Results 21-40 of 10,307 for speaker:Paul Murphy

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Has the Taoiseach any idea why or on what basis this report was leaked? If it had not been leaked, would he still have published it this week or would he have waited until after the upcoming elections? Will he accept the basic conclusions, for example-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: -----that we should be aiming for a target of 20% of our national housing stock to be social and cost rental?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the catastrophic flooding, due to never-seen-before levels of rain, that has been devastating the south Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul (details supplied); and the actions the Government is taking to provide support to those affected by this crisis. [22644/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if urgent assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); if he will ensure their safe return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some schools are receiving insufficient funding from her Department and the adverse effects this is having on staff, management, parents and, most worrying of all, the pupils; if she agrees there is a need for increased investment in schools and pupils; and if she will ensure the additional funding needed for a school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene and request that a pupil (details supplied) is accepted for enrolment in September 2024. [22661/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question number 219 of 30 April 2024, the number of disqualified drivers who were prosecuted for failing to surrender their licence as set out in the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006; the number who were convicted of this offence in court in 2022 and 2023; the fines imposed; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update in relation to legislation due in relation to the theft of a companion pet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22659/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the 1 January to 31 December 2023 attendance figures for Clonmel, Dundalk, Enniscorthy, Kilkenny, Lifford and Thurles dog tracks into the categories of type of entry (details supplied). [22650/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the healthcare needed is provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22598/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is actively monitoring the H5N1 outbreaks in farm animals in the United States; if the HSPC is actively monitoring for H5N1 in Ireland; if his Department is collaborating with relevant international organisations to assess potential risks and impact to public health in Ireland; if he will outline the efforts being undertaken by his...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: To try to give money to the landlords.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: What will it take for the Government to recognise that inviting in big tech to set up as many data centres as they want, to use huge amounts of electricity and water, is simply not a sustainable policy? The Government is now being warned by officials in the Department of enterprise that this is not sustainable. Colm McCarthy has said the data centre boom is using up the entire bonus to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the reported torture and death of a Palestinian doctor (details supplied) in an Israeli prison, given that with their death, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reports the total number of medical personnel who have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza broke out in October 2023 has reached 496; and if the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will take legislative action to close the policy gap by prohibiting SRM geoengineering, providing penalties and enforcement for violations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21916/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of local school placements for students (details supplied); if she can help to get them placements so they can be reunited with their families or ensure they are guaranteed admission for the next school term in any school that is within reasonable distance from where the family resides. [21933/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount being paid to a company (details supplied) to remove the tents of asylum seekers; with a breakdown of the amount received per removal and the details of any other company being paid by his Department for this purpose; in tabular form. [21979/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outcome of a NPWS investigation into the legality or otherwise of squirrel traps that were used at the Botanic Gardens in Dublin earlier this year. [21976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently add the old Irish goat to the list of animals protected under the Wildlife Act 1976, given it is now critically endangered and is being ruthlessly targeted by trophy hunters. [21977/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (15 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cause of injury to a hare that was euthanised by a vet on day two of the Johnstown and Urlingford coursing meeting in December 2023; and if, in light of the stress, injury and death caused to hares in coursing, he will introduce a ban on the activity. [21978/24]