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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on measures he has taken in monitoring compliance with workplace legislation in the fishing industry, with particular reference to migrant labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41851/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: I am sure the Minister is aware of the cases of gross exploitation and slave-like conditions of undocumented migrant workers in the fishing industry in Ireland, exposed by The Guardian. The Minister was asked about this issue almost two and half years ago by Deputy Joe Higgins. He referred to it as a contention and the International Transport Federation has done much work on it. What...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: Why did the Government do nothing about this matter two and a half years ago when it was first raised in the Dáil? At that time, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, referred to the allegations as "a contention" and added that the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, had pointed out that "because a person may elect not to abide by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: -----by owners. The question is clear. Why did the Government not do anything about this two and a half years ago? Why did it sit on it when workers were denied freedom of movement, subjected to sleep deprivation, exposed to dangerous work practices and so forth?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Government should be ashamed of the fact that it did not do something about this sooner. In terms of the task force, why was the International Transport Workers Federation, ITF, not involved, given that it has been doing work on this issue for years? Mr. Ken Fleming, in particular, has been trying to expose these practices for a long time. The Departments involved in the task force...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between the European Union and Canada; the status of the agreement's investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism; if the mechanism will threaten the right of European governments to regulate in the interests of workers, consumers, and the environment; and if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: What is the status of the CETA agreement between the EU and Canada? In particular, I would like to ask about the ISDS within the agreement. I refer the Minister to his comments a few weeks ago when he assured us that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, agreement will not contain a similar ISDS. Is it not the case that US corporations will be able to use the ISDS under...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree the ISDS under CETA is more expansive than that proposed under TTIP, presuming that deal is concluded? Does he further agree it is at least as expansive, if not more expansive, than that under the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA? Does he acknowledge that NAFTA and the ISDS mechanism have made Canada the most sued state in the world, resulting in damages of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: The ISDS is in place to defend the right of corporations to profit and to say that any interference with that right to profit under the expansive fair and equitable treatment and legitimate expectations provisions constitutes something that they can then sue a state for huge amounts. That can be workers' rights such as in the case of Veolia suing Egypt for increasing the minimum wage;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: 92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the reformed approach advocated by the European Union for investment protection in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations changes the fundamentals of an approach which enshrines corporate access to justice ahead of that of ordinary citizens. [41853/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given correspondence showing a company offering a training rate of pay below the minimum wage, if he is aware of the prevalence of this practice; the steps he is taking to monitor compliance with minimum wage legislation; the number of cases that have been investigated by his Department in the past three years; and if his Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (26 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an exemption from motor tax for blood motor bicycles, a volunteer service that transports blood between hospitals but which is not able to avail of the motor tax exemption available to ambulances, as such an exemption would bring the treatment of the service in line with the approach of other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there was any investigation within her Department regarding a surveillance programme within An Garda Síochána named Operation Mizen; the approach taken by An Garda Síochána to surveillance of protesters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42694/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister to make a statement about Operation Mizen, which was reported in the Daily Mail as a surveillance operation against anti-water charges protesters. We have asked a number of questions about it and the answers we have received have been more interesting for what they have not said than what they have said. The Minister has denied this is a surveillance operation but she has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is pretty much word for word the answer the Minister gave my colleague, Deputy Joe Higgins, a few weeks ago and while it may be true, what is interesting is what has not been included in it. I seek clarification from the Minister. She said one of the approaches adopted involves making use of open source information. What other approaches are used by the Garda to monitor protesters?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: My questions were clear, so why is the Minister refusing to answer the simple questions that arise following the answers she has now given on three occasions? Are members of the public or public representatives subject to any form of surveillance by Operation Mizen or the Garda as a result of participating in anti-water charges protests? The Minister referred to one of the approaches...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: Why not answer the question? In fairness, that is quite suspicious.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to tackle the discrimination faced by members of the Traveller community; if she will support the establishment of a Traveller agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if whales and dolphins in Ireland's 200 nautical-mile exclusive economic zone are adequately protected under the European Union habitats directive and national legislation, given the four super trawlers currently fishing in this area; and if observers from his Department or other State agencies are observing the impact of the super...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 299. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any super trawlers have been boarded for inspection by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority or by the Irish Naval Service this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42959/15]