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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (24 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on relations with Turkmenistan; and his views on the human rights situation in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I support Deputy Tóibín's amendment. The issue of blacklisting is very important in light of the revelations during recent years in Britain that The Consulting Association, TCA, was found to have held a blacklist of 3,200 construction workers who were deemed to be militant, trade union activists or who had pursued employment tribunals. A number of companies or contractors which...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State's reason for not accepting the amendment does not hold much water. In regard to amendment No. 10, he suggested that to add the word "blacklist" would be to deal with it in a piecemeal way. The alternative is to do nothing and wait for a major blacklisting scandal to emerge, and then to say that we did not want to do something about it in a piecemeal way. If the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I support Deputy Tóibín's amendments. In regard to amendment No. 14, I make the point that the normal practice in non-unionised workplaces at the moment in terms of disciplinary procedures is that the employee in question will be entitled to have a co-employee as a silent witness. Given the massive power imbalance that exists between the employer and employee, we can see how...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The reality is that the State mechanisms for checking employer compliance with the various REAs and so on are inadequate. The agencies in question simply do not have the resources that are needed. That fact is underlined by the finding in successive NERA reports that there is widespread non-compliance. If the mechanisms were working properly, employers would know they are likely to be...

White Paper on Defence: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Through force.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the anti-bullying policies of the education and training boards; the policies in place to ensure employee consultation in the drafting of these policies; the frequency at which they are reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25815/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the situation whereby teachers and other workers in the majority of primary and secondary schools could be disciplined due to their religious views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25814/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of C2 subcontractors that were registered in each of the construction, meat processing and forestry sectors, for each year from 2008 to 2014; and the amount of tax paid by each sector in each of these years arising from the C2 arrangement. [25752/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the national C2 monitoring group is still operational; and the number of times it has met in the past five years, by year. [25753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 635. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his views on developing an online registration facility for the electoral register. [26307/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his views on having a rolling electoral register, rather than one with set annual deadlines. [26308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on standardising practices in the processing of applications to the electoral register across the various local authorities; and his plans to issue guidelines on this matter (details supplied). [26309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (30 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on reforming eligibility for postal votes to include those who are away from home for non-work purposes or who are abroad for work or study purposes. [26311/15]

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: This is bullying.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: In "The Godfather Part III", Don Lucchesi turns to Vincent Mancini and says:Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: The gun of the European Central Bank is directly pointed at the Greek economy and society. It is being used to demand the ransom of a "Yes" vote on Sunday for more austerity. The Taoiseach was concerned about the queues at the ATMs but he did not care about the queues at the soup kitchens and food banks. Those queues are a result of the decision by the European Central Bank, which was...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: They are a result of the decision not to provide further assistance to the Greek banking system. They are a part of the campaign of financial terror that the European establishment is pursuing against the Greek people. Two days ago, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, made an incredible speech which was full of lies about the deal on the table for the Greeks and...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday the President of the European Parliament and Angela Merkel made the same intervention. The reason they are so scared of democracy is because austerity has failed to achieve its stated aims of restoring growth and reducing debt. It has shrunk the Greek economy by one quarter and ballooned its debt to 180% of GDP. The IMF admits that the deal put on the table on a take it or leave...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: If the Taoiseach wants to respect and help his Greek colleagues and if his words of sympathy and solidarity with the Greek people mean anything, he should withdraw the threats. He should be the leader of a European country that says, "We do not believe that if the Greek people vote "No", they should be forced out of the eurozone, if that is not their wish." I believe all this talk about the...