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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his views on having a rolling electoral register, rather than one with set annual deadlines. [26308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on standardising practices in the processing of applications to the electoral register across the various local authorities; and his plans to issue guidelines on this matter (details supplied). [26309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on reforming eligibility for postal votes to include those who are away from home for non-work purposes or who are abroad for work or study purposes. [26311/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The reality is that the State mechanisms for checking employer compliance with the various REAs and so on are inadequate. The agencies in question simply do not have the resources that are needed. That fact is underlined by the finding in successive NERA reports that there is widespread non-compliance. If the mechanisms were working properly, employers would know they are likely to be...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I support Deputy Tóibín's amendments. In regard to amendment No. 14, I make the point that the normal practice in non-unionised workplaces at the moment in terms of disciplinary procedures is that the employee in question will be entitled to have a co-employee as a silent witness. Given the massive power imbalance that exists between the employer and employee, we can see how...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State's reason for not accepting the amendment does not hold much water. In regard to amendment No. 10, he suggested that to add the word "blacklist" would be to deal with it in a piecemeal way. The alternative is to do nothing and wait for a major blacklisting scandal to emerge, and then to say that we did not want to do something about it in a piecemeal way. If the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I support Deputy Tóibín's amendment. The issue of blacklisting is very important in light of the revelations during recent years in Britain that The Consulting Association, TCA, was found to have held a blacklist of 3,200 construction workers who were deemed to be militant, trade union activists or who had pursued employment tribunals. A number of companies or contractors which...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The approach of the Government on the low pay issue was well encapsulated by the Taoiseach's "L'Oréal" moment at the launch of the Low Pay Commission when he was asked if he was worth his €185,000 salary. He declared that he was very much worth it. The approach of the Government is to set up this Low Pay Commission, express some concern about the crisis of low pay and wage...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the rising numbers entering the private rented sector and the continued increasing of rents, if she will revise the cap on rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24835/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise her plans to progress with the changes to the one-parent family payment scheme which is affecting lone parents with children over seven years of age and which will impact negatively on the income of single parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on trade between Ireland and Turkmenistan in the past five years, including annual statistics on the amount of imports and exports broken down by sector; his views on trade relations between the countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25218/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 186. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the difficulties faced by many sufferers of fibromyalgia, and the additional financial burden of paying for medicines and treatment, if his Department has given consideration to including fibromyalgia on the prescribed list of conditions under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the case of the mistreatment by police of a person (details supplied), a human rights activist, with the authorities in Uzbekistan; his plans on doing so; his views on the human rights position in Uzbekistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the position of human rights and political freedoms in Bahrain, following the detention of opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman; if he or his officials have discussed these matters with European Union colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the case of an artist (details supplied), who has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison as a result of artwork and activism, with the Iranian authorities; his plans on doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25221/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 21 April 2015 and in view of the ongoing monitoring of the situation in Sri Lanka by the Irish Embassy in New Dehli, India, if he will report on any visits by Irish officials to Sri Lanka, or discussions with Sri Lankan officials, since that question; and the observations of the Embassy's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on relations with Turkmenistan; and his views on the human rights situation in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/15]

European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union states: "The Union is founded on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law." The reality, as been demonstrated by the past five months of negotiations with the Greek Government, is that it is founded on the principles of debt slavery, dictatorship of the markets and the European...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach referred to speculative comments. I will quote from the Financial Times, which stated: "Germany's Wolfgang Schaeuble and Michael Noonan, his Irish counterpart, pushed for curbs on emergency liquidity for Greek banks unless capital controls were imposed, one of the officials said." Translated, that means: "Tighten the noose. Make them scream. Bring them to their knees....

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: So he did not say that.