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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.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Currently, over 3,000 civilian staff work with An Garda Síochána. These are people who applied for civil servant roles and were allocated, under the Department of Justice, to work in An Garda Síochána. At the moment, they can transfer out to work in another civil servant role. They are 100% civil servants like any other civil servant. However, the Government's new...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with church leaders. [61332/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last week Archbishop Eamon Martin, the most senior Catholic archbishop in Ireland, backed protests outside maternity hospitals by anti-choice activists. He claimed it was "perfectly reasonable" to intercept pregnant people on their way into medical appointments. He said that to have safe zones would be "tantamount to enforcing a ban on pro-life activities, including prayer and respectful...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners. [61333/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: Did the Government discuss the issue of redress for the 100,000 apartments and duplexes affected by defects at the Cabinet meeting this morning? I know that the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, had a webinar last night with many apartment and duplex owners. They were not satisfied with that, certainly the ones I spoke to, because there was not a clear commitment to 100% redress, nor was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on transport will next meet. [59255/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will seek to exclude banks and investment funds from the scope of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62115/22]