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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is over three months since the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, announced a 100% redress scheme for apartment and duplex owners affected by defects. At the time he said emergency funding would be made available this year, but there is still no indication as to how one can apply for emergency funding, what kind of scheme that is going to be based on and no progress on the details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure, as per the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021, that the ‘right to clean air’ is provided to hospital and healthcare staff by imposing minimum ventilation standards in workplaces based around CO2 levels, ensuring all improvements needed are made urgently (details supplied); and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Hospital Staff (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to funding for educational psychologists which will be considered in a report expected to be released in Q2, if she is aware that current trainees are advocating that this funding should match what the HSE offers to ensure equity in the profession; if she will guarantee that all trainees receive equitable financial support and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will implement the Safe Access Zone legislation with extreme urgency; if he will outline what has caused a delay in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18381/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: Palestine.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: The main process that is taking place across Europe, which is reflected in the council conclusions, is a process of rapid and dangerous militarisation under the leadership of US imperialism. It is a process that has different aspects and national specifics but it is heading in the same direction in all countries. For example, Germany is massively increasing its military spending, Finland...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Public Sector Reform Review (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I wonder whether there will be any policy development in relation to the role of gardaí at evictions. There was a huge controversy over the art of Spicebag and his perfectly reasonable depiction of an eviction, over which members of the political and media establishment lost all sense of reason in generating their own outrage about it. Incidentally, Spicebag will be coming to the rally...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: I ask about libraries. They have become the new target of far-right activists who have been going into libraries, removing any books that refer to LGBTQ+ people in any sort of positive light and abusing staff by calling them paedophiles, groomers and so on. This is obviously reminiscent of the book burnings carried out by the Nazis. One of the worrying parts of this is how the State has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: At the centre of Joe Biden's speech to the House last week was talk of a new cold war, in reality, pitching that the key struggle in the world is between democracy and autocracy. However, he failed to mention that the US provides military support to the majority of dictatorships in the world. Really the idea is to have a US-led NATO in the West against the east of China, Russia and their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: He is a politician, not a celebrity.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to a person (details supplied) who has been incarcerated in Iran since October 2022, and who has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison, given the reports that his health is suffering and that he has had to endure very difficult conditions in prison, the actions the Government is taking to ensure his release; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 368. To ask the Minister for Finance whether Citibank has received financial support directly from the State for example through the TBESS or CRSS scheme, over the past twenty years and to outline, in tabular form, any support given on an annual basis. [16373/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 476. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any conditions related to environmental sustainability and meeting the goals outlined in the Climate Action Plan are placed on companies in order to receive financial support from the IDA. [16374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 482. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether Citibank has received financial support from the Industrial Development Agency or other semi-State bodies over the past 20 years; and to outline, in tabular form, any support given on an annual basis. [16372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 484. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that a company (details supplied) announced record profits; his views on whether a company that registered billions of euros in profit should not be able to cut employees without compensating them; if he will introduce legislation to safeguard workers facing such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will take the Explorium - National Sport and Science Centre into public ownership and re-open the educational facility, making it available to students free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the promised constitutional referendum to keep Irish Water in public ownership will be held in November along with the gender equality referendum and if not, why not. [16760/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can recommend how a person renting a room in landlord-occupied or non-landlord occupied (details supplied) can seek justice in relation to this matter; if he agrees that there needs to be more protections in place for those in this situation and if he will make a statement in relation to this. [16867/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether vegetarian and vegan options are available for children under the free school meals programme, and if not, whether she agrees that they should be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Paul Murphy: 989. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to section 15 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014, which allows for gardaí to be seconded as social welfare inspectors, and 1D which allows them to swap and become gardaí again if necessary; if he will advise if there are guidelines on how to regulate when and how they can swap between these two...