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Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. It is important to say the health crisis we have, the trolley crisis we have annually, is not a natural disaster. It is not a natural function of winter. It is a policy-made disaster that we get regularly. Those polices are a commitment to a two-tier fragmented health service with a chronic lack of capacity and staffing in emergency departments, acute...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: How many posters did the Minister have printed? He will have the invoices for that.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The idea we are not going to get any answers is a joke.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is supposed to answer the questions. He just said he is not going to answer the questions.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: What is wrong with legal aid?

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is not doing us the courtesy of providing any response. He is not answering the questions.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: I do not. I would like some answers. Let us give the Minister as much time as we need to.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is being evasive right now.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Donohoe is a Minister.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: The group is very slow though.

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: Earlier on the Taoiseach told us "I believe [the Minister, Deputy Donohoe] is somebody we can trust, and somebody who I believe. I think, deep down, everyone in this House knows that ...". I looked deep down, a Cheann Comhairle, and I must say I do not know that. I do not trust the Minister. I do not trust the fact the Government has blocked a real question-and-answer session here and I...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: Incredible scenes have emerged from Germany over the past few weeks. The German Government has decided to destroy and demolish a village called Lützerath to make room for a coal mine. It has been met by brave resistance. Some 50,000 protestors turned up to resist, who in turn were subjected to incredible brutality by the German police. Indeed, yesterday, Greta Thunberg was arrested....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the case of an employer (details supplied) who has not paid employees since the October 2022 payroll; if he will intervene to ensure that these workers receive their payment urgently; if he will enact a policy to protect the rights of workers in cases in which wages are delayed by an employer in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the NTA to act in relation to requests from taxi drivers regarding the regulations to temporarily extend the maximum permissible age of taxis and hackneys; if he will advocate for an extension of two years for all taxi cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63889/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he intends taking to address the long delays in access to driving tests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions that his Department is going to take to improve the No. 15 bus service, given the numerous complaints that have been received concerning unreliable bus services in the Dublin south west area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 5 July 2022, if she will provide an update on the revised ex gratia scheme that she referenced. [63407/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to reports that a school (details supplied) hosted a women’s safety week from 5-9 December 2022; if she will consider making this a nationally recognised week amongst all schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63609/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reassess the primary and secondary education system modules to incorporate a way to include education on cultural and institutional misogyny and the importance of gender equality in society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 835. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees the decision not to extend the one-off payment of €500 to those in receipt of the State pension is discriminatory, given those in receipt of the State pension are also in need of financial support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63201/22]