Paul Murphy

I would like the Taoiseach to present some evidence. He said the circumstances are suggestive-----

The circumstances are contested. It might well have been the Russians but I would like to see some evidence if this will be used as an agenda to undermine our neutrality.

I thank the Taoiseach.

The Taoiseach should have read the Denton report.

Interned for property damage.

That is not what I said.

No, it is not.

The point I was making is it is not normal to hold people-----

-----without trial for over a year for property damage.

That is the point I was making and the Taoiseach knows it.

Exactly.

Israeli weaponry property? No.

17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [65783/25]

The new roll-out of BusConnects routes has been a disaster in my constituency. Constituents report that buses on the F spine route, which were supposed to provide a more direct route to the city centre and greater connectivity, are taking 20 to 30 minutes longer to get into town and providing fewer options for people trying to get to work or school. It is made worse by the frequent delays and canc…

Some of it.

We all know the harm that can result from online toxic material. We know especially the harm that can be done to children. We have had fine speeches from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs making that point, but what is the Government going to do about it? The answer so far is nothing. It is a fine issue to make speeches about and to have concerns on, but when it comes to taking action and taking on th…

There are many people doing important work in adult education across this country. One mechanism for that is so-called local training initiatives, LTIs. There are 100 workers spread out throughout 16 ETBs. Scandalously, these workers for LTIs have not had an increase in their pay in 20 years despite the deepening cost-of-living crisis. In 2001, the Labour Court recognised pay inequities within the…

This is dystopian stuff. Under an innocuous title, the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill, what is being proposed is a fundamental challenge to democracy, sovereignty and people’s environmental and labour standards. What the Government is proposing to do, in darkness, is to sign Ireland up to a parallel justice system. This is not a justice system that the Minister of State and I can access; it is a jus…

It is the Irish law versus CETA.

That is not true.

There is.

Indirect expropriation.

What does it say about our society, Government and State if there is, in the middle of a storm, a 15-year-old girl who is to sleep outside the Dáil for 50 hours? What does it say that she started her sleep-out around the same time as a protest by a large number of disability organisations that were crying out to the Government not to make them poorer, as the Government has just done through the bu…

It is a simple question. We have all seen the horror and genocide in Gaza over the past two years. Despite the so-called ceasefire, it continues. There was an attack on an apartment block last night, with children murdered again by Israel. We have all been contacted by people who have connections to Ireland in various ways and who are looking to get out of Gaza and become refugees to resettle in I…

When Putin invaded Ukraine, the Irish Government was clear in its welcome to Ukrainians who were fleeing a brutal invasion and war. The Palestinian people for two years - longer in reality - have been facing absolute horror and they continue to face it. It is fine to say the information is all on the website, but the Minister and I know that many of these cases are quite complex. We write to the M…