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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 772. To ask the Minister for Health his views on nursing students on work placements not being paid; if he will consider a review of this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19585/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joyriding Offences (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 1326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the phenomenon of older, uninsured and untaxed cars being bought by persons who then use the car to joy ride; if he will consider reforms to the car ownership registration process to frustrate this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 1431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to parliamentary question No. 830 of 7 March 2017, if she will answer the question referred to in her reply in view of additional information (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19503/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: All of those things have been done, yet Ibrahim remains in prison and his condition is worsening. That is first and foremost what the question is about. I appreciate the fact that a doctor was sent to examine him but then we have to use the evidence of the visit to put extra pressure on the Egyptian authorities and, if possible, to use the evidence in the court case to say that he should be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on contacts he and his officials have had with the Egyptian authorities regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised the person's medical condition with the authorities and sought his release on these grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18698/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: I was part, with other Deputies, of a delegation to visit Ibrahim Halawa at the start of January. His situation was not good then: he was holding up but clearly desperate. Three months have since passed, another three court adjournments have taken place and, reportedly, his health has taken a significant turn for the worse. He is reportedly in a wheelchair, has been without consciousness...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: I join the Minister in condemning the terrorist attacks on the Coptic churches in Egypt. It is not surprising that more hours have gone into this case than others because Mr. Halawa has been in prison for three and a half years. The latest technical file produced for the Egyptian court would seem to confirm the fact that there is no evidence against him of anything other than protesting....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (11 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the general strike and mass demonstrations in French Guiana with the French authorities which has been organised against poor public services, the cost of living, mass unemployment and lack of investment in infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (11 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views of the attempts by the President of Paraguay to extend his term and the movement of opposition to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 446. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on increasing pensions of retired public servants in line with the pay rises being implemented for serving public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/17]

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: Correct.

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: We have always paid for it.

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: We currently pay for it.

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Minister's response to the issue is quite incredible. He is suggesting that a secret agreement lies behind this agreement, to the effect that we should forget about what is written in the agreement because, if the Government decides it does not want to go ahead, it will not do so. Is that the case? That is not what is in the legislation. The Minister for Social Protection, the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is nice to see such a public audition for the job of Taoiseach. This is the only sight that the public will have to see of who is the next leader. This audition is a test of who can break commitments that are made. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar has indicated that he is willing to break it, as has the Minister, Deputy Coveney. It is a test of who cannot answer the questions most...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: Read the next paragraph.

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: Things are spun before they are even published.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the announced amendment to the Constitution regarding voting rights of Irish citizens living outside the State in presidential elections. [13922/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: He was on one once. He tweeted about it.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: I salute the actions of the Bus Éireann workers. They are fighting not only in defence of their own terms and conditions, but for all who work in public transport. They are fighting for a defence of public transport which, particularly at a time of global climate crisis, is essential. Let us be clear that this is not a question of the Minister, Deputy Ross, or the Government being...