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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a recent report that found that 98% of people in Europe are living in areas with highly damaging particulate pollution; if he is further aware that it is estimated that up to 1,400 people die in Ireland every year because of poor air quality and that the streets along the quays on either side of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will bring a proposal to Cabinet for Ireland to support the establishment of a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of a recent report from global NGO Corporate Accountability that found that a majority of carbon offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are 'likely junk'; what implications this has for Ireland's emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41792/23]

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: We can see that this Bill limits itself solely to changing the corporate arrangements of Ervia and Gas Networks Ireland. It is a missed opportunity on many levels. Not many people are aware that semi-State bodies like Gas Networks Ireland, Dublin Bus, the ESB and Coillte are not legally subject to the State's emissions reduction commitments under the Climate Action and Low Carbon...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: ActionAid recently published a report on Ireland's involvement in financing fossil fuels and environmentally damaging agribusiness in the global south. It found that investment managers registered in Ireland hold an incredible $6.2 billion in bonds and shares attributable to fossil fuels and agribusiness in the global south. The top six investments are in oil and gas companies. How is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Just Transition (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach if he has seen the film "I, Daniel Blake". It is heartbreaking.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Just Transition (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is very good but it is a very difficult watch because it is about people with disabilities who are forced to go through medical assessments under the work capability assessment introduced by the British Tory Government. Their disabilities and inability to work is not being recognised. It is a heartbreaking and very difficult film to watch. The reason I ask is that it seems the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: The EU-CELAC summit discussed global peace and security. Did the issue of the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh come up? What is the Government's position on that? Ethnic cleansing is happening before our eyes while the authoritarian Aliyev regime remains an EU ally. Von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, flew to Baku last year to sign an agreement to double the supply of gas...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: What action is being taken to prevent the catastrophic ecological collapse of our lakes and rivers, as has happened north of the Border with Lough Neagh. Successive governments, many with Sinn Féin ministers, have enabled the ecocide of the largest lake on this island. A combination of sewage and agricultural run-off, commercial sand dredging, climate change and invasive species is...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Is it a family split? Are two brothers set against one another?

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: No, you do not.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: That is tenant in situ. That is right.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: We proposed it and it should be done everywhere. Instead of saying that we have to give these people tax breaks to stay in the market, we should tell them that if they want to leave there is no problem, the State will buy the property and we will expand our public housing. This needs to be expanded throughout the country. I want to raise the cases of illegal eviction in this country...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Why are we, at the start of another Dáil term, debating something the House debated previously and passed, namely, our Bill? We are here again because the Government is deliberately blocking it. It is leaving the Bill in committee or not even progressing it to committee because the Government is opposed to the reintroduction of the eviction ban, despite the fact the Dáil passed...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the complaint submitted by an organisation (details supplied) about the ESB’s relationship with the Cerrejón mine in northern Colombia, which is linked to human rights abuses, including the forced displacement of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and widespread, persistent and extreme pollution of air...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: There are no medical-grade springs for children. There just are not.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Let us even take that. The Minister says 4 August, but on 25 July, the Minister responds to detailed questions. He does not respond with detail and he kicks it off to CHI, which is the process, and I still do not have an answer to those questions from CHI. Therefore, the Minister was aware of the allegations at what time - was it 25 July?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: I asked the Taoiseach about it on 5 July in the Dáil and I spoke about the allegations that unlicensed implants had been used in children, and the Taoiseach said he was going to talk to the Minister about it. Did the Taoiseach talk to the Minister about it?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister said he always wanted to see the publication of the external review. I asked him about that in mid-July. I asked about publication and, at that stage, the Minister did not say that, although he said it would be communicated to people appropriately. Why did he not say at that stage that he was going to publish the report?

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Paul Murphy: Then the question is why it took so long. A specific question was put to the Minister and I got an answer from CHI in May, so the question must have been put in April. The question “...asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any external or internal pressure being placed on clinical staff at Temple Street to restart spina bifida-related surgeries in advance of the conclusion...