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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Workplace Relations Commission (20 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a comment in relation to a WRC case (details supplied) which states that Dublin South MABS was in breach of the Employment Equality Act and discriminated against a former employee on the grounds of age; and if the board for Dublin South MABS has the minimum required number of directors at present to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Fine Gael Deputy, Paul Kehoe, said here that O'Connell Street was "full of druggies". I ask the Taoiseach to condemn this use of dehumanising and stigmatising language. I find it utterly incredible that a senior Deputy supporting the Government would speak in such a way, punching down at some of the most vulnerable people in our society, namely, those suffering from drug...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [51713/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [50107/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: On 31 August, the local employment services in Tallaght and Clondalkin were shut down, 39 workers were made redundant and the areas are going to be left with no service for at least two and possibly three months. At the end of that time, the local partnership will attempt to re-employ a reduced number of workers on lower wages and with increased responsibilities. The consequence will be a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: CAP is.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, is. We incentivise farmers to engage in industrialised farming because of the whole nature of the subsidy system.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeline for future citizens’ assemblies. [50106/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: New research shows that the world's wildlife populations have declined, on average, by almost 70% in the past 50 years. In Ireland, the butterfly population is down 35% since 2008. We are living through the sixth mass extinction event. The report suggests that land use change remains the driving factor behind the crisis and the loss of biodiversity. In addition, there is overexploitation...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach said that councils should buy properties in circumstances where people are in HAP or RAS tenancies and are faced with eviction. Does that include those on rent supplement? Is it actually going to happen? I ask that because on Monday I sat with a woman, Stephanie, in Springfield in Tallaght. She has four children and is studying psychology in college. She had been given a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government will endorse the civil-society proposal for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to manage a fair and rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, support workers and communities, and transition rapidly to renewable energy, approaching COP27; if the Government will support the need for additional finance to pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the staff retention issues in several areas including health and education, particularly in Dublin, due to the cost-of-living and housing crisis; the actions that the Government are taking to tackle this issue; and if they are considering an allowance similar to the London weighting allowance (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include industrial school survivors in the redress scheme, which would see them also receive a State pension (contributory) and medical card. [52248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will expand the education fund which was established as part of the redress scheme in 2002, reopening the scheme to include the children of survivors who have previously been denied the funding due to their being “too young” to avail of it at the time. [52249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if industrial school survivors can be recognised as a category of persecuted people, as per the wishes of the survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52250/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: One thing that concerned me was that it was reported a number of months ago in Politico that Ireland was one of the countries that was delaying progress in this regard and that it had expressed general reservations about the idea of this directive. Is that story accurate according to our guests' sources at Council level or whatever? Is it an accurate reflection of the situation that Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: One of the proposals which is most watered down is that to double the level at which this applies, to increase the threshold to 1,000 employees and to increase the relevant turnover to €300 million. I presume such a change would effectively exclude the vast majority of Irish companies. Are our guests aware of the Irish Government taking any position on that matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will pursue the issue of civil liability. Even if civil liability stays as something that is there, which people in theory have the right to access, let us say if there is a corporation based in Ireland that is guilty of gross human rights abuses in Latin America, and we have an indigenous farmer or activist who is trying to pursue justice, at the moment we do not have any legal aid in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: So that could be a possible model. Another major part of attempting to water it down is to exclude pension funds and alternative investment funds like hedge funds. That is very relevant for Ireland, as a centre of finance capital with the IFSC. Could the witnesses outline why it does not make any sense to exclude these companies from responsibility for what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: To clarify that, as long as they can show they did their due diligence at the point of the investment or whatever, they are covered if everything deteriorates.