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Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to start by thanking all the disabled people's organisations that have participated in preparing this motion. Their demands are front and centre, which is exactly as it should be. So far, there is no sign of a Government countermotion, so I presume that means the Government is not going to oppose our motion and will allow it to pass. Before there is uproar and celebration in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken by his Department in response to important information given in a letter to the then Minister in relation to loans to a company (details supplied). [16800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has concerns about a non-bank lender being supplied with State funds, given allegations reported in the media of its involvement in lending money to an apparent front organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16802/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divested from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned about the ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission requiring a bank to make €500 million in new funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in light of allegations reported in the media and in a letter sent to his Department that the organisation lent money to a front...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken by his Department in response to important information given in a letter to the then Minister in relation to loans by an organisation (details supplied), a body financed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, to a company. [16806/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The attendance of the Taoiseach’s predecessor, Deputy Varadkar, at the Munich Security Conference, was significant. It was part of a drive that has been ongoing under Deputies Varadkar and Micheál Martin to erode whatever is left of neutrality and to display to the world that we are serious about this stuff, and that they should not worry because we will grow out of the immature...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent Munich Security Conference. [15148/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach told his Ard-Fheis that he would move mountains to get the children out of the box room and into a home of their own. We know what the consequences for the children are of being in the box room. The NYCI report talks about over half of young people having low mental well-being, precisely because they are stuck in the box room with no prospect of having a home or space to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: There is a growing movement around the world, including on this island, to defend the rights of nature. Increasingly, people understand that without the protection of the rights of nature, there cannot be a human right to a healthy environment. Human rights and the rights of nature go hand in hand. On Thursday, campaigners for the rights of nature will gather at 11 a.m. outside the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [15147/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [10628/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: This Saturday will see an important protest in Tallaght to save the post office at The Square. There are similar campaigns to save post offices in Phibsborough, Rathmines, Roscommon, New Ross and Tipperary. These are the post offices next up for privatisation by An Post. In the case of Tallaght that means the current post office will close and a new post office will open at a different...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many times EirGrid has issued a demand to large energy users to reduce their consumption to maintain grid stability in each month over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16556/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline, in relation to the protest barriers used outside Kildare House, where these barriers were sourced; the name of the company; the amount each of these barriers has cost; and the total cost, since 2022, in tabular form. [16566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the pressing need for moderate ID places in the Dublin south west area; if she will urgently ensure that additional spaces are created in a local special school or a class for moderate ID is set up in the area; if she agrees with the need for swift action on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16564/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request that a reason is given for a special school rescinding an offer (details supplied); and if she will ensure that this error is corrected, and this child offered an appropriate space for September 2024. [16565/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rule regarding local authority housing list transfers will be changed, ensuring that those who have been on a local authority housing list for a number of years do not go to the end of the list if they transfer to a different local authority's list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what actions are being taken to ensure that owner management companies are not faced with punitive insurance cost hikes as a consequence of discovering construction defects in apartments or duplexes. [16049/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he agrees that in Budget 2025 there should be funding allocated to develop and fund a pilot initiative for the expansion of school meals during holiday time by leveraging existing community infrastructure and relationships between schools and summer camps; if he will ensure that this initiative is funded; and if she will...