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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to recent media reports that Government plans to end direct provision by 2024 are to be watered down and that persons in direct provision may be charged rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are dependent on disability benefit are living significantly below the poverty line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that are taken by the Revenue Commissioners Customs Officers to ensure that dogs which have been stolen are not being exported abroad. [57058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the reason that South Dublin County Council did not build the housing promised to residents of Owendoher Haven Ballyboden, given that just over one-third of the annual budget for Traveller-specific accommodation had been spent up until August 2022 with SDCC listed as a local authority that had not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that €72 million in funding to provide Traveller accommodation was unspent from 2008 to 2019 (details supplied); and his plans to ensure this money is no longer going unspent. [57079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cybersecurity Policy (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn the fact that two US military personnel from US Cyber Command or other cyber operations have been operating in Ireland over the past five years (details supplied). [57142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the licence issued on 17 July 2022 to a company (details supplied) has been reviewed in view of Private Security Authority legislation point 3.6. Clause 13; if the company has been given five weeks' notice to correct this outstanding issue given its failure to comply with Private Security Authority guidelines to allow the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland imports any live horses for slaughter in Ireland. [57082/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that valued the Curragh Racecourse site leading to a €9 million overspend. [57140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (17 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) has been investigated following reports earlier in 2022 of it not having a register of members and of not knowing who its members are given that the organisation receives circa €120,000 per annum from the owners' share of the ‘tax free’ prize monies; his views on whether...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach made a fine speech at COP27. He stated: If this generation doesn't step up urgently, future generations will not forgive us. As leaders, it is our responsibility to drive the transformation necessary In Ireland, the government has set legally binding emission reduction targets of 51% by 2030, and has committed Ireland to becoming climate-neutral by 2050. The only problem...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: The latest in the undermining of what is left of neutrality and participation in a process of European militarisation is reported today, with Ireland backing a plan for EU member states to team up to purchase jointly military equipment. That comes on top of the revelation that Ireland participated in person at two meetings happening at NATO headquarters in Brussels over the last couple of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: We are training their military.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: We have been condemning Putin for years. When Bertie Ahern was shaking his hand we were condemning him.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: No, they do not. That is not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach should stop saying it. It is not true. He has been saying it non-stop.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: No, they are not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: I represented the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment at the European Parliament. They are not standard practice.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: This is nonsense

Ceisteanna - Questions: Sustainable Development Goals (16 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is not true. You keep saying that.