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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated amount it would cost to establish a national childcare service with all childcare provided free at the point of use, including the hiring of new staff to meet existing demand. [47210/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average amount spent each year to assist low income persons in securing childcare services. [47211/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated impact on emissions in a transition across the economy to a four-day work week. [47204/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any local authorities have commissioned the construction of zero carbon homes. [47230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Costs (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected cost to build a zero-carbon home. [47231/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Costs (19 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected cost to build 100,000 zero carbon homes. [47232/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (13 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a study regarding the effectiveness of the help to buy scheme. [45239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Allowances (13 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish the practice of enhanced mileage rates applying to Ministers who have cars with higher engine capacity in view of the commitment to action on climate change. [46804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (12 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council. [43228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (7 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the record of Dáil Éireann regarding the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 October 2019 (details supplied) will be corrected. [45888/19]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: On a point of order, did an alternative arrangement get passed for today's business which took out the Solidarity-People Before Profit slot? An email came from the Business Committee but was it ever voted on by the Dáil?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: The last substantive vote on this in the Dáil was on Tuesday when we voted for the business as outlined in the second report of the Business Committee, which outlined for today a slot for a two-hour debate on the Solidarity-People Before Profit motion, with the motion "to be confirmed". If that was never undone by the Dáil, I do not understand how it was removed without a vote of...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Surely the Dáil should have had a vote on that if a slot was going to be removed without reference back to the Dáil. The Business Committee is not entitled to alter the work of the Dáil. I was genuinely not sure whether a vote had taken place earlier on.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: It was removed from the report of the Business Committee.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: It was removed from the website of the Oireachtas.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: We should, then, have proceeded with a motion. The order, as adopted by the House on Tuesday, applies if not overturned by a next vote of the Dáil.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am not interested in a suspension of the House but it seems highly unusual that the Dáil's business would be changed without a vote. It is quite undemocratic and is very problematic. It is the second substantial thing that has happened this week. We should return to it in future but it should not have been removed from the website, for example, without the agreement of this...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Exactly.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (6 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: We agreed the second Business Committee report, which included a slot "to be confirmed" for our motion. That stayed on the website, for example, until this morning at some point when it was removed. How can that have happened without a vote of the Dáil?