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Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: People should be concerned about how easily, quickly and smoothly this House passes severe restrictions on people's civil liberties year after year, extending supposed emergency powers and denying people basic human rights. There are two and a bit hours of debate, a couple of votes and off we go for another year until we repeat this farce again. We should identify what this debate is about....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet again. [25450/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [26279/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: International mining companies, including a subsidiary of the world's largest lithium producer, Ganfeng Lithium Corporation, are on the Taoiseach's doorstep in west Wicklow. They are prospecting for lithium and mapping for a mine at Moylisha Hill. Local people and campaigners I met are very worried about the impact this will have on the Wicklow Way, on biodiversity and on water quality. An...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: On behalf of People Before Profit, I would like to express our condolences to the families of both Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Tommie Gorman. They both had a significant impact on public life over decades in different ways. Has the Taoiseach reflected on the High Court's decision on Friday last to the effect that the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, did not...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I have some general questions.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Further Revised Estimate) (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: In programme C, on the number of active minerals prospective licences, the 2022 target was 450, the 2023 target was 400 and the 2024 target is 375. Is the plan into the future for that number to continue to come down? Obviously, a current feature in the world economy is of major sacrifice zones being created, particularly in the global south, due to the mining for lithium and other minerals...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [26772/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the difficulties faced by non-binary people looking to change their name; if he will ensure that this oversight in the system is urgently addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the handwriting assessment that would be accepted by a primary school as the basis to use a laptop (details supplied). [26759/24]

Mortgage Interest Rates Cap Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: This is a huge issue affecting hundreds of thousands of people in this country. One in three mortgage holders is paying at least €3,000 more per year than they were just one year ago. One in five is paying almost €6,000 extra a year. This is a huge cost-of-living crisis which has its roots in the same profiteering that lies behind the rising cost of rents, food and fuel. All...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Unfortunately, I do not believe the Minister of State that no stone will be left unturned, as we have been here before. There have been similar revelations in the past, yet the situation continued. There is an industry that is politically influential and powerful. Every time I raise the matter with the Minister, he spends his time talking about how great the industry is and so on. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: It is hard to know where to start, such is the scale of the horrific abuse of horses revealed in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme broadcast last week. The first thing to do is to thank the makers of the programme and the whistleblowers who spoke to them, and acknowledge the investment of resources and so on undertaken by RTÉ to reveal what is taking place in this massively...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Around 15,000 young people in this country are legally paid less than the minimum wage. They are discriminated against for no reason other than their age. Some of those who represent those workers in Mandate are in the Gallery now. There will be a protest by those affected at 1 p.m. outside the Dáil. We have a national minimum wage of €12.70 an hour. It is an amount that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am quite struck by the Minister’s answer. I was asking about 17-year-olds getting paid €8.89 an hour - poverty wages - and she spent probably three quarters of her answer talking about all the supports for businesses that Fine Gael is going to provide. There is legalised super-exploitation of young workers taking place right now. The Government has a commission report which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I had a look again through the programme for Government. I was struck by the number of commitments to improve animal welfare standards. There is even a reference to prioritising equine welfare based on a robust traceability system, which would certainly raise eyebrows after last weeks RTÉ's "Prime Time Investigates" programme. I will focus on Dublin Zoo, an issue I raised previously....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: The minimum essential standard of living report was published today and it is pretty damning. It shows that social welfare is lagging behind basic needs. In more than three quarters of the cases at which the report looked, people had an inadequate income. In 43% of cases, people had a deeply inadequate income. It found that the costs of a minimum essential standard of living, that is, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the published third meeting of the cross-government network on child poverty and well-being. [24002/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [24000/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of Palestinian third level students who are going to be here as a consequence of the genocide that their families are experiencing in Gaza. Perhaps they are able to flee, have already fled or are going to be fleeing here over the next period. I was in touch with the Taoiseach and his office previously when he was Minister for higher education regarding a particular...