Schools Building Projects

384. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason constituents have not been updated on the building of a new school (details supplied). [68336/26]

Data Centres

175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will increase taxation on data centres in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68600/26]

Live Exports

626. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the number of horses exported for slaughter to date. [68731/26]

Library Projects

671. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will provide funding to allow the continuation of childhood development initiative's Dolly Parton imagination library, which provides free books to thousands of children every month. [68662/26]

Cabinet Committees

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [66942/26]

Northern Ireland

1. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [66940/26]

34th Dáil debate — 2026-10-01

Deputy Paul Murphy Any parent, and many others, will know that getting your child into a crèche is no small task these days. As far as I know, there are massive waiting lists for every crèche in Tallaght. A solution must be found for the crèche in TU Dublin. It is fine if that solution involves relocation to somewhere in the area. There may be an idea that many of these parents are going to find alternative crèches in January, but that is just not going to happen. If TU Dublin or Oakview knew t

34th Dáil debate — 2026-10-01

Deputy Paul Murphy This seems like an incredible situation. It is very stressful and shocking for the parents. Literally, on Monday gone they got a notification that their crèche place would be gone. What are they meant to do? They rely on this crèche. There are 44 kids in the crèche in TU Dublin in Tallaght. It is a mixture of children of staff, students and people from the community. If this goes ahead, the impact will be horrendous. One mother is quoted in the Tallaght Echo as saying she is

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-30

Deputy Paul Murphy I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. What does it tell us about the sort of society and economy we live in that while most people are really suffering, with over 300,000 people in arrears and almost half of parents saying they are struggling to put adequate food on the table for their children, the electricity companies are making record profits? It tells us that the cost-of-living crisis is not a crisis for everyone. In fact, it is an opportunity fo

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-30

Deputy Paul Murphy Let us be honest about what is happening here with the new proposed citizenship Bill. This is the latest episode of Jim O'Callaghan trying to clamber his way to the top of Fianna Fáil on the backs of vulnerable people. In this case, it is the people who make our health services work, who are part of our communities and who contribute to our society. Jim O’Callaghan is making himself out to be the hard man on immigration so that he can become leader of Fianna Fáil. It is a sol