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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: It has been reported by The Ditch website that former Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, agreed to lease land he owns to Energia for a solar farm development seven months after leaving ministerial office. Energia began consulting with planning officials in February 2021, with Deputy Bruton having been Minister for Communications, Climate Action and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Taoiseach to comment on what has been dubbed "CatalanGate". This is a very serious scandal in the Spanish state involving a significant number of Catalan politicians and activists, including the Catalan President, legislators and every Catalan MEP who supported independence for Catalonia, being targeted with mercenary spyware. This happened either directly or through suspected...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [17990/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is now five months since Second Stage of our Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) was passed unanimously. The Government did not oppose it. The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Damien English, said: The Government supports the objective of this Bill. I assure the Deputy that my officials and I will work with him to determine the best approach...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I raise the issue of the incredible exploitation of personal trainers by high-profile gyms. This issue was brought to light in a case taken to the Workplace Relations Committee, WRC, by a former personal trainer with FLYEfit. Another personal trainer, who works for Ben Dunne, contacted me. The situation was the same in both cases. Personal trainers have to pay about €2,500 to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I do not think they are self-employed.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that have been taken to tackle the staff shortages and delays experienced by An Post (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a national policy on whether those staying in a hostel have a right to notice of eviction in relation to privately run homeless hostels; if not, the reason therefor and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to streamline the safepass renewal process to remove the requirement for renewal courses given that under the Further Education and Training Act 2017, SOLAS is an administrative body and no longer a training authority. [21318/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the management of SOLAS between 2017 and 2019 have deviated from or gone beyond the ministerial order to demand that candidates for Safe Pass take a course to renew their safepass, ignoring the High Court and its own counsel and legal advice. [21319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SOLAS is entitled to run apprenticeship and construction courses as an administrative body under section 38 of the Further Education and Training Act 2017. [21320/22]

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: We are experiencing a climate catastrophe. I often think from listening to debates in this House that this has not dawned on people enough. To quote the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Working Group III report, there is a "rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all". We are in a biodiversity emergency and experiencing the sixth...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: The teacher unions had their conferences over Easter. One clear message from right across all the conferences was the need for substantial pay increases to compensate for the rising cost of living. The Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI, conference went so far as to pass a motion that said unless a meaningful pay offer was made by the end of the school or academic year which provides for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [14283/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I spent much of the last week campaigning for People Before Profit candidates in the Assembly elections. The issue on the doors everywhere, just like in the South, was the cost of living and rising energy costs in particular. People are being hit extremely hard. As a glimpse of the kind of elections we may have if this crisis continues, people were absolutely furious with the big parties...

Personal Protective Equipment (Covid 19) Bill 2022: First Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest Shared Island dialogue initiatives. [17989/22]

Personal Protective Equipment (Covid 19) Bill 2022: First Stage (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 to ensure employers provide employees with FFP-2 grade masks, or higher, where necessary during the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular to education workers and healthcare workers, and to provide for a review of this provision within 3 months of enactment. The Bill...