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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: It could nationalise the industry.

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: It was James Connolly who described the socialist movement as the great anti-theft movement. He was obviously talking about the capitalist system of wage slavery and the profits of the bosses being made through the exploitation of and robbery from workers. He did not quite have this in mind, which is taking it to an even greater extreme, whereby one sees what is literally the theft of what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (18 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider representation on boards of management of primary schools for county and city councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25287/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection (18 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a full review of child protection procedures in relation to schools in view of the experience of a person (details supplied) to which his attention has been drawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25288/19]

Pre-European Council: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: I raise developments in Hong Kong, which I presume will be included on the agenda of foreign affairs at the European Council meeting. If anyone still believes that protest does not work, he or she should look at what has happened in Hong Kong. Last Sunday, there was probably one of the largest protests in history, with 2 million people on the streets shaking the entire region and showing...

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is tropical issues.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: Our house is on fire. The house next door, to our left, is on fire and the house to our right is on fire - in fact, all the houses in the estate are on fire. We have a plan from the Government to deal with that fire which fundamentally says that if the others start to try to put the fires out in their houses, we will try to put out some of the fire in our house by 2050. That is what the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (20 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish Water treats householders as if they are businesses and charges them for all water used in their property in cases in which the householder has a rain water harvesting system which they rely on exclusively for agricultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25946/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Bogus Self Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank our guests for their presentations and for the work that they are doing to tackle this serious and widespread problem. As Deputy Joan Collins stated, many questions have already been asked, so I will be brief. The current line of the Minister when asked about this is to stated that she recognises it is an issue, that there needs to be a whole-of-Government response to it, that it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Coppinger. Will the Minister report on the delivery of an ASD-specific school serving Dublin 7 and 15? This question is linked to a general crisis in this area. Does the Minister accept that there is a general crisis and that the State is failing to provide equal access to education for children on the autism spectrum?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister for that answer and that news. The more general issue arises repeatedly in the House. We have seen a couple of important protests organised by Enough is Enough!. Parents are getting organised in respect of this issue. Does he accept that this is not just a local problem here and there and that there is a nationwide problem regarding an absence of all of the supports...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: We must also encourage the parents to continue to mobilise, protest and make their voices heard. It is striking that these parents are dealing with very difficult situations and they are not being assisted by the State. They are then forced to go out and struggle and fight for what is necessary for and the right of their children. I had a meeting last week with parents involved in...

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: Does Deputy Burton read the books or just the book reviews?

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: The global picture for world capitalism is pretty bleak. It is facing a new economic crisis. While its exact timing is difficult to predict, the indications are not good. The institutions of world capitalism, including the IMF, the European Union and the World Bank, all predict lower growth rates for the first time in close to a decade. Most of it is fuelled by fears of a global trade...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is only one secondary school with an ASD unit in Dublin 24; his plans to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26497/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has no ASD unit for those in the senior cycle in view of the evident need for one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26498/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with ASD in Dublin 24 not in full-time education due to an absence of appropriate supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26501/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress with the patronage process for the new secondary school planned to open in September 2020 in Citywest, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26499/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the controversy regarding admissions at a school (details supplied) in which multiple parents missed the deadline for admissions due to a change in the practice in the way notice of the deadline was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26500/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach should pay the staff.