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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee which addresses climate change will next meet. [38833/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of the broadcasting charge, which was alluded to in the past couple of weeks by RTÉ's television controller, Mr. Andrew Lynch, at the Oireachtas committee. Why is the Government insisting on pushing ahead with plans for a new stealth tax on every household with this talk of a broadcasting charge? Did the Taoiseach not learn any lessons from his experience of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Future of Media Commission. [36612/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: For two weeks now, with the amount of public attention given to this and the amount of time given to this in the House, one could reasonably ask why the Taoiseach does not just agree. If she has nothing to hide, why does the Minister not just come in here and answer questions? The only conclusion one can draw, as Deputy Shortall pointed out, is that there is something to hide, and that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: In terms of the appointment of Máire Whelan, why did he insist-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: No, the Taoiseach had a specific session. He did not just do it through regular oral parliamentary questions. He insisted on a specific-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: That is the point but he was arguing for questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: If the Taoiseach wants, he can go and read the transcript from three years ago. Deputy McDonald very deliberately used some of his own words from three years ago last week to suggest that he could be on this side of the House issuing exactly the same speech in question. He knew at that point in time that what he is offering now was not acceptable because it does not amount to accountability.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: What is happening here is the Government has decided to draw a line in the sand in terms of Ministers and taoisigh being forced to come in here, answer questions and be responded to in a free-flowing format. That format has presented problems for the Government. It has clearly created situations of embarrassment and pressure for the Government and for particular Ministers. The Government...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. In the past few minutes the Minister for Justice has said there is no issue with her answering questions. She said she offered to change priority questions and every party said "No", and she said the suggestion is that priority questions cannot be used to hold Ministers to account. It is, again, an insult when very single Opposition party and grouping is saying...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: That is what the people are looking for. There is a problem with the Minister answering questions. She is refusing to do it and she is being facilitated by the Taoiseach. That is a disgrace.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: There is a video on Twitter of the Taoiseach versus the Taoiseach, with him superimposed as leader of the Opposition in 2017, demanding accountability and dismissing the nonsense arguments he is making about separation of powers, the Constitution and that we cannot possibly discuss this contrasted with the kind of answers he gave last week which repeated those arguments. What is happening is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: To make another brief point in passing, the time allocated for the debate on Covid is completely inadequate. The result is that smaller parties have six and half minutes of speaking time on what is a crucial debate.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to hold a referendum on the right to water and public ownership of the water infrastructure. [31331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the Oireachtas Select Committee on Public Accounts in 2018 that the five year duration of the election observation roster should be reviewed as to whether it is excessive; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that EU countries refresh their election observation...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 467. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Permanent Defence Forces including the Army Ranger Wing are still deployed in Mali; if so, the nature of their mission; and if there is a timeline for their withdrawal. [38726/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Council (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that the Pension Commission includes representation of those who would be most affected by an increase in the State pension age by including representation from organisations (details supplied) in the membership of the commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37998/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of rape cases commenced and concluded in each of the years 2017 to 2019 which resulted in convictions. [38030/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (24 Nov 2020)

Paul Murphy: 965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the ban on hare coursing until at least the end of March 2020, in a context in which any extension of the current coursing season into March 2020 would be to allow hare coursing during the height of the breeding season and potentially disrupt the reproduction of the Irish hare population. [37984/20]