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Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: We were the first ones against a carbon tax.

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: No, we did not. We did not support carbon tax.

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: The problem-----

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: agrees that: — privatisation and marketisation of the energy system has failed; — it has led to exorbitant household heating and electricity costs, averaging €4,300 a year, unprecedented levels of energy poverty, carbon emissions that are among the highest and fastest growing in the European Union, and dependence on imported...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with President of France. [61292/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the new report published by his Department on The Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [61293/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with Planning and Marine Development will next meet. [61294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she agrees that the Book of Kells should be in public ownership and available for all to access free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that each council will receive in tabular form in relation to the announcement that local authorities will be offered €100 million to pay off debts on condition they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the next two years. [62437/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the debts that have been built up by local authorities, per local authority and the way that these debts were incurred in relation to the announcement that local authorities will be offered €100 million to pay off debts on condition they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if councils will be permitted to borrow funds to enable them to directly engage builders to construct meaningful numbers of dwellings on their land banks in relation to the announcement that local authorities will be offered €100 million to pay off debts on condition that they develop modular homes for accelerated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full update on her Department’s review of the official report provided after the consultation talks with industrial school survivors, submitted in November 2020 (details supplied); if she will be putting the proposals made into place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62519/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she recognises the importance of saving the free hot meals scheme given that some of the children who depend on the meals may not only come from hubs, hostels or hotels but they also may come from a home where addiction is rampant (details supplied); and if she will confirm her Department’s plan to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. We have a crisis in our health service, as the motion states. According to the INMO, more than 12,600 people were without beds in Irish hospitals in November. It was the worst November on record for hospital overcrowding, and there were only two days in that month when fewer than 500 people were admitted to hospital without an inpatient bed. For the...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: The market is not-----

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is not.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Build houses for the people.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Government votes it down every single time.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Thousands died. It is not funny.