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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greyhound Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: The public has provided €310 million for the greyhound racing industry since 2001. That is a huge amount of money, without which I do not think the greyhound racing industry would continue in this country. I think that would be a good thing in terms of animal welfare. Of course, I wish to emphasise that nobody should be out of a job as a consequence of that. There needs to be a...

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

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he plans to meet the targets for cutting agricultural emissions in the lifetime of this Government. [38535/22]

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

Paul Murphy: I am sure the Minister has seen the news about the evidence of climate catastrophe all around us. In Europe, significant numbers of people are going to die in the coming weeks as a consequence of the heatwave we are seeing. Yet, in Ireland we are already off track on our already inadequate targets. The Minister is widely reported to be lobbying within the Government on behalf of big...

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

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister outline why he is arguing for the lowest possible emissions cuts for the biggest emitting sector of the economy? Even if agriculture does 30%, the rest of society still has to do 60% to meet the inadequate target of a 51% reduction, on which we are already off track. If, as the Minister is widely reported as arguing for, we choose a reduction of 22%, the rest of society...

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

Paul Murphy: The Minister’s industrialised 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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to support small farmers who are being squeezed out by large agri-business. [38532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote organic farming for local consumption and direct farmers' markets. [38533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote afforestation and biodiversity. [38534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its calls for greater co-ordination and planning, stronger communications and engagement with civil society organisations meeting the needs of people fleeing Ukraine and the communities in which they now live; and if he will make a statement on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Lobbying Reform (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: As a member of Fine Gael, does it trouble the Minister of State that Uber wrote a section of its election manifesto in 2016? Does he know if that is the case and, if so, does it trouble him? Does it trouble him that Mr. John Moran, a former political insider and Secretary General of the Department of Finance, was boasting to Uber about how he could effectively bypass the regular registered...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Lobbying Reform (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: This is about Uber. I pay tribute to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for its excellent work in publishing the Uber leaks. It revealed a major corporation, valued at $44 billion, setting itself up as a disrupter, a modern company and so on, but in reality pursuing the old, tried and tested methods of major capitalist corporations. One, it highlighted major...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 7, to delete line 34, and substitute the following: “offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, maximum of twelve months’ imprisonment or both.”. This grouping is crucial in terms of the penalty for a breach of this legislation. The current proposal is for a class C fine of €2,500. That is...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 19: In page 7, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(9) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or both.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 20: In page 8, to delete lines 1 and 2.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 22: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(iii) an employer who contravenes paragraphs (a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or both.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 24: In page 8, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(3) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or both.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 25: In page 8, line 21, to delete “a notice” and substitute “notices”. This is the last substantial grouping of amendments. The key amendment is No. 26, which proposes that it is not sufficient to have one notice displaying the policy, as is currently the case under the Bill, but that as many notices as are required to be clearly visible...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, lines 21 and 22, to delete “by an electronic mode of payment” and substitute “, including by an electronic mode of payment”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, line 35, after “fair” to insert the following: “or in considering on foot of a workplace inspection whether or not a distribution under subsection (1) of tips or gratuities to an employee is fair”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 11: In page 7, to delete lines 3 and 4.