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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: That is the obvious thing that is happening here. Does he ever question that he could be getting this wrong? Fianna Fáil has got it wrong before. Does he ever question that he is talking to the wrong people or taking the wrong advice? Look at the evidence. Look at the evidence of rental costs. Who can afford €2,000 a month in rent in perpetuity? It is only going to be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: They will do so because they cannot live in it. Housing is critical to that. For the past decade, I have been speaking about the need to build social housing. When the housing assistance payment, HAP, was brought in, I said it would be a disaster if it was not accompanied by a big housebuilding programme and it would become a dominant feature in terms of the amount of State money that went...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: This is not working and anyone looking at those statistics knows it is not working.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I have been listening to that since 2012.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: What does the Taoiseach have to say to workers and their families today who are desperately trying to save to buy their own home? He can hardly tell them to stop complaining or to shop around. Cuckoo funds are outbidding household buyers by as much as 32%, paying on average €105,000 more per property than household buyers. Ordinary workers can shop around for an eternity, but...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Low pay is not a recent problem. It has been an issue for decades. It is a feature, unfortunately, of the Irish economy. We have the highest levels of low pay in the EU. It has a real impact on people's lives but it is having an especially big impact now as prices are rising so dramatically. This is not something that just arose as a consequence of the pandemic. Front-line workers during...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies by job title in the Labour Court and Workplace Relation Commission; the length of time each vacancy has been for; and the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacancies in tabular form. [6201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6230/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will bring forward a cyber-security Bill. [6216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install a bike share station on the Naas General Hospital campus. [6203/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers boarding at each train station from Dublin to Enfield, County Meath in the past three years in tabular form. [6204/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 06.05am Drogheda to Dublin Pearse train. [6205/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken formally with his Australian counterpart in the past 12 months; and if so, the nature of those engagements. [6199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a new recruitment campaign will be advertised by Public Appointments Service to fill vacancies arising for fluent Irish speakers at the grade of clerical officer over the next 24 months. [6215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is scheduled to visit. [6241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6236/22]