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Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: I would like to quote Moody's Investor Service from two years ago where they commented on the prospect of energy prices rising in Ireland: The key driver behind this rising demand is the huge electricity appetite of the country’s data centres, estimated to rise to 29% of total demand by 2028, coupled with the ongoing closure of coal, peat and gas plants, which are pressuring reserve...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [43766/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the administration staffing shortages in the oncology department of Tallaght Hospital (details supplied); and the way he plans to resolve this staffing issue. [46856/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the study that his Department has conducted asking service providers of termination of pregnancy services about their experiences with protesters and their demands; when the details of this study will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46891/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: More than four years ago, Sláintecare promised "a universal single tier service where patients are treated on the basis of health need rather than on ability to pay". Where are we today? We have a further embedded and deeply unequal two-tier system, the weaknesses of which were badly exposed by the pandemic. There are almost 1 million people on hospital waiting lists. Hospital staff...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [45090/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [43764/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Government has said the strategic housing development, SHD, regime will be closed from February. The question is what the Government will do for those living with the consequences of that regime, a regime which effectively allowed the profits of the developers to be expedited and allowed the developers to bypass the regular planning process and the communities that have to live with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: Why is the Government taking risks with children's health in our schools? Why is there no decision to have a CO2 monitor in every classroom? Why is there no decision to have high efficiency particulate air, HEPA, filters in classrooms? Why has the Government made the decision, which makes no sense to me whatsoever, to say something magical happens in a classroom which means the regular...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the former workers in a company (details supplied) will be eligible for the special payment announced by him on 21 September 2021 for employees made redundant who have lost reckonable service while in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment or another jobseeker's payment during the pandemic. [46532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the anomaly by which if a person has paid their motor tax online, but not yet received the motor tax certificate, they are unable to book a driving test. [46307/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Equality Issues (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the urgent help needed by the Tigrayan people; if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations requesting that they set up an international independent body to investigate these atrocities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will put in place more supports for teaching principals and in particular those who teach in schools with special classes as per a proposal to address administrative and staffing issues in schools operating two or more special classes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints that have been received from participants on the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46518/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers who have been removed or banned from the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants who have started on the work placement experience programme; the number who are currently on the programme; the number who have finished placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of employers who have requested a position they submitted to the work placement experience programme to be removed from the website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46520/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of positions on the work placement experience programme that have been refused due to the fact that the position did not meet the standards of the scheme or that were removed for the same reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46521/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if employers who were banned from the JobBridge scheme for abusing the scheme have been prevented from advertising positions on the work placement experience programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (28 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will request her Department to reconsider the rejection letter issued. [46774/21]