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Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United Nations in New York. [48309/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: United Nations (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I see the Minister, Deputy Ryan, had an article in The Irish Timeslast weekend in which he approvingly quoted Greta Thunberg saying, "No more blah, blah, blah." It is supremely ironic. How else can the words and actions of this Government on climate be described but as "more blah, blah, blah"? To take the example of transport, last week the Government announced a target of up to a 50%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government includes a commitment to convene a citizens' assembly on drug use. I am sure the Taoiseach saw some of the harrowing coverage yesterday of what has been described as an epidemic of crack cocaine use in Tallaght. People’s lives and communities are being destroyed, yet the total figure allocated to address crack cocaine use in budget 2022 across the entire...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54395/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [50790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that those who avail of the new digital gaming relief are subject to ensuring quality employment and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if eight hares were killed on the first day of a coursing meeting by a club (details supplied) on 15 October 2021; the results of any post-mortems carried out on these hares; if this coursing meeting was called off on day one; and if the club was accommodated by another club to run its various stakes on the following weekend...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (9 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the health of all the hares in captivity at a club (details supplied); and if these hares were released into the wild after the meeting on 15 October 2021 was called off. [53983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take to increase use of bus and rail public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53678/21]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will focus my remarks on COP26 and the coup in Sudan. The Taoiseach’s doublespeak on methane is precisely the kind of blah, blah, blah, that Greta Thunberg was warning about. Yesterday he signed up to a global target of 30% reductions in methane by 2030, the absolute minimum necessary, and today he says that Ireland will not even try to meet that target, by setting a 10% target...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Capitalism is responsible for the climate crisis - sure. The Taoiseach thinks capitalism is not responsible. That is fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Come on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [53180/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: The UN emissions gap report gives lie to the empty rhetoric of world leaders in Glasgow. In analysing the new nationally determined contributions, it outlines that what has been agreed thus far by various states would mean reducing carbon emissions by only 7.5% by 2030, as opposed to the 55% level that is agreed to be needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C. We are on a trajectory to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will be very brief. In September, the ban on large trawlers fishing within Ireland's inshore waters was lifted following a Court of Appeal judgment. These trawlers are extremely damaging to our coastal environments and fish habitats. They damage our marine biodiversity. They are also damaging to the interests of small fishers. They do not practise a sustainable form of fishing and they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: He would need an hour.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [53179/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: There were 3,726 Covid-19 cases confirmed yesterday. This is the highest figure since January. Schools are on the front line of the fight against Covid-19 and they are not getting the support they need from the Government. Back in September, the Government decided to stop contact testing and tracing in schools. In this Chamber I described this as a hear no evil, see no evil policy and the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: Look at 5- to 12-year-olds. I am not saying that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Paul Murphy: They need HEPA filters.