Results 1,061-1,080 of 12,202 for speaker:Paul Murphy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: To be clear, the Minister agreed with their asks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I am just wondering. He tells me-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I am asking the Minister about it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I do not know whether the Minister has noticed but there are seven people outside the Dáil who have been there on hunger strike since Monday. After four days of no food, they are in a pretty bad way. They have faced abuse and threats daily from far-right activists, who have come here specifically to do that. I understand they are outside now. The seven are on hunger strike because...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Come on.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Care Law Reporting Project (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: We still do not have an adequate explanation. Again, this is not a surprise. The period of funding was going to run out and there was going to be a new tender process and yet there is still a gap. There are two possible explanations. One is the political motivation of leaning on the project. The Minister says that is not the case. The other explanation is no more satisfactory. It is...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Care Law Reporting Project (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I did. I am sorry. There was confusion on our side.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Child and Family Agency (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has stopped using the services of a company (details supplied); if so, when it stopped; to provide details of payments to the company in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43567/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Child and Family Agency (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Has Tusla stopped using the services of Supervised Access Ireland? I spoke about this in the Dáil last week when we were making statements on child protection. There are a number of serious issues with Supervised Access Ireland, including the treatment of workers and the overcharging of parents using its services. It seems that Supervised Access Ireland received a fair bit of money in...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Child and Family Agency (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Was that in 2024?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Child and Family Agency (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I have two follow-up questions. Does the Minister know whether any other State body continues to have contracts with this company? I do not have the information in front of me but, as far as I know, even after Tusla had stopped using this service, with the exception of the unit that continued to do so, another arm of the State was continuing to use the company's services. On the broader...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Care Law Reporting Project (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will estimate the length of time for which there will be no reporting on childcare cases in light of the ending of funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43568/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Care Law Reporting Project (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: The Child Law Project has done extremely important work in shining a light on the multiple ways this State fails children, especially vulnerable children. There has, however, been no reporting of childcare proceedings since June because the Minister ended funding for the Child Law Project. Will the Minister tell us when funding will restart and reporting can recommence? In particular, will...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Care Law Reporting Project (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: The question that is begged is why there is this delay. This was foreseeable. The period was coming to an end and there was going to be a new tendering process, so why this gap, at the very least, in funding? I will read a selection of headlines from the last volume of reports from the Child Law Project. They include "Court hears of a 'spectacular example of statutory agencies not working...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning to abolish sub-minimum wages, as recommended by the Low Pay Commission and the ESRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43534/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is going to implement the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages by 15 November; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43536/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) is no longer going to receive financial backing from the Central Remedial Clinic; if she will provide a guarantee that her Department will provide funding to this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43608/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: 284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will recognise the ongoing work and dedication of educators in the early years by listening to their advocacy campaign and providing professional status for the early years sector; and if not, the reason therefor. [43610/24]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Sure.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: In the long run, the answer is a public childcare system.