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Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: No matter how well prepared or steeled one is for what happens inside this House, sometimes the mind boggles at the depth of cynicism and the degree to which brass necks are ubiquitous. It has been well exposed around us during this debate. To begin with the Labour Party, it is welcome that it is supporting the motion. The party is calling for a reversal to the cuts but it should be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Summits (18 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings at the recent European digital summit in Tallinn. [43748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the closure of such a facility would impact on the programme for Government commitment to tackle child poverty by increasing community based early intervention programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will intervene into the closure of a centre (details supplied) in view of the centre's role in providing essential services to children and young persons in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43753/17]

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Some 20% to 25% of overall ill health is caused by mental health problems but less than 7% of the health budget is going on mental health. The Government has played with figures. It played with figures last year in terms of mental health and has done the same in this budget, as opposed to properly allocating the funding to bring us up to the percentage levels that apply in other European...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: As well as being budget day, last Tuesday was World Mental Health Day. It is a day of increasing importance, given the explosion of reported mental health problems in Ireland and right around the world. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, depression will be the largest contributor to disease burden. In Ireland, at least one in four people will have a mental health problem...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Government has only one more budget in which to do this. Will the Government take the crisis of mental health seriously?

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday in our response to the budget, both Deputy Boyd Barrett and I went into detail about different areas. Today, it would be useful to have a broader look at the budget debate and at what type of society we are in favour of. The new Taoiseach likes to make shapes about having an ideological debate. He likes to throw cheap criticisms at the so-called far left. He does not want to...

Other Questions: Rail Services Staff (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We only got through ten questions today and I had both Question Nos. 11 and 12. We only got through ten because the Minister was, in fairness, trying to give full answers but was verbose in doing so.

Other Questions: Rail Services Staff (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: They have to be abided by then.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: A leopard clearly does not change its spots. The exchange between the Minister and Deputy Munster was quite revealing. We have a Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport who begrudges spending public money on developing public transport. I suspect I know the answer to my question, which is whether the Minister accepts responsibility for being obliged to intervene in the situation in Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: The reason the discussions at the WRC did not reach agreement was because the management proposal was extremely aggressive. In real terms, it was effectively a wage cut. There was an official nominal increase of 1.5%. However, there were 18 conditions attached, including a reduction in contract hours, accepting outsourcing, forced redeployment and freezing increments. We spoke to workers...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Let us put some facts on the table. Passenger numbers and revenue are at an all-time high in Irish Rail. However, due to cuts, it is spending all of the available money on track and engine maintenance. More people are using rail services. There is a very important ideological element which comes from the Government and Irish Rail management and the chief executive officer, CEO, Mr. David...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to take to protect the rights of a company's (details supplied) passengers that have been impacted by flight cancellations; if he will consider a review of regulations in the sector which include a protection for workers' rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42164/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the rights of Dublin Bus workers transferring into a company (details supplied) in view of the company's track record of industrial relations issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42165/17]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Intangible Assets (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Throw him out.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: How to describe this budget? "Band-Aid budget" most correctly sums it up. Ten years of crisis and Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour Party austerity created gaping wounds in our society. Between them, they removed more than €100 billion in terms of cuts to public services and extra, unjust taxes. Those measures created insecurity, homelessness and poverty. Now the Government...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Fianna Fáil is also a right-wing party.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to tackle child poverty by increasing community based early intervention programmes. With one hour's notice the five full-time employees in Brookfield Youth and Community Centre, which provides precisely those vital services to the local community, were told last Friday that they were being made redundant and the not-for-profit company...