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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [33927/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [33926/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. I look forward to engagement over the next couple of years. If we really embrace AI, how many jobs are at risk in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: Is it a concern of the Minister of State? Is it something to be weighed up, in deciding whether we embrace AI, that we might lose tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of jobs? Some estimates are 200,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: What about the impact on the terms and conditions and employment experiences of workers? I do not know whether the Minister of State saw the story last week in TheJournal.ie about workers in Covalen, which is an company outsourced by Meta to train AI. Their workers have joined the CWU. The Minister of State should read the story, which is pretty horrendous. One employee said: "Every day,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: This is happening in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: Yes, with Meta. It is an Irish firm, Covalen, that is an outsourced company from Meta.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State mentioned that the reason the emphasis is on SMEs is because this comes under the Department of enterprise but, as far as I know, it is the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, which also deals with workers' rights. Is this something that is under the Minister of State's remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: Good. There was previously a push, pre AI becoming as dominant as it is, to stop the outsourcing. There have been repeated issues of content moderator people all being outsourced by these big companies. Again, pre AI, people had to watch horrendous videos because someone had to watch them, but it was all outsourced. It is a way for the big multinationals to avoid responsibility. Does the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: One of the downsides of AI is the training of it, which is abusive to workers. The other aspect of that training is the breaching of the rights of artists of various sorts. There was a story in the paper the other day about Conor Kostick, who is a member of the Irish Writers Union, who said that 52 of his works, including 24 books, have been scraped or copied from the Internet and used by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: Okay, great. The other thing I raised my eyebrows at in the opening statement was that the only mention of the environment referred to the global environment for business. Does the Minister of State consider it an important part of her job to weigh up the intense damage that could be done to our environment, in particular as a result of the massive use of electricity and water? Is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a detailed roadmap for implementing the promise in the programme for Government to “Continue to reduce the Student Contribution Fee over the lifetime of the Government”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the student contribution fee will be for the 2025-26 academic year and the 2026-27 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 484. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he recognises that investing €15 million per annum in the Post Office Network is not only good value for money but essential to maintain critical public access points in communities across the country as suggested by a union (details supplied). [37534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Government not yet committed to a sustained annual investment of €15 million to safeguard vital services nationwide (details supplied). [37535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has assessed the cost to the State and to the communities if the Post Office Network continues to decline due to the lack of structured multi-annual funding. [37536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will commit to using the Post Office Network as a delivery partner for more public services such as form generation, tourist information, register of electors and enabling all postmasters to become peace commissioners, to ensures that the €15 million investment delivers even greater community and economic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commemorative Events (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the date and location for the international day of famine commemoration in 2025 will be announced; and whether he agrees that from 2026 onwards, it should take place on the same date as the national famine commemoration. [37783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Murphy: 836. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the purpose and current status of a systematic review on the outcomes of interventions for gender dysphoria in adults, which National Gender Service staff are involved in (details supplied). [37511/25]