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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Okay. The question is whether that is dealt with in these amendments. My second question is if anything has happened in relation to these two amendments. The then Minister of State, now Senator Seán Kyne, committed that departmental officials would liaise with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to see if a comparison made within the definition of "environmental criteria" in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the NESC. [32545/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Last week, Deputy Bríd Smith and I met a group of Tesco workers, who are so-called dot.com workers. In other words, they are the workers who pick the products if one orders online on tesco.com. They have to pick between 180 and 190 products per hour, and they are the delivery drivers who deliver that shopping to people's doors. During the Covid-19 pandemic, these were the people who...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Does that include HAP?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32544/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: I raise an issue regarding the operation of the investment fund landlord LRC RE-1. It is based in Luxembourg and has assets estimated at €6 billion. It began buying property in Ireland in 2016 and now owns an estimated 1,700 homes across the State. Having bought these properties, LRC RE-1 unsuccessfully attempted to flip them in 2021. LRC RE-1, trading as Jersia Limited, is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Kyphectomy surgeries at Temple Street hospital have been paused since 7 November last year while an internal and external review of spinal surgeries carried out on children with spina bifida over the past three years is being carried out. These reviews are taking place on foot of a much higher complication rate than would be usual and with allegations that unlicensed implants have been used...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: I trust Deputy Crowe is opposed to greyhound racing as well then.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: If they evade the pay caps though-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if someone who has been receiving jobseeker’s allowance for a period of 18 months applies for disability allowance, does their jobseeker’s payment cease immediately, or does it continue until a decision regarding the disability allowance application is reached; if the payment is ceased is there a requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is awarded disability allowance and transitions from jobseeker’s allowance does this change their eligibility for the Christmas bonus associated with long-term social welfare payments. [32933/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person receiving disability allowance is permitted to participate in a part-time springboard course or other ETB training options. [32934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health whether he or the relevant Minister of State will engage with the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce, including meeting with the executive, to enable the TDATF to outline the current challenges and opportunities being experienced by the communities of Tallaght and Whitechurch. [32953/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the policy in his Department on use of the Government jet. [32543/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government refers to the drug and alcohol task forces. It says that they "play a key role" in implementing the drug strategy; that the Government will continue to support them "in identifying local need in communities"; that it will "support targeted initiatives"; and that it will address "drug and alcohol misuse". The truth is there has been limited progress on this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: One of the areas where the State may be compelled to issue an apology in the future relates to decisions taken during the Covid crisis, in particular, the decisions to prioritise private profit over public health. I will raise the matter of a Covid inquiry, which the Taoiseach was reported as saying will be set up this year and for which the terms of reference are being worked on. Will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: But if you are assessing the overall in terms of what you did during Covid-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: -----clearly it has a negative impact.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Please do not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: Tonight at 5.30 p.m., protesters will gather at the Spire in opposition to and horror of the Israeli massacre of people in Jenin. They will be joined by protesters around the world. A general strike has been declared in the West Bank. At least ten people, including two children, have been murdered so far. Hundreds have been injured and 3,000 people have been forced to flee Jenin. There...