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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for the response but unfortunately it did not answer the questions. Therefore, I will go again. Is it the case that where An Bord Pleanála is considering an appeal, the company has to stop? Alternatively, can it continue? That is a very simple question. The written response circulated, which I think the Minister of State did not read out, states: "With...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: I do not have a problem, and neither do the residents, with masts in and of themselves. They are part of public infrastructure today. We need them for mobile phones and so on, but what people have a problem with is waking up one morning and finding that significant work is happening at the entrance to their estate. A 2 m high platform has been erected, upon which a 20 m high mast is going...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: Ireland is now the third country in Europe in the context of the number of European works councils, EWCs, based here. It is a requirement under EU law for major corporations to have councils for, effectively, consultation and discussion with their employees. After Brexit, a substantial number of companies moved their EWCs to this country. Millions of workers, therefore, are affected by how...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [21532/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: Sure I said "Yes" you said "No", no problem.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is worth reminding ourselves what is the essence of this. What was being investigated was a massive rip-off and loss for the public to the tune of €118 million written off by IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, to the benefit of the Denis O'Brien-owned Siteserv. The fundamental conclusion is that the IBRC was misled by Siteserv directors over the transaction. The phrase "tainted...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: Included in this grouping is a question about ethics reform. The Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, emerged today and, for the first time, answered some questions about his unethical behaviour, not from Deputies because he refused to do and the Taoiseach shielded him in that decision, but instead from the media. So, for the first time, not on the Dáil record but to the media, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [21531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether it would be appropriate to organise the national and international famine commemoration days on the same day, the third Sunday in May. [21066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that will be monitoring the footage from CCTV cameras installed at horse racing courses to prevent doping; if the footage will be reviewed daily or just when an incident occurs; how long will footage be stored for; how it will be stored; by whom the footage will be stored; and if he will request a statement from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the rules in relation to unhealthy food outlets being located close to schools; if she will introduce a national ban on unhealthy food being sold within 400 m of schools, including transportable retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the potential dangers of a commercially driven research system in the name of innovation in the Research and Innovation Bill 2023, if he considered that the national research funding agency will be solely driven by enterprise and industrial initiatives, which will lead to under-investment in all research other than those that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Research and Innovation Bill 2023, if he considered the under-representation of research and researchers in the arts and humanities and social sciences, given that most western countries have specific funding agencies and programmes for social sciences and humanities research; the reason this Bill appears to have the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 appears to place extraordinary power in the sitting Minister in appointing board members and directing public funds in research, and considering this Bill can lead to irrecoverable damages to the research and higher education systems the reason the decision was made to have no consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (9 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 25 April 2023, if she is aware that library staff received an email on 15 March 2023 (details supplied) which confirms that staff have never needed parental consent to place young readers in their appropriate age category, and that they used to have to check the child’s age with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: That report was effectively rigged. It managed to come up with a car usage reduction figure of 1% by running simulated modelling based on current trends across the country, where public transport is mainly poor or non-existent. Most car users do not have access to public transport alternatives, meaning that making public transport free would not change their car usage. The point, however,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: No. It would be like using GoCar but through a public system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: The driver would have access to the car and get to use it. The driver would be an ordinary householder.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: The only aspect of Ireland's public transport ticketing system that the Greenpeace report praises is free public transport for people over 66, people with disabilities and carers. It states that, apart from this, there are no best-practice elements in the ticketing system. It finds that Dublin has the second most expensive daily public transport costs in Europe, second only to London, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Costs (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: A certain amount-----