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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Today's edition of The Irish Timesreports that the Government is considering reducing tax on rental income. Why on earth should people pay less tax on passive income than they pay on earned income? Why on earth should tenants pay a higher rate of tax on their income than landlords pay on their income? The justification for this is the idea that there is a flood of landlords leaving the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [41212/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government says: Ever since Ireland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we have signalled to those with a disability that we are now serious about making a difference – a difference that will make things better. The Government has not done that, however. It has not acted to make things better. I attended a very powerful...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I was not on the list. I may have put my hand up first.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Ó Murchú is extremely polite.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government increase significantly in the budget the monthly rate of child benefit to help families struggling with the cost of living and will it help parents by funding childcare properly? The thousands of people protesting outside are a graphic illustration that the Government's policy of relying on the private sector to provide quality, affordable childcare has utterly failed....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I told the Taoiseach on 5 July.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I heard the allegation that unlicensed implants were being used in April so I did what was appropriate and asked the Minister if it was happening. The response I got twice from CHI stated it was not happening. I went back to the person who was alleging this to me with more specifics. I came forward with specific parliamentary questions on 13 July about how many spring implants had been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: It means there is a spinal surgeon-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: -----involved in the external review. The Taoiseach can see how it is important that I raised the matter with him on 5 July.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: He is now saying the normal practice would be to pass that on to the Minister-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: -----and the Minister says he did not know about it until August.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Children with spina bifida have been failed scandalously by this State. Now, their families are faced with the horrifying revelations that some of their children who went through surgeries in Temple Street hospital did not get the care they needed. There were extremely high rates of complications and, most scandalously, three had unlicensed non-medical grade springs inserted into them. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank all the speakers, and the Chair for suggesting this. It is an important discussion. Obviously, the speakers are all in agreement about the problem that the rise of SUVs represents. It seems we have an example here of the Jevons paradox in operation where, supposedly, an increase in resource efficiency will lead to a decrease in resource usage but, in fact, it actually is the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what additional funding and resources she will provide to help create inclusive communities and to combat the influence of far right individuals and groups in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline Ireland's position on the establishment of a loss and damage fund at COP-28, including whether the Government is pushing for it to be widely available to all countries in the Global South impacted by climate change, for contributions to be the responsibility of countries of the Global North with historical...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he supports Ireland becoming part of the group of the states advocating for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; if he will outline Ireland's policy on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41127/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or officials from her Department will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) regarding their pensions. [41452/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a numerical breakdown, in tabular form, of the approximate herd sizes of, and hectares farmed by, the roughly 3,000 farmers affected by the reduction in the nitrates derogation limit to 220 kg per hectare; whether they are dairy or beef farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide clarity in relation to the discrepancies found in the figures provided by him in relation to thoroughbred slaughter figures in Ireland; if he will confirm the reason for the difference in the figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41266/23]