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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (14 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the Bills relevant to his Department he intends to re-initiate from the previous Dáil Éireann; the Bills his Department is anticipating to introduce in the coming sessions; to provide a previous timescale for each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15311/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees with the policy of publicly funded greyhound stadiums being managed in such a way that they can be closed for private functions and are not open to the public on these occasions. [15993/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the reform of Seanad Éireann. [15860/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Obviously, we campaigned for abolition of the Seanad, but we did not win that referendum; the people voted to retain it. When they look at the Seanad today, full of former Deputies who failed to be re-elected to this House, many of whom said they would never enter the Seanad if they failed to be re-elected, most of them, including those who voted to retain the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with religious leaders since the general election. [15861/16]

Other Questions: Trade Relations (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Yes, with mass trials.

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15837/16]

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: This question is about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, negotiations. The Minister’s predecessor was one of the hawks in Europe on it. Considering recent leaks about the TTIP negotiations and the public statements in the US that show Europe should beware that the US is trying to export its failed regulatory model, does the Minister consider the Government's...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister consider the manner in which the negotiations are being carried out is at all problematic? In particular, there is the fact we need a leak from Greenpeace to see what is in the text and the fact Members of the European Parliament have to go into a closed room with no note-taking facilities in order to see the texts that have been negotiated. That should ring alarm bells...

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I again ask whether the Minister is concerned that the precautionary principle is clearly under threat in negotiations and the European side does not seem to be defending it. I make the point that regulatory coherence is often presented as some very technical thing. Regulatory coherence is precisely about whether we have GM foods - they are regulations. When it comes to mutual recognition...

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Our Bill for next week was ruled out of order.

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: We would welcome the placing of the Parole Board on a statutory footing and making it independent of the Government. We welcome the Bill's intention to have clarity and transparency on the decisions to grant parole to those serving long sentences. A more transparent and structured parole system would assist in the rehabilitation of prisoners by giving an incentive for good conduct and...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: What about Greyhound? Is Greyhound covered?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Do not avoid the Greyhound question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the meeting of the last British-Irish Council. [17155/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I appreciate that the establishment in this country is extremely nervous about the prospect of Brexit, as is the core part of the establishment in Britain. That is reflected in the desperation of the Government and its increasing intervention in the referendum. It is the Taoiseach's right to intervene in that debate and I would do likewise if I were in his position. Does the Taoiseach not...

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will speak for five minutes, during which time 125 people will be forcibly displaced from their homes, according to the UN report published yesterday, as a result of persecution, conflict, generalised violence and human rights violations. They will form part of the 65.3 million people who have been forcibly displaced worldwide, a 50% increase over the space of only five years. So many...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I have not spoken yet.

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Government would like this to be a debate about pay-by-weight because that currently is the favoured method of the Government to green austerity measures and that is what it does. However, this is not a debate about pay-by-weight in the abstract; it is about how people over the past month or so have received letters explaining to them - without spelling it out fully - that they would...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union following the referendum scheduled for 23 June 2016 with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron. [14458/16]