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Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: No. The Minister of State should go back and look at the record. He said that he was going to call me that afternoon to arrange a meeting.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It was cynical then, just as it is cynical today. The Government has no intention of legislating for workers' rights except when it is under immense pressure. What is contained in the heads of the Bill is not the right to remote working, but 13 reasons that businesses can give for saying workers cannot do it.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Incredibly, one of the grounds is concern for the commute between the proposed working location and the employer's on-site location. An employer can say "No" on the grounds that it believes the employee lives too far away or too near. What does that mean? There are not just 13 reasons, but any ground at all, given that "the proposal requested is not suitable on business grounds." The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: What is the Taoiseach doing to ensure that the big oil companies do not simply pocket the excise duty cut? Reports are already coming in of petrol stations increasing their prices for petrol and diesel today before the cut. Around the corner from where I live, one petrol station increased the price of diesel by 15 cent at lunchtime today. Presumably, then, the station will reduce the price...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: Has the Taoiseach been informed of the recent U-turn by Stormont on rents? Two weeks ago, People Before Profit proposed in Stormont a 10% rent cut for private tenants right across the North. It was passed. At the time, MLAs from the SDLP, Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party all backed the proposal but since then buckled to the landlords' pressure. They did a U-turn and, two days ago,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12795/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise a shocking example of where the State is completely failing to protect the well-being of people. Those living in the shadow of the Aughinish Alumina plant in County Limerick have suffered massively from the toxic pollution from that plant. People have got sick, animals have died and livelihoods have been wiped out by the pollution. When an investigation was done into the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [11774/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: The national reform programme talks about students.  What action is going to be taken to ensure that English-language students from outside of the country are protected and are not allowed to be scammed again as has happened?  There have been scandalous cases whereby Latin American students have lost their life savings, thousands of euro, to travel companies like Travel Now. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We are the ones who resist them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: We did not say that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: It has been.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: If the Department enforced its rules, it could not happen again.

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will raise two specific points, but before I get to them I will make some general remarks. Hate speech, racist speech and the kind of hatred spewed by those on the far right, which must be combated and fought and the best way to do that is by building a mass anti-racist and anti-fascist movement, is connected to the hate policies and state racism of the EU and the Irish Government. They...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 17 February 2022, the reason that the option of running route A down Camden Street, Dublin was deemed better by the NTA; and the further reason the NTA took a decision on route A in 2019 prior to the completion of the public consultation process (details supplied) given the final phase of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons are still being referred to JobPath. [13014/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is engaging with JobPath is obliged to sign a personal progression plan; and if they refuse to do so, if they can face sanctions. [13015/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is on jobseeker’s benefit who is engaged in a Springboard course can be obliged to take up a job opportunity which they feel is not relevant to their career path; and if they can they face sanctions for not doing so. [13016/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (8 Mar 2022)

Paul Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details regarding the timeline surrounding in relation to an informed consent model of care (details supplied) given it is currently under consideration by HIQA in draft form. [12338/22]