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Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Let us be clear, we are tobogganing towards absolute environmental catastrophe. We are now at a tipping point with climate change, with a 40% rise in concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide between 1750 and 2011. Global average surface temperatures have risen by almost 1° Celsius since 1901 and by over 0.5° Celsius since 1950. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (26 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; if he will also report on his meetings with political leaders there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the ongoing displacement of Tamil people in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8301/15]

Income and Living Conditions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: The recent TASC report, Cherishing All Equally: Economic Inequality in Ireland, proves the point about the extreme rise of inequality in Ireland. The 1% has an average income of €373,000 a year compared with the bottom 90% who have an average income of €27,400. Ireland has the highest level of gross income inequality in the European Union. This is rooted in, in particular,...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: I broadly welcome the thrust of the Bill. It is about recognising the reality of family life as it exists today and as it has always existed, contrary to the propaganda and ideology. The reality is more than one third of births in Ireland are outside marriage. Three hundred thousand children live with lone mothers, 100,000 children live with unmarried cohabiting couples and more than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (25 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the progress that his Department has made towards implementing universal health insurance; if his Department has assessed the social impact of the policy, in view of the study, by Mr Charles Normand (details supplied), on the matter of the inefficiencies of private health insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8049/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (25 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the crisis in the provision of nursing home places under the fair deal scheme; and if measures will be taken to increase the number of publicly funded nursing home places. [8050/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (25 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 18 February 2015, the reason the Embassy of Ireland to the United Kingdom agreed to accept a letter, but refused to do so with media present; if it is the standard policy of Irish embassies not to have media present when receiving representations from Irish citizens, and others; and if he will...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: They were jailed for peacefully protesting.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (24 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the Central Statistics Office figures, showing a rise in the cost of child care in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7751/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (24 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the survey by the Irish Independent (details supplied) on the rising cost of child care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (24 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 16 December 2014, and in view of correspondence (details supplied), if the 16 closed beds in paediatric services in Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24 for in excess of 18 months have been used for other purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7990/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (24 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 17 February 2015 to outline the work his Department will do to advertise the supplementary electoral register to new citizens, citizens who have turned 18 years of age and those who may have moved address in the run-up to the deadlines for entry on the supplementary register...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies and procedures that exist for the arrest of minors, in particular the measures taken to ensure the use of force is proportionate, the questioning and length of detention is age-appropriate, and their education routine is not disrupted. [7112/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Representations (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and location of representations made to the State's embassies and consulates, between 9 and 16 February 2015, seeking an end to the arrest of those who attended a protest in Jobstown in Tallaght, Dublin 24 in November 2014. [7442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Statistics (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if annual statistics are still compiled by his Department, on the ranges of mortgage loan terms, and loan-to-value ranges, as was done until 2008; if so, the reason they are no longer published on his Department's website; and if not, the reason a decision was taken to stop collecting this information. [7443/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seanad Elections (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of correspondence from the Chancellor of the National University of Ireland to graduates (details supplied), stating that it is unlikely there will be a single university constituency before the next general election to Seanad Éireann, if he, or officials in his Department, have informed the National...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Security and Defence Co-operation (18 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Defence the content of, and the obligations on, the Defence Forces, arising from the recently signed memorandum of understanding on security and defence co-operation with the United Kingdom; his views of its implications for the Government's policy of military neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Defence the resources deployed by the Irish Defence Forces in Afghanistan, including troop numbers; the missions they are engaged in; and details of the other forces with which they are co-operating. [6897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the refusal of the Embassy of Ireland to the United Kingdom to accept a letter of protest on 11 February 2015, regarding the way protestors in the Tallaght area of Dublin were being arrested, while there was a Russia Today camera crew present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7399/15]