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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: Although I will not be here, I will be voting on it and fighting in Greece against the same austerity agenda. I have confidence in the ability of Deputies Ruth Coppinger and Joe Higgins to talk along the same lines as I do.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Bill that will be discussed tomorrow applies only to debts owed and judgments already given by the court of at least €500. This means that it will take two years of non-payment before the first of two court cases could take place. We are not hiding it from people. We are saying that if the Government remains in power and committed to water charges, court cases could begin at the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: They have missed the deadline.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I had already booked.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is not what I said.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I sat down with their workers.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I heard him say that before.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: He must have said that five times already in this debate.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I have heard it many times before.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: In these amendments we are dealing with the other Bill being rammed through in the pre-existing Bill that has nothing to do with water charges or waste. It is a substantial piece of work which deserves its own process of scrutiny, not the 40 minutes we have been allocated, after which it will be law. The Government is dealing with the fruits of bin charges and the privatisation of waste...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered the job creation potential of removing the extra hours public servants were required to work under the Haddington Road agreement and the filling of those hours by new recruits to the public service. [26128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered reversing the provision that new entrants to the public service have lower pay and conditions than existing staff. [26129/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the independent working group report on asylum seekers that, among other issues, recommends the provision of residency to those who are over five years in direct provision centres and an increase in the weekly allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27088/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: What are the Minister's views on the report of the independent working group on direct provision, which is damning and contains limited recommendations on the provision of residency to those who have been more than five years in direct provision and on an increase in the weekly allowance? Does the Government intend to take on board these recommendations and make those changes?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. Does she agree that the current situation is inhumane and intolerable, as described accurately by the Minister of State? I am sure that she has visited the centres where conditions are inhumane and intolerable. People have no individuality or freedom over what they do in their lives and are dependent on their centres to provide food that may not be of sufficient...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is correct to say that the standard of accommodation and the manner in which asylum seekers are treated varies across Europe. In parts of Europe, people are literally in prison camps. We have something that approximates in some respects to open prison camps. While our conditions are not as bad as those in some other parts of Europe, we should not compare ourselves to the very worst...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on discussions with her counterparts in the European Union regarding the situation facing migrants entering the European Union via the Mediterranean. [27089/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister to report on discussions with her European colleagues on the circumstances facing migrants attempting to enter the European Union via the Mediterranean. I ask the question in the context of the thousands of deaths among those trying to enter the EU, as well as the report on the RTE programme "This Week" broadcast on Sunday last, which obtained a briefing document setting...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister accepts that the number of deaths has decreased since Operation Mare Nostrum was re-instated. It is a search and rescue operation as opposed to an emphasis on border control, which characterised Operation Triton. Does the Minister therefore agree that the cancellation of Operation Mare Nostrum was likely responsible for the deaths of migrants attempting to enter the European...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: Did the Irish Government intervene at the time of the debate around Operation Mare Nostrum to say search and rescue operations should be maintained? The smugglers are obviously dealers in death and should be condemned, but they are not the essential reason people are travelling. People are travelling because they are in conditions of extreme poverty, are desperate and are trying to enter...