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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: There was Rossport.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: Just last week, a plane from Lufthansa flew through Irish airspace carrying about a tonne of munitions to Israel to be used in the horrific genocide in Gaza. I watched a video just yesterday on social media of a beheaded baby in Gaza. Tens of tonnes of munitions have passed through Irish airspace on their way to Israel to murder innocent people. This is not legal. Unless these flights...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [12379/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the crucial issue of child well-being in terms of children with scoliosis, in particular three children who had unauthorised metal springs inserted in them by a surgeon. The report was published at 12 noon, so I have only had the chance to read the executive summary so far but it makes for pretty horrifying reading, including making the point that the type of metal is "known...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [12378/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: We really need to take time this week to debate the HIQA report and to try to learn some lessons from the horrific abuse of some children at Temple Street hospital. The Taoiseach made the point earlier that the insertion of springs should not have happened and that responsibility lies with the surgeon. I agree 100%. The question, however, is how that was allowed to happen and to continue....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action she will take to increase capitation and other funding for schools so they are able to meet their running costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17229/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she supports the objective of providing an additional needs class for every school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17230/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the aircraft registration numbers of Irish-registered civil aircraft operating outside Ireland who were granted exemptions to permit the carriage of munitions of war from October 2023 to March 2025, in tabular form. [16698/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Finance to comment on the regressive nature of the tax saver ticket and cycle to work schemes, whereby those on higher incomes benefit from cheaper transport than those on lower incomes; and whether he will make adjustments to the schemes to ensure everybody can benefit. [17457/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 400. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of bodies or agencies of the State within his Department working with data centre companies to advance completion of data centre projects in Ireland. [17272/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cause of a death of a hippo in Dublin Zoo (details supplied); and the steps that have been taken by the zoo to avoid this reoccurring. [16546/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an independent investigation will be carried out into the condition of hippos in Dublin Zoo after contact by an organisation (details supplied); if the results of that investigation will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16547/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to respond to the call by an organisation (details supplied) to phase out the keeping of elephants in Dublin Zoo; whether he accepts the evidence provided; and whether he will announce a phase out of elephants from Dublin Zoo, starting with a prohibition on breeding and a ban on the import of elephants to Ireland. [16548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the case of persons (details supplied); if he will request his Department to investigate this matter to ensure that landlords are fulfilling their legal obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an exact date for when the tenant-in-situ scheme will be reinstated and made fully accessible to applicants; what level of funding will be provided for each local authority, and the target number of homes to be provided per local authority under the scheme; how the delays have impacted people relying on this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of local authority homes that were retrofitted under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme in 2024, broken down by local authority and property type; how this compares to the programme's targets for the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17274/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the Government intends to increase funding for the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for local authority housing in 2025 in light of inflation and rising construction costs, to ensure that retrofit targets can be met without scaling back ambition or delaying works; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the ESRI report "Exploring Investment Requirements for Energy Efficiency Upgrades in the Private Rental Sector", which underscores the scale of investment needed and the challenges specific to the rental sector, when the Government intends to implement the minimum BER standard for private rental properties as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (8 Apr 2025)

Paul Murphy: 634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the ESRI estimate that €7-8 billion will be required to bring private rental housing up to a B2 energy rating, how the Government intends on meeting this investment need, and whether a funding strategy is being developed to ensure the rollout of minimum BER standards proceeds on schedule, while ensuring...