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Other Questions: Irish Water (29 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Does that mean I will have four interjections? Is that how this works?

Other Questions: Irish Water (29 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister for that. Last week we had a debate that concluded yesterday in regard to the Water Services Bill and I made a definite point of saying clearly to the Minister that if the Government does not stop the water metering programme, it will be stopped by protesters and heat will not be taken out of the issue but rather it will become more hot. Yesterday, as if to test that...

Other Questions: Irish Water (29 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: It will not.

Other Questions: Irish Water (29 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Yes. I would say to the Minister that phase 1 will not be concluded. He is now approaching the areas where there are big communities who are opposed to the imposition of water meters who will simply not accept them. The Government will have to make a choice, and Irish Water will make a choice, as to whether it will push ahead against the opposition of these communities even when it has...

Other Questions: Irish Water (29 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he discussed with Irish Water whether they plan to continue with the installation of water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18468/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Arrears (29 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 51. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he discussed with Irish Water whether arrears would be written-off in the event of water charges being abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18469/16]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice in schools where a child's parents or a young person over 18 years of age opts out of religious instruction; if he will issue guidelines to ensure this right is vindicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18269/16]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Parents have a constitutional right to opt out of religious instruction for their children in schools, as do school pupils when they reach 18 years. In practice, this right is often only partially vindicated at best. Will the Minister issue guidelines to ensure it is fully vindicated?

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: We stand for the complete separation of church and State and for religious instruction to be carried out separately from schooling and entirely protected from any discrimination by the State. Leaving that aside for a moment, within the current framework, constitutional rights are not simply a matter for the schools concerned because the State has a role in vindicating and upholding...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: While I welcome the Minister's response, choice is not an alternative to equality. Children have a clear right to be educated and people have a right to freedom of religion. An increase in the number of multidenominational schools would be welcome, as would clarity on admission policies, but if choice is available only at the point at which parents choose schools, the position will remain...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I would like to raise two matters. The increase in rent allowance that is being mooted would be welcome relief for those who face losing their homes because rents are out of control. If the housing crisis is to be solved, such an increase must be married with other initiatives. Does the Government have any plans to introduce legislation to deal with the issue of rent control? I suggest...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: He said, "Once this phase is completed, it will have to be ratified by the parties involved, including all 28 EU member states. In Ireland’s case, this will mean a decision of the Houses of the Oireachtas".

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: At that time, the Commission had said it was going to put a proposal for provisional application to the European Council. I understand that would have happened today if it had not been for Brexit. It will happen on the next occasion. Once it is in, the investor state dispute settlement instrument will apply and will continue to apply for three years afterwards even if we later vote against...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Unfortunately, the Tánaiste did not answer my questions. On the fiscal rules on housing, I refer to the agreement between the Government and the Fianna Fáil Party. In the first line of the section on the economy, it states, "Maintain our commitment to meeting in full the domestic and EU fiscal rules as enshrined in law." Let us contrast this commitment with the statement in the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: The European Commission has stated it will seek provisional application of the agreement at the European Council. The Government will have to vote on the proposal.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government now take action to refuse to be constrained by the EU rules that amount to an undemocratic and neoliberal straitjacket? I have three specific questions. First, does the Tánaiste accept that the blatant attempt by the European Commission to subvert the outcome of our general election, in other words, to dissolve the people, should be resisted and that this...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: The history of the European Union is one of defeats in popular votes in Ireland on Nice and Lisbon, in France and the Netherlands on the EU constitution, in Greece last year on the austerity package and now in Britain. Each time, the response of the establishments across Europe was not to question why people rejected the project. Instead, the EU's guiding principle was contained in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has sought legal opinion on the constitutional position of section 7(3)(c) of the Equal Status Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18268/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of unaccompanied children relocated here; her deliberations with European Union colleagues on this matter; and her plans to allow those children access to claim asylum here. [18022/16]

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I may be sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith - half and half - if she is in the Chamber.