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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the senior side of a school (details supplied) does not have an ASD unit, despite the junior side school having one open for 11 years; if she will confirm, in relation to the unit which has been previously sanctioned by her Department, where the funding is; when this unit will be made available to the children who need it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (28 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in relation to the OASA Review Group Report, she will make a commitment to implement the Review Group’s recommendations; and if she will provide a timeline for implementation. [31546/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: Since we last debated this in 2022, the long awaited review of the Offences against the State Act has been published. This was the fig leaf that Sinn Féin used to justify abstaining on the vote to renew the Special Criminal Court as opposed to its traditional correct position of opposing the court and that most of the rest of the Opposition and the Government cited when voting for it....

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: Law and order anyway; I am not sure about justice.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy may only speak to it now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: I saw that the British ambassador to Ireland has taken a break from Twitter after saying he had been subject to abuse on the basis of his nationality. Obviously, nobody should be subject to abuse on Twitter or elsewhere and people are free to join or leave social media platforms as they wish. However, it is worth noting what he was referring to. He tweeted saying, “Had it not been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach his intention to establish additional units or divisions in his Department to those outlined in the programme for Government. [30978/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: I asked the Taoiseach about the Iceland workers earlier and he agreed with me the workers should be paid what they were owed and should go to the WRC to achieve that. The problem, as the Taoiseach knows, is that is not a simple or quick process. The State treats wage theft differently than it does other forms of theft. If I go into an Iceland store tomorrow and walk out with a frozen pizza...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The general public and workers at RTÉ are utterly appalled at the revelations of secret payments to Ryan Tubridy. They raise a number of questions about the public service role of RTÉ. One aspect is the function of effectively secret agreements with companies. In this case, what we are led to believe is that in 2020, RTÉ made an arrangement with the car company, Renault,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the non-statutory public service modernisation, development and reform functions for which his Department is responsible. [30977/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: Earlier today People Before Profit Deputies visited workers at the Iceland store on Talbot Street. These workers started occupying the store yesterday. They have been there through the night and staying away from their families. Why? Because, bluntly, they have been robbed by their employer. The workers are owed a collective tens of thousands of euro in unpaid wages and holiday pay....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is planning any new measures in budget 2024 to address the recruitment and retention difficulties across key areas of the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Housing Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service publication, Housing Analytical Notes, published on 5 December 2022, particularly the Planning Permissions and Housing Supply Analytical Note therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how the panellists and chairperson of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy were chosen; when the first invitations for panellists and chairpersons were issued; and when the final list of panellists and chairpersons was finalised. [30724/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the process for choosing the Chair of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; when a person (details supplied) was asked to be chair; and if anyone else was asked to be chair. [30725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs for the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; if any panellists or chairs, or the forum chair, are receiving remuneration for their participation; and, if so, the amount. [30723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 14 June 2023, if he will reveal the cause of death of a critically endangered sturgeon that was captured in the River Suir near Clonmel; if the fish had any injuries relating to fishing activities; and if the removal of the fish from the water constitutes a breach of Article...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Control of Firearms (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outlaw all night-time shooting, following a past recommendation from the NPWS that hunting be prohibited from midnight to 6 a.m. and in view of an incident at a Dublin golf course in which a person was seriously injured after reportedly being shot by a hunter (details supplied). [30910/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Control of Firearms (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will move to ban all night-time shooting, following an incident at a golf course in Dublin in which a person suffered serious injuries and was treated in the intensive care unit of the Mater Hospital after reportedly being shot by a hunter (details supplied). [30911/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a progress report on Housing For All. [30979/23]