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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether participants in the back to work enterprise allowance (details supplied) should have to repay all of their payments on the basis that they did a few days of work on a self-employed basis during the period in which they were being paid the allowance, considering the fact that the operational guidelines...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has been informed by the Garda Commissioner in accordance with section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 regarding a letter sent to them by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18279/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 872. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times for ambulance services for Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if an outline of the plan by his Department to tackle this crisis will be provided. [18281/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the SEAI for the presentation. I might go back and forth if that is okay. I will start with a big-picture question. Would it not make more sense to go about this in an entirely different way? I mean instead of providing grants, which introduce an element of regressiveness, in that those who can afford to match funding get the benefit of funding. Instead of relying on private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have one final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: There is very little here for private renters. In fact, for some private renters, this will mean they will get evicted. The landlords will decide to take advantage of this scheme and upgrade the home, which will allow them to say it is a renovation. On that basis, they can do what is known as a “renoviction” of tenants. Even if people get to stay in the property, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I see where Mr. Walsh is coming from but that is precisely the problem. It is asking individuals to do this, as opposed to saying that as a society we need to do it and that if I, as an individual, cannot afford €25,000 and do not qualify for the warmer homes scheme because I do not receive any social welfare payments, I will be able to benefit from and participate in this...

National Maternity Hospital: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last night, the Green Party held the casting votes on whether to hold a referendum to enshrine neutrality in the Irish Constitution. Shamefully, its members voted with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to block that referendum. In doing so, they voted against the long-standing position of the Green Party and the position for which the Minister voted in 2003, 2016 and 2018. Later that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes. The housing crisis already existed. The housing crisis was not caused by the war.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Ukraine is not an excuse for everything.

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputies Boyd Barrett and Barry. I will mainly focus my remarks on the question of giving the best welcome to those who are fleeing from Ukraine and coming to Ireland. Before I get to that, I want to make a couple of international points. Does the Irish Government have a position on the call from large trade unions in Ukraine and social movements for the...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We can have a referendum.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: You are the Government.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Exactly. We have opposed it for years. The Minister has participated in this process of European militarisation. The majority of people in this country defend neutrality.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Exactly. We will not have a referendum - I thank the Minister for the confirmation - before the Government decides to send working-class young people from this country abroad to serve in a European military operation. Do we get a commitment from the Government before it abandons even the triple lock? This acts as a certain restriction on its ability to, again, send working-class people to...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The media reports that the Government opposes the Bill on the basis that it is "unnecessary". People may ask what that means and why it is unnecessary. Perhaps many people assume it is unnecessary because they believe neutrality is already enshrined in the Constitution, which it is not, or the reason the Government believes it is unnecessary is that it is saying "Do not worry; there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will reinstate the battery grant for solar PV, which will remove a further cost of approximately €600 for those considering installing solar panels; if he will urgently ensure that households with solar PV installed will be reimbursed for excess electricity given back to the grid; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (30 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will allow those who are not in receipt of a qualifying payment to receive the living alone allowance; and if it will be ensured that this is negotiated in the budget 2023 discussions. [16880/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State is saying Ukrainian refugees who come here will not have to go into direct provision. They will be given hubs, PPS numbers and education assistance. These are all the things a refugee needs. It is great. It is brilliant. It is what we need for Ukrainian refugees. At the same time, the Government will continue to say people who come from Syria, Libya or wherever...