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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Ombudsman for Children found that the State is failing children with special needs, which means the Government is failing children with special needs. It is particularly failing those children who do not have an appropriate place for September when it is now the end of June. The original response from Government to that failure was the awful scheme for special education centres, which...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the provisions of the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 that passed Second Stage in Dáil Éireann in October 2021; the actions she has taken to ensure sufficient fresh air is provided in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34920/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the delay in the publication of leaving certificate examination results until early September 2022, which will cause immense difficulty for students seeking accommodation away from home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the recent rapid increase in Covid-19 infection rates and hospitalisations; if she will ensure that schools provide teachers and all school staff with FFP-2 grade masks or higher where necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34922/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (30 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a direction to schools to ensure that they provide students who do not attend subjects in religious instruction under section 30(2)(e) of the Education Act of 1998 with instruction in other curriculum subjects during that part of the school day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34921/22]

European Council Decision: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: The purpose of this motion is to strengthen sanctions against Russia and we are opposed to it for that reason because we are against sanctions on Russia. It is not because People Before Profit or the genuine socialist left is in any way soft on Putin, his gangster regime or his crimes being committed against Ukrainian people. In fact, we are the people who have been consistent on this....

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Vótáil.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Just before Deputy Jim O'Callaghan leaves, he said that the only miscarriage of justice he was aware of in the Special Criminal Court is the Sallins case. A quick Google search on my phone presented a case from 2021 where a man spent 14 months in prison for IRA membership and the Special Criminal Court subsequently found that to be a miscarriage of justice. The point is that the majority of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief (details supplied) for taking care of an incapacitated individual at the same time as tax relief on employing a home carer will be applied to the previous years when the legislation was the same; if persons that would have qualified for both tax reliefs will be contacted to make them aware of this e-Brief and the consequences for their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [30842/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Religious fundamentalists in the US have dealt a major blow to the rights of women and all oppressed groups through the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The opinion of one of the judges, Clarence Thomas, who was accused of sexual harassment, indicates that contraception, same-sex marriage and even same-sex relationships are next to be targeted by the religious right. Transgender rights are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I wonder whether the Taoiseach has seen the pictures and videos from last Friday at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Dozens of refugees fleeing war and oppression were crushed to death against the border fences. Others were beaten to death by the border patrol, all to stop them getting into the EU where they could claim refugee status. This was mass murder of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Taoiseach to tell that to the refugees.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: The European Union has murdered refugees.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach condemn-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: I do.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach has previously said in the Dáil that we do.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach, please, talk about the refugees who died?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach talk about the refugees?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: Did he see the videos? Will he condemn the policies? He cannot just move on and say how great Europe is. Does he support an investigation into the murders?