Parliamentary questions

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends legislating for higher minimum BERs as part of minimum rental accommodation standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15689/24]

Energy Conservation

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the social housing retrofitting programme to Approved Housing Bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15690/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. reference 1188 of 17 January 2024, the reason the accounts still have not been published for HRI and IHRB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

113. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if, given that the December 2022 mining policy states that no damage may be done to the environment and its protection is “paramount”, he can cite any location where lithium has been mined without severe damage to the environment. [14684/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

114. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if he will comment on how, in its literature the company states that it will remove the settled rock sediment from the drilling site ‘for appropriate disposal’, by saying this acknowledges that its drilling has produced material which is now in a toxic or dangerous state - otherwise why should it have to be removed. [14685/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if he will assert that a drilling, two rigs working 12 hours a day, six days a week, will not damage the amenities (details supplied). [14686/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if, given that in the response he mentions “working with Member States and stakeholders”, he considers that people who live and work in mining/prospecting areas are not stakeholders and that their water supply could be compromised. [14687/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

117. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, the reason the Government is favouring the mining of lithium with its many problems over development of truly sustainable systems. [14688/24]

Defence Forces

Paul Murphy

146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of a recruitment drive by the Air Corps and Defence Forces (details supplied); his views on whether Ireland as a neutral country that a method of recruiting children in schools is not appropriate; and if he will instruct Defence Forces to remove any recruitment propaganda from schools. [13989/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

181. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will act to ensure that a public bus service is reinstated between Galway and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13726/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

182. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to progress plans in the Green Party's transport policy to regulate advertisements that glamourise unsustainable modes of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13727/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

183. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport what action he has taken, including by liaising with his Cabinet colleagues as appropriate, to restrict advertisements that are misleading with regard to the impact of motoring on the environment, on urban congestion and on road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13728/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

184. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will support a ban on advertising of new fossil-fuelled cars, in order to reduce the demand for unsustainable modes of transport in line with transport and climate policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13729/24]

Airport Policy

Paul Murphy

185. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he supports a ban on private jets using Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13730/24]

Airport Policy

Paul Murphy

196. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether weapons bound for Israel are transiting through Shannon Airport; if he will immediately stop the use of Shannon as a transit hub for an active enabler of the genocidal violence happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/24]

Driver Test

Paul Murphy

266. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider implementing technology which would allow, without the person taking the test having to make a complaint, for a review of each driving test examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15344/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Paul Murphy

523. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if an exception will be made in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) given the error made by the Teaching Council. [14927/24]

Referendum Campaigns

Paul Murphy

593. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a referendum on maintaining water services in public ownership will be held. [15691/24]

National Monuments

Paul Murphy

619. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason, regarding the Moore Street area, which holds the oldest surviving street market in Ireland, a 1916 battleground and a not yet officially recognised World Heritage History site, awaiting official recognition, his Department and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage at the time in February 2017 challenged the ruling made in terms of the Moore Street area as a "national historical monument"; if he agrees that the area needs to be conserved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13942/24]

Planning Issues

Paul Murphy

631. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to change the law in light of the decision in a case (details supplied) to ensure that applications for installation of masts need to go through a planning process including the notification of the public and the right to object. [14128/24]