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Ceisteanna - Questions: Council of Europe (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Council of Europe has found that Ireland is in breach of its labour rights obligations. In its conclusions, the European Committee of Social Rights stated that the situation in Ireland is not in conformity with Article 4.1 of the European Social Charter on the ground that the minimum wage paid to workers of 18 and 19 years of age does not ensure a decent standard of living. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [26167/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The NRP deals with climate action and the environment. I want to ask the Taoiseach what would it take for this Government to reverse its disastrous course on data centres and reject the policy of consciously seeking to attract what is the digital toxic waste of the 21st century. We have an incredible situation, unparalleled anywhere else in the world, whereby data centres are using up more...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: Would we know how much goes onto the algorithm? Can we open the black box?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cross-Border Co-operation (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Shared Island Dialogue all-island women's forum civic initiative. [28613/23]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cross-Border Co-operation (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach said a couple of months ago that "I’ve been asked many times, can we make contributions to important infrastructure projects, like for example, the A5? Are there things we can do to the Shared Island fund? And the answer is yes". How far does that go in terms of contributions the Irish Government is willing to make to assist people in the North with the problems they...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cross-Border Co-operation (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: We might not have 12,000 homeless.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cross-Border Co-operation (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: We might not have 100,000 on hospitals waiting lists.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: It is almost a year since the Government received the report of the working group to examine defects in housing. Laid out in the report is a shocking tale of builders cutting corners and using loopholes inserted by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in terms of self-certification with devastating consequences for apartment and duplex owners. The report suggests that a majority of apartments and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: I appreciate that the Minister of State is not the line Minister, but he did say he appreciated the opportunity to update the House on this important matter. He did not really provide that much of an update, however, apart from the fact, which we know from The Irish Times, that the code of practice, which has been referred to previously in the Dáil, is being developed. What is worrying...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: He charges them for uniforms.

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: He charges them for uniforms.

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy would not know that.

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: This is extremely simple. There is nothing complicated here. There is no need to wait for a year or get a load of reports. This is extremely simple. We need to end the situation whereby young people are discriminated against on the basis of their age. We need to end the situation where they are super-exploited while, legally, the Government is saying it is okay. We need to end the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about an issue arising from information I gathered from parliamentary questions to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, which reveal a significant delay in the roll-out of smart meters for people who have solar panels installed in their homes. More than 1,000 families are waiting up to four months for a smart meter and close to 1,000 have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [28611/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: The way that the workers at Tara Mines have been treated is utterly disgraceful. They found out that they are to be temporarily - they do not know for how long - laid off yesterday. Some of them found out through watching the Nine O'Clock News that, effectively, they will be left without pay. The company says it is due to a variety of factors in terms of zinc prices, inflation, energy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [28612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees that the best interest of a child (details supplied), whose passport application was denied due to their father's student status, was absent in the decision-making process; and if he will ensure that this application is reconsidered. [28267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the public transport issues in the Knocklyon area; if he will ensure that adequate transport is provided, looking at frequency of busses and the routes that service the area; and if, given the huge increase in residential estates built in the area and the need to supply locals with access to routes, he agrees that...