty unit in his Department. [42345/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination unit will next meet. [42344/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the participation of Irish soldiers in the EU's military assistance mission of Ukraine. We opposed Ireland's participation. We explained that this was a full-spectrum military training mission and a clear breach of neutrality. In response, Government representatives repeatedly said that Irish soldiers would only be involved in non-lethal training. A...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate will next meet. [41221/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: The River Poddle was the main source of Dublin's drinking water for more than 500 years but if one was to drink it now one would be in danger of going to hospital. It is polluted so often that it is a danger to wildlife and children in the parks that it runs through in Tallaght, Crumlin and Kimmage. For years local people, environmental activists and the Save the Poddle campaign have...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 37. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [41213/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education will next meet. [41220/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to the report that OPW is to commission a cull of wild rabbits at a national park in Kerry, he will instruct the OPW to seek alternative methods of population control (details supplied); and if he would be open to meeting to discuss these options with a named organisation. [42293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the Children's Books Ireland's Right to Be a Reader Campaign, urging the government to provide sustained funding for school libraries in Budget 2024; given that only 15% of the Irish population of any age are signed up as public library members, will the Minister support properly funded school primary and secondary school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the shortage of SNA hours in a school (details supplied); if she will ensure that the extra hours the school has applied for are granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that he only removed four out of 15 amber- and red-list birds from the open season order; and if he will urgently act to end the persecution of all threatened species. [42443/23]