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Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: I wanted it in line with the way it was agreed at the Business Committee it would be done.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: Will you let me get up again then or not?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: Can I use the time now to finish the question? Then I will be happy. This is my last question.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will make sure there is a minute for an answer. The point is another worker went to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, and was told, because it is a pandemic, it is not under the authority's remit and it will not be inspecting. That is the issue. The Health and Safety Authority has publicly stated it is not its job to enforce the HSE guidelines on Covid-19 and it cannot do...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: We are now beginning to see the long-term economic impact of this emergency. The question of who will pay is going to loom extremely large. Will we bail out workers or will we, once again, bail out big businesses? Unfortunately, the indication from the Government so far in terms of its attitude to the airline industry is that the same mistakes of the past will be repeated and CEOs and big...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is correct when he says that is the law, but his Government and 11 others have written to the European Commission calling for the law to be changed. I find it hard to believe that the Taoiseach is not aware that is the position of his Government. The second more general question concerns the future of airlines because they are, in a sense, the banks of this crisis. IAG is...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: Some 6,000 staff-----

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will ask a question, get a response and then ask another question, if that is okay. The buck must stop with the Minister and the Government is scandalously disregarding the health and safety of workers. It is an utter disgrace that there is nowhere for workers to go to seek an on-site inspection.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister says the HSE. I have an email from the HSE.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: A minute ago the Minister said the HSE. On 23 April the HSE responded to an email from me about Keelings which stated, "Further to your email of the 20/4/20 below, please be advised that the HSE environmental health service has no statutory role in the inspection of employee living accommodation or workplace health and safety." Two weeks ago the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and the...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: How many on-site inspections have taken place?

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: If the HSE has the role the Minister stated it does, why does the confusion persist? The email I originally received from the HSE stated it was looking into the matter, etc.. I then received a considered response which stated that it does not have any role in this area. To bring this to reality rather than making an abstract point I refer to Keelings. I wrote to the Minister to draw...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: The HSE also stated that it has no role in the inspection of workplace health and safety. That is clear in its response.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Minister about the cost of the private hospitals. The Taoiseach confirmed to me two weeks ago an estimated cost of €115 million per month for the leasing of the private hospitals. I then later asked the Minister for Finance why we are paying more than four times as much per bed as they are in the UK, which he was not able to answer. I then wrote to the Minister for...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: Directors' pay at Beacon in 2018 was almost €1 million. Are we paying the directors' pay? Are we paying the bloated pay of the CEO on top of that? These companies often officially claim to be making no profit but make intra-group transfers through transfer pricing, interest payments and fees to other companies owned by the same person. With that in mind, are we paying for any rents...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: What happened during the other sections?

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: All of the questions ran over and I do not think anyone-----

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have three questions. I would like to pose a question, get an answer and so on. I raised earlier the issue of Keelings with the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, and she informed me that the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, has the authority to go into any workplace and inspect it. Does the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine agree that the...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: I am asking for an inspection in order that we can find out. I have an internal document from the company - which I will not name again - which refers to family groups and hostel groups which, in my opinion, clearly indicates that social distancing guidelines are not being followed and that workers' health is being endangered. The document states that the accommodation units will be...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Paul Murphy: The evidence I have is a document from inside the company that I will not mention again and is not disputed by the company. The document indicates that 50 or more people are being considered part of a family unit and people can be moved from one family unit to another. A statement given to RTÉ indicated that people are sharing bedrooms and so on, which suggests to me that social...