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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts Data (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: 1716. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual cost to her Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide services, such as consultancy work, recruitment services and other outsourced services, for example cleaning, catering and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32710/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts Data (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: 1717. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual cost to her Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide public services, for example, waste collection, motorway toll operators, public transport such as Veolia-LUAS and private bus companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32719/15]

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: For us, the Bill marks a big step forward for LGBTQ equality in Ireland. The referendum was an opportunity for people across Ireland - and they took it - to say they opposed discrimination and homophobia. The referendum was held because of pressure from campaigning groups and the vote was won because of activists who had worked tirelessly over the years on the issue, Marriage Equality, the...

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: Before the break, I was making the point about the movement that developed, in reality from below, in the course of the referendum campaign, but also before the referendum campaign, for marriage equality, but also for LGBTQ rights generally and an end to homophobia. A reflection of that was the very significant numbers who registered to vote in the run-up to the referendum who were likely to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Migrant Issues (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have discussed the refugee crisis in Hungary with the Hungarian authorities. [32396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the use of tear gas, water cannon and other crowd control measures by the Hungarian authorities on Serbian territory. [32397/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Policy (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with European Union counterparts on the refugee crisis. [32398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli police force in occupied East Jerusalem. [32399/15]

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: The context of the discussion of this Bill is the damage done to the image of the Garda Síochána by various scandals, including the whistleblower and penalty points scandals, and ongoing and blatant political policing. What we have is an attempt to make policing look like something that it is not and giving the impression that we have some form of independent and democratic control...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: My comments relate to the Bill. The point is that we do not have democratic accountability for the Garda, nor is such accountability proposed. If we are to avoid the types of incidents I have highlighted, we must have democratic accountability at a national and community level. This means having working class communities and ordinary people take charge of policing resources and priorities...

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: What is the Tánaiste's point?

Order of Business (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: I wish to ask about the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 which is to deal with section 37 of the Employment Equality Act. At the time of the successful marriage equality referendum, the Government made reference to dealing with this. When the Anti-Austerity Alliance Private Members' Bill passed Second Stage, it was mentioned that this would be prioritised. The Minister of...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: I was speaking about the reportage of the so-called Operation Mizen within the Garda surveillance of anti-water-charge protestors. The issue seemed so serious to us, as the Anti-Austerity Alliance, that in the context of the Dáil not sitting, we wrote to the Minister for Justice and Equality to ask a number of questions. For example, we asked if she was aware that the Garda unit was in...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is no problem.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: What allegations?

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: Does the Deputy believe the leaks to the media were appropriate?

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy spoke about being innocent until proven guilty.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Farrell just said I was innocent until proven guilty.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: Read the transcript. That was not what I was doing.

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. Often one hears people talking about victimless crimes. When this Government talks about the crisis of homelessness, it does so as if it were a "criminalless" crime. The impression is given that while the massive crime of homelessness exists, nobody really knows who is responsible. We know who are the victims of the housing crisis....