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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday during Taoiseach's Questions, the Taoiseach said that People Before Profit-Solidarity Deputies were "puppets" for Putin's regime. I believe this to be an abuse of privilege and disorderly. It is a very serious allegation for a Taoiseach to make about Opposition Members of Parliament that they are agents of a foreign state, particularly a state like Russia.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am asking for the remark to be withdrawn in light of People Before Profit's very consistent record of opposition to Putin, the fact it is our co-thinkers who are in prison in Russia for opposing Putin's invasion of Ukraine and, while Bertie Ahern was shaking hands with Putin-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: -----we were opposing the invasion of Chechnya.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: So the Taoiseach is not withdrawing that Opposition Members of Parliament are agents of a foreign power? That is incredibly authoritarian.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is genuinely quite chilling that the Taoiseach feels able to discount what we say and attempt to smear us by saying we are agents for Putin with no evidence whatsoever.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is very serious. It is a real diminishing of democratic rights.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is accusing Opposition Deputies-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: -----because they do not go along with the Taoiseach's agenda of militarisation, of being agents of Putin.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is quite shameful.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Risk Assessment (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment. [59246/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he followed the procedure set out in section 105 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in appointing a new interim chairperson of An Bord Pleanála; and, if not, the reason he felt able to ignore that requirement. [59589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 96. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the plan for Ireland's participation in the European Union Assistance Mission Ukraine; and if he can provide a guarantee that Irish soldiers will only be involved in training related to de-mining and that they will not be involved in other aspects of the military training which will be taking place. [59587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to bring a proposal to Dáil Éireann in advance of Irish Defence Forces personnel participating in the European Union Assistance Mission Ukraine in order to comply with Article 28 of the Constitution which sets out that "the State shall not participate in any war save with the assent of Dáil Éireann". [59588/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will question the IHRB in relation to the undisclosed compensation (details supplied); the amount that was paid; by whom the payment was made; and the person or body that received compensation in relation to the Rosscarbery case. [59646/22]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: I wish to confirm with the Minister of State that companies that run data centres will be eligible under the TBESS to get as much as €30,000 per month if they have three meter point reference numbers, MPRNs, and up to a maximum of €500,000 in total.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State can confirm that data centres are eligible for the scheme and could draw down a maximum of €30,000 per month.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: At a time when ordinary people are struggling to pay their bills and worrying about what will happen over the winter, how is it being justified as a policy decision that people, through the State, may be transferring money to some of the largest and richest corporations in the world to help them with their energy bills?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will revert to my question. How can the Government justify asking people who are struggling to pay their bills or put food on the table to hand over money to some of the richest corporations in the world to help the latter with their bills?