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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (26 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 17 January 2024, the number of approved slaughter facilities; the locations of each; and the number of the 1,428 thoroughbreds slaughtered in 2023 that were killed at a location (details supplied). [27338/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (26 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 25 April 2024, the breakdown of the figure of 1,998 equines slaughtered in 2023 at Department-approved slaughter plants, broken down by type of animal slaughtered, location of slaughter and reasons for slaughter. [27339/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (26 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses that have been killed at Irish racecourses to date in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury and location; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will defund horse racing. [27340/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials to date in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [27341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the nitrates derogation in Ireland in 2023; the average income of those farmers; and the average amount those farmers received in CAP and any other payments. [27484/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the interventions that will be provided for a child with additional needs (details supplied). [27485/24]

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...