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Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: I wish to clarify one point. Standing Orders do not replicate the Constitution. They are significantly stricter than it.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: People should go and read the Constitution.

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: That is great; I have a copy in front of me too. It states clearly that legislation cannot be enacted that would have the effect of imposing a charge on the people or the State without the consent of the Government, that is, on Final Stage. Standing Orders prevent us from even bringing them forward on Committee Stage to be discussed or debated to enable political pressure to build on the...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: Agreed. I support the amendment simply because our amendments and others that would have the effect of undoing pay discrimination and pay inequality have been ruled out of order. The amendment which calls for the presentation of a report is the best we can do. I put it to the Government that either way this amendment will be passed. The Minister will have to bring forward a report within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the internal Garda review into the Jobstown protest investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an investigation into the non-transference of documents relevant to the disclosures tribunal; his views on whether that there needs to be an external investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51740/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he, former Ministers in his Department, or senior Department staff had contact with the Director of Public Prosecutions or An Garda Síochána regarding the Jobstown protest trials and investigations; the nature and content of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51741/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the contacts his Department has had with An Garda Síochána on Operation Mizen will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51742/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Management Companies (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to introduce legislation to regulate private management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have received reports on the search he requested to be carried out in the Department of Justice and Equality in relation to information pertaining to the disclosures tribunal; and if he will report on the results of the search. [51998/17]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: Here we are again. Another year has passed and another €80 million is being provided for the horse and greyhound racing industries. The Minister, in his speech, as far as I can tell, makes no reference whatsoever to the issues of animal welfare and animal rights. How long can he continue to ignore the horrific conditions faced by greyhounds in this industry? I know people who own...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2017: Motion (6 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: What will be done about this? It is all very well for the IGB to state it does not want dogs to be treated in this way, but that is happening now. When is the code going to be put on a statutory footing? When will the Government stop exports to states such as Macau, China, Pakistan and all those with no or inadequate animal welfare laws? When will there be an investigation into where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the conveyancing process in the transfer of the land for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52004/17]

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: The President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, said on 10 November 2016, "We have to do this ourselves, which is why we need a new approach to building a European security union with the end goal of establishing a European army." That is his stated aim. He is in favour of having a European army. PESCO represents a major step towards achieving that goal and,...

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: They are out looking for their consciences.

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: This is clearly a crucial section as it is the gun to the head of the unions. It says to union members, and particularly teacher unions that refuse to sign up to the deal because they stood for solidarity across their members and intergenerational solidarity between older and younger workers, that they can have whatever vote they like but we will punish them if they do not sign the deal. It...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: I will be very brief. I support the amendment and oppose the section and the following ones because in reality what is happening is that what was set up as an emergency measure, a pension levy, which was all about demonising public sector workers and suggesting they had something for which they had not paid, which was not the case as they had paid for it and continue to do so, has been made...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: I will be brief. We spoke about section 21. This is the corresponding section in a sense in that it is the other part of the gun to the head of the unions to punish them for opposing the pay deal. Section 21 took away increments and this section punishes union members in their pensions. For that reason, we oppose it because of the impact on those workers and also because of the message it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (12 Dec 2017)

Paul Murphy: 308. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal in the report of the Dublin Midlands Hospitals Group strategy group to downgrade 24-hour accident and emergency cover in Portlaoise hospital; his views on the impact on the local population's health care and the potential complications in the treatment of high-security prisoners in the nearby prison; and if he will make a statement...