Results 1-17 of 17 for kerry speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (22 Jun 2022)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to Kerry County Council‘s failure to take steps with the Land Registry to speed up the process of building a house for them; and if he will request Kerry County Council to expedite the registration process by writing to the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Greencore, Kerry Group, Glanbia; you know yourself.

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: -----from Kerry County Council. Deputy McGrath is making money from Tipperary County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (17 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 3 October 2013 and the report that OPW is to commission a cull of wild rabbits at a national park in Kerry; the timeframe of the cull, providing exact dates of when it will start and finish. [44849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Parks (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in relation to the report that OPW is to commission a cull of wild rabbits at a national park in Kerry, he will instruct the OPW to seek alternative methods of population control (details supplied); and if he would be open to meeting to discuss these options with a named organisation. [42293/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Oct 2021)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the retired County Kerry judge, James O'Connor, about whom I have previously raised shocking cases of abuse of power and an example of institutional sexism. When I last raised the cases with the Taoiseach, he said, "I am very concerned about it and about what I have read today in the articles the Deputy mentioned. I will give further consideration to this...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: ...is that greyhounds are being exported to China, Pakistan and countries where really cruel treatment of dogs is absolutely rife. There was a story in the British press a week ago about a woman called Kerry Elliman who has been involved in a Birmingham organisation and rescued dogs which were exported from Ireland to China. The conditions that are reported are horrific. The Daily...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Paul Murphy: I echo that point. There is a serious issue. I wish to raise with the Taoiseach a case I have raised with him a number of times, that is, the gross and sexist abuse of power by retired Kerry judge James O'Connor. I have brought a number of testimonies to the Dáil of women in vulnerable positions before him on family law matters where he used his position to completely,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...need for court reform. What action is being taken to prevent judges from engaging in sexual harassment of women who are before them? I have raised multiple times with the Taoiseach the case of Kerry judge, James O'Connor, who used his position to disgustingly prey upon vulnerable women who were before him on multiple occasions. I know at least one of those victims has been doing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...farming system does not work for ordinary farm families. Almost half of farms in this country have an income of less than €10,000. The Minister’s industrialised farming system works for Greencore, Kerry Group, Goodman and the big dairy farmers, but it does not work for others. The figures are there in Teagasc. Instead of incentivising and pushing farmers to engage in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Paul Murphy: On 14 July, I raised with the Taoiseach the gross abuse of power by a retired Kerry judge, James O'Connor. I explained how he had abused his position, persistently and completely inappropriately, to pursue a vulnerable woman, who was before his court on a family law matter, for a sexual relationship. During the summer, I was contacted by another woman, who told me a very similar story...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jul 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last week, I spoke to a woman who was the victim of a blatant and gross abuse of power. She was in court seeking a protection order and was under immense stress. After the court case the Kerry judge, who is now retired and who I will not name, contacted her. He texted her and called her persistently. He told her she was beautiful and that she should not tell anyone else about the contact...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...situation, the workers' representatives correctly do not accept that as a given. They challenge the loss of those jobs in Coolock and I likewise would challenge the loss of jobs in Tallaght and Kerry. No case is being made that the Coolock operation is loss making. It is simply a case of profit chasing and a race to the bottom. We have EU laws that require multinationals like...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...the scare-mongering for what it is and give people confidence. The legislation being amended had nothing to do with water charges. It relates to smoky fuel, some typing errors and a park in Kerry. In the debate on Committee Stage, the relevant Minister simply said there were a few small technical changes to be made. Therefore, it is an absolute abuse of the democratic process to make...

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...last January 14 hares were hit, 12 were injured, six badly, one died of injuries and three more were put down. In Old Kilcullen in December 2015, seven hares were struck and three died of injuries; in Kerry, three hares were struck and two were put down; in Dundalk, three hares were struck and two died of injuries; in Macroom, six hares required assistance, a euphemism for being struck...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: ...the event of a no-deal Brexit. How can a conversion take place in our model of agriculture? The roles of public ownership and the State are central. We should take the major agrifood companies, such as Kerry Group, Total Produce, Greencore, Glanbia etc. into public ownership and use them to restructure the agricultural sector and point it in a different direction. We should also...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Paul Murphy: I was born in 1983 in the country of the Magdalen laundries, the Kerry Babies case, the case of Ann Lovett and many other horrors. It has been said in the debate that the past is another country, and this is true in some very important respects, most importantly in respect of people's attitudes to these issues. However, in legal terms, that country continues today with the eighth amendment,...