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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I presume the Minister knows and agrees that we are in a climate and biodiversity crisis and yet the European Commission with the support of the Irish Government and the support of the three big parties in this Dáil has just agreed to delete, weaken or make voluntary several of the GAECs. The Minister listed some of them. They include minimising tillage to prevent soil erosion,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (25 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I give considerable credit to the work small farmers are doing - people who are struggling and are not supported by the Government. I do not give any credit to the Government, which simply does the bidding of the agribusiness lobby at the expense of the environment and at the expense of small farmers. The Minister likes to hide the reality of farming behind the phrase "family farms"....

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Most are not, but the big ones are. Do you not think there are any rich dairy farmers?

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: There are, yes.

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: It is an unusual intervention by the Ceann-----

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Particularly aimed at People Before Profit I would say.

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I would say the record proves it.

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I welcome financial supports for small farmers during this bad weather. Unfortunately for them and society in general, the weather will keep getting worse and farming will become more and more difficult due to climate change. Yesterday at the climate committee, we heard presentations from the authors of Ireland's climate change assessment, an official Government report. They told us...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: On Saturday, the people of Tallaght came onto the streets to protest and demand that our post office be saved. More than 1,500 people have signed a petition either online or in person. From talking to people there, those who use the post office at The Square regularly are devastated at the prospect of losing a post office where they get a wonderful service from the workers. The post office...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Our healthcare system in general is in crisis. Almost a million people are on public hospital waiting lists. It is even worse for trans people. We have the worst trans healthcare in all of the European Union, according to a recent report by Transgender Europe. There is denial of services in primary care settings and a ten-year waiting list to access public services. Those people who seek...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister states, and I agree with this, "we cannot have a situation where we are developing a model of care for a group of people who are not involved and whose voices are not heard" and that "a key part of the development of this model of care will be consultation with stakeholders" and so on. He also states that this is a message he really wants to get across. What would be better...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I pay tribute to all of the relatives and survivors. Their struggle, determination and resilience is incredibly inspiring against the backdrop of experiencing such horrific tragedy and trauma, faced with a State determined to cover up what happened and block the struggle for the truth. In the face of them and their loved ones being slandered and lied about, they just kept going. In the...

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Haystack.

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The German philosopher Walter Benjamin once wrote that "Marx says that revolutions are the locomotives of world history. But the situation may be quite different. Perhaps revolutions are not the train ride, but the human race grabbing for the emergency brake." If we ever wanted an example of why we collectively need to pull the emergency brake, we look at the scale of the biodiversity...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: They are homeless.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Build houses.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: He wants to fill the pockets of his friends. Fianna Fáil wants more money for developers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: Giving €300 million to developers while 4,000 children are homeless, that is what he is interested in. Fianna Fáil is in the pockets of those who were in the Galway tent. It pretends to build houses and puts money into the pockets of developers. That is all it is interested in.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I will. I believe in rent controls and building public homes on public land. Do not fill the pockets of developers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Government is responsible for the housing crisis - housing crisis after housing crisis.