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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider changing the regulations to allow the blind pension to be paid concurrently with the invalidity pension given that it is means-tested (details supplied). [34737/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the problems with a proposed funding model (details supplied) and its possible detrimental impact on all Youthreach learners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the design, construction and operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include design, construction and fit-out for the provision of full reproductive healthcare including contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion; the specific design, construction and fit-out provision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will require the business case for the operation of the proposed new national maternity hospital at Elm Park to include specific estimates for section 38 funding of staff for the provision of contraception, surgical sterilisation, IVF and abortion services; and the estimated number of staff to be funded under section 38 for the specific provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (29 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the case of an official (details supplied) in his Department who has admitted to animal neglect charges at a farm County Sligo; the way his Department has dealt with this situation; and the steps he is taking to ensure this is not the case for any other Departmental employees. [34468/21]

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: On the substantive issue, the Minister asserted that the Government is not pretending to do something. The issue we are discussing is that of people facing 8% rent increases. It has become a significant issue, so much so that the Fine Gael by-election candidate was forced to say that it is both a revelation and outrageous and called on the Government to do something. It has become a...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: These are crucial amendments. Amendments tabled by members of other parties would have a similar effect in terms of ensuring this aspect of the legislation does something meaningful for those who are facing 8% rent increases, rather than just pretending to do something meaningful. I will tell the Minister about Jane, who came to me more than a month ago regarding the €160 a month...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, has described this Act as "the single biggest denial of fair trial rights in our legal system". It is completely correct and that is why People Before Profit will be opposing this, as we have consistently done. I would urge other parties to join us in opposing this, particularly the Green Party and Sinn Féin, which previously also opposed...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I start by quoting from James Geoghegan, the Fine Gael by-election candidate in Dublin Bay South. On 28 May he released a press statement which stated, "I am alarmed by the revelation today that tenants in the rental accommodation sector could potentially face a double rent increase of 8% when measures providing for a temporary ban on evictions and a rent freeze that were implemented during...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [33403/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am not sure whether the Taoiseach saw the footage from ITV in Britain last week relating to the practices of Amazon. In its fulfilment centres in that country, the company is destroying up to 200,000 products, and an average of 124,000 to 130,000, per week. Those products are in perfectly good condition, from toasters to televisions to face masks. They could be used but are instead being...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Government tells us we are to have an outdoor summer, which is very important for wellness, but over a year into a pandemic the outdoor public facilities are still entirely inadequate. I will give an example. In the South Dublin County Council area there are many beautiful parks, but the bins are overflowing, there are very few spaces for people to sit with friends and family and there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in preparing the national economic recovery plan. [33402/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I also want to deal with the question of Bank of Ireland. The Minister for Finance described it as a phased exit from the State’s stake in the bank. What that translates as is a process of full privatisation. After having bailed out the banks when they were in difficulty, fattened them up with public funds and returned them to profitability, we now propose to hand them back fully...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: -----a public utility in the interests of society, used for example to provide credit for people in terms of the housing crisis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Shakespeare and Dr. Daly. I will start with Mr. Shakespeare. Obviously, I welcome the commitment to a liveable city, with its emphasis on outdoor spaces, outdoor living, and public spaces. All of that is important in the context of Covid-19 and also post-Covid-19. How does that commitment square with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Is that the choice? Do we have to choose between one of the two or is it a question of finances? For example, Mr. Shakespeare indicated the refurbishment of Dalymount Park is to be funded by the Exchequer and Dublin City Council. He stated Dublin City Council does not have enough money from rates, etc., and must, therefore, sell off Tolka Park to raise the money. If the Exchequer was to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: If the funds became available from the Exchequer, would that still be Mr. Shakespeare's position? If Dublin City Council did not have to choose between the two and could choose to have both options provided in a quality manner, would that then become Mr. Shakespeare's choice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I have a question on Limerick for Dr. Daly. There is a big discussion taking place internationally on the changing nature of work. There is a question of where people will work and there is an emphasis in the opening statement on digital hubs. We could have a scenario whereby people work partly from home and partly from digital hubs. With that, the traditional office space becomes less...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith. I first want to make a point that is relevant to this motion and to a number of other motions passed by the Dáil in the past number of weeks. The Government is taking an extraordinarily cynical approach to motions brought forward by the Opposition in that it is supporting them, with no intention of doing anything about the issues raised....