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Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach and his Government make a clear statement of condemnation about the systematic human rights abuses in Bahrain? More than 5,000 people are currently imprisoned on political charges, with many of them subjected to torture, including sexual abuse. I will give a few examples. Nabeel Rajab was incarcerated for posting so-called false tweets criticising Saudi Arabia's war in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for official visits abroad over the next six months. [53202/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 302. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of individual homes in each of the four Dublin local authority areas that do not have access to fibre broadband. [52182/19]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I will focus on the matter of climate change in the context of COP25, which is taking place in Madrid currently, as well as the plan launched by the European Commission today which will be discussed by the European Council over the coming days. COP25 and the European Council and European Commission discussions take place in the shadow of a quite incredible article that appeared in Naturea...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is gas.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is turning into Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wish to follow up on Deputy Howlin's point regarding the ownership and management ethos of the national maternity hospital. The Religious Sisters of Charity own the land on which the new facility is being built and the Government is negotiating with the order through its company, St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. That group will have a majority on the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government promises improved intervention for children with special needs but the reality is that we have a national crisis, with hundreds of children on waiting lists for years not getting the early intervention that everybody acknowledges is needed. The State is failing families. There are particular black spots. Tallaght and many other areas of Dublin are among those....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Minister plays with figures and the definition of social housing to create confusion. To be clear, as he said, the plan is to build 6,545 new social housing homes. The plan is not to build 10,000 homes, 20,000 homes or 27,000 homes but 6,545. The figures of 27,000, 20,000 and 10,000 are the equivalent of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 60 new hospitals and 50,000 new nurses. Can the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Minister should stick to the facts.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Let us stick to the facts. The Minister should stop talking about 10,000 social housing homes being delivered this year. That is not true. He should stop talking about 20,000 or 27,000 social housing homes being delivered. The Government's plan is to build 6,545 new social housing homes. He cannot seriously claim that more than 2,000 homes leased from private developers amount to social...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Government did not meet them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new build homes to be completed by each local authority by the end of 2019. [51370/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister how many new-build homes are to be completed by each local authority by the end of 2019 because the Government has a mantra that 10,000 social housing units will be delivered this year, which is simply not true. I want him to put the figures on the record to demonstrate that it is not true and that he is engaging in spin worthy of Boris Johnson.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (11 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent figures on the housing waiting list for four Dublin councils (details supplied). [51371/19]

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: One in four of Deputies who will vote on this measure on Thursday is a landlord. Almost one in three members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael who will vote on Thursday is a landlord. When Deputy Micheál Martin was asked at the weekend about the double jobbing of one in three Deputies in this House, he stated, "Parliament has to represent the diversity of people." What the Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support a network (details supplied) that includes the vital local service provided by an organisation in view of the 16 days of action to promote domestic violence awareness, which has highlighted that 60% of abuse starts before 25 years of age and that Ireland has only one third of the recommended number of refuge spaces;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: Today is the last of 16 days of action to promote domestic violence awareness. I ask the Minister her and the Government's plans to support women's refuges and networks such as Women Together Tallaght Network in the context of some of the facts we have heard highlighted over these 16 days. One in two women murdered in Ireland is killed by her partner or ex-partner, but Ireland only has one...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: I also pay tribute to the work of local women's groups in Tallaght, where not only paid employees but also volunteers make up in some cases for the inadequacies of State provision. I am sure it is the same throughout the country. I welcome the fact that a new refuge is being opened, and I accept that this is not purely the Minister's responsibility. However, the fact that Saoirse Women's...