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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach's behaviour in relation to An Taisce is reminiscent of Donald Trump. The emergency powers handed to the Garda and the State last year are due to expire on 9 June but it is rumoured that the Government is thinking of extending them yet again. We have seen how the so called Covid powers have been used to harass Debenhams workers and to ban a car-based protest by taxi drivers....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: Can the Taoiseach answer the question?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach please answer the question?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach said he was answering the question and he did not answer it at all. The question was if the Government will renew the powers. It is a serious civil liberties issue and the Taoiseach entirely diverted from it by pretending I was saying something I was not saying. Will you please answer the question? Are you going to renew the powers?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: Certainly. Can we get an answer?

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: Thirteen months of heroic struggle from the Debenhams workers met with 13 months of excuses, excuses and more excuses from the Government. I congratulate the Minister of State. He managed to sum up the Government's response over more than a year in his ten minute speech which started "Of course I sympathise with the workers" - you cannot have anything but sympathy with the workers - but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the three witnesses for the work they are doing and, in particular, Ms Plunkett for speaking out, which takes a lot of courage. The benefit is one of shining a light on the treatment of this invisible army of essential workers, who are undervalued and are part of a two-tier workforce. Ms Plunkett mentioned some of her workmates being scared or intimidated about speaking out about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms Plunkett for doing that. How did she feel when she experienced that culture of secrecy and fear, contrasted with the kind of self-image Facebook has as a progressive, socially responsible corporation, with the slogans in the office and so on? Is it fair to say Facebook is a hypocrite in how it treats its own workforce?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: I ask Ms Crider to elaborate on the meeting she had with the Tánaiste. How did that go from her perspective? What commitments were given? I ask her to reflect on the response she got from him last night.

Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. Fianna Fáil's response to this crisis would be laughable if it was not so serious. It was summed up in a tweet by Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher, who effectively pointed to what was happening in Maynooth and said "something" must be done but this is Fianna Fáil's policy. It is Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael policy to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [21776/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: There is a considerable amount of international evidence about the importance of hot nutritious meals for pupils in school. Pupils who receive such meals are healthier, less likely to be tired in class and more likely to be attentive. The younger they get access to those meals, the better. That is why I welcome the hot school meal programme. However, the programme is drastically...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Records (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 795 of 21 April 2021, the date the missing file from his office was found; the person who found the file; the location in which the file was found; the person who misplaced the file within his office; and if the file was missing within his Department from the Minister's office from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate that his Department published a non-determination of facts naming persons in the reviews carried out into the CPO at Three Trout Stream, Charlesland, Greystones, County Wicklow given that both the reviewer and his Department have accepted that these reviews are not statements of fact...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if species of birds (details supplied) will be removed from the list of birds that may be shot currently included in the Open Seasons Order published on the website of the National Parks and Wildlife Service; if he will cancel the derogation which allows the continued year-round shooting of wood-pigeons; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the upcoming Land Development Agency Bill 2021 will be revised at committee stage to prioritise traditional council housing and to ensure that the affordable housing is defined in relation to incomes and not in relation to market prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a recently published report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of vaccines that the EU plans to give to Palestine given the extended state of emergency in Palestine to prevent the spread of new variants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 170 of 21 January 2021 and 1014 of 21 April 2021, if as part the examination by her Department of the ex gratia scheme for compensation for school victims of child sexual abuse (details supplied) she will consider opening a compensation scheme for school victims of child sexual abuse who did not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the installation and completion of temporary accommodation on the site of a school (details supplied); and if the school and the parents will be informed of the plans and arrangements for the return of the children to the school at the end of August 2021. [24613/21]