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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank our guests for their presentations and, in particular, for their campaigning, the Fridays for Future school strikes and the activism that has pushed the agenda on climate, biodiversity and the general ecological crisis we face here and throughout the world. I presume some of this will be a little frustrating for them when they go home, because they will have come and said we are...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: To be clear, I am not making any personal charge. I am just giving a description of the jobs the individuals in question had and now have, and it is 100% accurate. For example, when they sit down across the table from the Government, which has Fine Gael in it, it clearly suits the banks to have on their side a former senior member of Fine Gael. That clearly suits their interests and...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I was listening to the Minister's introduction upstairs. It struck me that there is a fundamental difference between the Minister's view of lobbying and People Before Profit's view of lobbying. That explains why we have quite a limited reform here. It is a tiny step in the right direction but is quite limited and inadequate. The Minister said that lobbying is an invaluable part of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the launch of the Irish Travellers' Access to Justice landmark report, published recently by the University of Limerick, which found that Travellers' trust in the Irish criminal justice system is extremely low; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52181/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: In June, the University of Limerick published the results of a groundbreaking new study that examined the relationship between Travellers and the Irish criminal justice system. The report details that Travellers' trust in the system is extremely low and that fears of wrongful arrest, excessive use of force, wrongful conviction, disproportionately high sentences and wrongful imprisonment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. The problem is that it is clear from the research and from talking to Travellers that they do not experience a policing model that is focused on human rights. The report found that half of those surveyed had been present in a home that gardaí entered without permission. They found that 64% of Travellers in Garda custody in the past five years said they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Community (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: It seems that fundamental changes are necessary to challenge the systemic racism that many Travellers experience at the hands of the Garda. There are several recommendations in the report and I would like a response from the Minister on three of them. The first is as follows: The introduction of an ethnic identifier throughout the criminal process from the point of reporting to the point...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate her support for a public inquiry into the killing of a person (details supplied) almost two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details in relation to the regulation of companies (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these companies have increased the interest rates on lifetime loans by 1.37 %, from 4.82 % to 6.19 %; his views in relation to this dramatic increase in interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the funding put in place for local authorities allowing them to purchase properties from landlords, if he will clarify if he has the authority to intervene in the process and whether his Department will have oversight as to whether local authorities are engaging with tenants facing eviction and landlords who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the policy that the board of management in a school (details supplied) have in place regarding the registration of new pupils for first year places, which requests that parents provide a utility bill along with the normal documents needed as proof of address and the fact that this need for a utility bill is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Commission (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a comment in relation to a WRC case (details supplied) which states that Dublin South MABS was in breach of the Employment Equality Act and discriminated against a former employee on the grounds of age; and if the board for Dublin South MABS has the minimum required number of directors at present to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Fine Gael Deputy, Paul Kehoe, said here that O'Connell Street was "full of druggies". I ask the Taoiseach to condemn this use of dehumanising and stigmatising language. I find it utterly incredible that a senior Deputy supporting the Government would speak in such a way, punching down at some of the most vulnerable people in our society, namely, those suffering from drug...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [51713/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [50107/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: On 31 August, the local employment services in Tallaght and Clondalkin were shut down, 39 workers were made redundant and the areas are going to be left with no service for at least two and possibly three months. At the end of that time, the local partnership will attempt to re-employ a reduced number of workers on lower wages and with increased responsibilities. The consequence will be a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: CAP is.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, is. We incentivise farmers to engage in industrialised farming because of the whole nature of the subsidy system.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeline for future citizens’ assemblies. [50106/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: New research shows that the world's wildlife populations have declined, on average, by almost 70% in the past 50 years. In Ireland, the butterfly population is down 35% since 2008. We are living through the sixth mass extinction event. The report suggests that land use change remains the driving factor behind the crisis and the loss of biodiversity. In addition, there is overexploitation...