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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of Ireland’s defence spending projections into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a letter from a union (details supplied) pointing out that the advice of her Department that CO2 concentrations of above 1,400-1,500 parts per million are likely to be indicative of poor ventilation was being publicly challenged by experts in the field and that the union noted that experts maintained that a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take immediate action to reduce the average class size in Irish primary schools to below the European Union average of 20 pupils per class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13320/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classrooms and school staffrooms that have yet to be supplied with adequate ventilation systems to ensure safe air quality standards in every school classroom and staffroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that were absent in February 2022 due to having Covid-19 symptoms, testing positive or being identified as a close contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (10 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the new ESRI report, Children of migrants in Ireland: how are they faring?; the steps that she will take to provide additional language supports for children with migrant parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13317/22]

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will raise two specific points, but before I get to them I will make some general remarks. Hate speech, racist speech and the kind of hatred spewed by those on the far right, which must be combated and fought and the best way to do that is by building a mass anti-racist and anti-fascist movement, is connected to the hate policies and state racism of the EU and the Irish Government. They...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The national reform programme talks about students.  What action is going to be taken to ensure that English-language students from outside of the country are protected and are not allowed to be scammed again as has happened?  There have been scandalous cases whereby Latin American students have lost their life savings, thousands of euro, to travel companies like Travel Now. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We are the ones who resist them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We did not say that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It has been.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: If the Department enforced its rules, it could not happen again.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [11774/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12795/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise a shocking example of where the State is completely failing to protect the well-being of people. Those living in the shadow of the Aughinish Alumina plant in County Limerick have suffered massively from the toxic pollution from that plant. People have got sick, animals have died and livelihoods have been wiped out by the pollution. When an investigation was done into the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Has the Taoiseach been informed of the recent U-turn by Stormont on rents? Two weeks ago, People Before Profit proposed in Stormont a 10% rent cut for private tenants right across the North. It was passed. At the time, MLAs from the SDLP, Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party all backed the proposal but since then buckled to the landlords' pressure. They did a U-turn and, two days ago,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: What is the Taoiseach doing to ensure that the big oil companies do not simply pocket the excise duty cut? Reports are already coming in of petrol stations increasing their prices for petrol and diesel today before the cut. Around the corner from where I live, one petrol station increased the price of diesel by 15 cent at lunchtime today. Presumably, then, the station will reduce the price...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Barry. I thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion. The Government's response, whereby it will allow the motion to pass, reeks of cynicism again. Last night, the Government allowed to pass a motion that lacerated its approach to waiting lists for children with special needs but has no intention of doing anything about the issue. Today, it will allow to...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Here we go.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: No problem.