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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-----

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

Paul Murphy: Not for each individual.

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

Paul Murphy: No, not to any individual. They would be collective, for a library.

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

Paul Murphy: Everyone would have the use of a car for a certain number of hours per month.

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

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered that free access to shared cars or hourly car library schemes should be part of free public transport; what he anticipates the impact of this could be on reducing private car ownership and use; if this was taken into account by a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20785/23]

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

Paul Murphy: A Greenpeace report published today has found that Dublin is the capital with the least affordable and most complicated ticketing system in all of Europe. Luxembourg, Tallinn and Valletta, where public transport is free, are rated top. Has the Minister considered the impact that including free access to car library schemes as part of free public transport would have on reducing private car...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when BusConnects in Dublin south west will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20784/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 May 2023)

Paul Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that those currently completing a doctorate in counselling psychology at Trinity College, Dublin will now be the only trainee psychologists without any funding; if he will assure that this issue is rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20939/23]