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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [46802/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: When I first raised the issue of the abuse of power by retired judge James O'Connor, the Taoiseach replied to me saying, "It is clear to me that there are avenues for people to deal with the abuse[s] of power". What is precisely demonstrated by this case, however, is that those avenues did not work. The first woman went to the Garda and was told there was nothing to investigate and it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice will next meet. [43765/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with children and youth affairs will next meet. [45091/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality met last; and when it is next due to meet. [45092/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: There is clearly a repeated pattern of abusive behaviour by James O'Connor. What is the Government going to do to stop this type of thing happening again?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: On 14 July, I raised with the Taoiseach the gross abuse of power by a retired Kerry judge, James O'Connor. I explained how he had abused his position, persistently and completely inappropriately, to pursue a vulnerable woman, who was before his court on a family law matter, for a sexual relationship. During the summer, I was contacted by another woman, who told me a very similar story...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: They are not employed in data centres.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: You do not.

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]