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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: That Ireland is not subject to, however. The Minister said, "There is no change in that regard". Again, I bring him back to the point that he is trying to deny that there is a fundamental difference between a national court process, which anybody can access, and a parallel court process that is only accessible to investors and corporations. There is a fundamental difference, but he is very...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: After he had said that he accepted that it is not all the same, he then stated, "There is no change in that regard". If we ratify CETA, Canadian corporations will be able to sue us in a private administrative tribunal, called an investor court system, that they cannot sue the State in now. That is a fundamental difference. It is the difference between IRES REIT taking a case against the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: Is the State party to any other treaties that involve us in investor court systems?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: What are those other international courts that are similar to the courts that will be established by CETA?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: Come on. The Minister cannot seriously claim that this is the same type of scenario as the European courts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: The Minister just accepted that it is not that same a minute ago and now he is again trying to compare them. Therefore, this is a fundamental departure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: It will happen in a private parallel court process that is only accessible to investors and corporations. That is new and it is a fundamental change.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: It is the Minister who is giving the wrong impression by suggesting that things are all the same. He can keep trying to deny it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: To clarify, if a normal citizen in Ireland felt that they were discriminated against by a Canadian company, would they be able to go to the ICS?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: To clarify, these are all cases that are being taken in ISDS mechanisms. They are outside of the normal court process, in precisely the kind of process that is being set up by CETA. I presume the Minister would agree that the US is a state where-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: Yes, but they are under other treaties in which countries are party to these other dispute settlement mechanisms. For example, the energy charter-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: But-----
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has provided for the recent pay agreement with school secretaries and caretakers in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45716/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instructions she has given to schools on the way they must respond to Covid-19 cases including on isolation of close contacts of symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. [45680/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to increase education spending to bring Ireland up to at least the OECD average of 4.9% of GDP given that according to the OECD, Ireland has the lowest spending on education out of 36 countries at just 3.3% of GDP. [45682/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration given and the action she has taken to provide high-efficiency particulate absorbing filters for each classroom, learning room and staffroom. [45678/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration given and action she has taken to protect and improve air quality in classrooms and school staffrooms. [45681/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Covid-19 tests administered and the number and proportion of confirmed Covid-19 cases for primary school pupils by week since the return of primary schools in August 2021. [45679/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the provision of public sector pensions to school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45715/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)
Paul Murphy: Why is the Government taking risks with children's health in our schools? Why is there no decision to have a CO2 monitor in every classroom? Why is there no decision to have high efficiency particulate air, HEPA, filters in classrooms? Why has the Government made the decision, which makes no sense to me whatsoever, to say something magical happens in a classroom which means the regular...