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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider to the exceptional humanitarian circumstances and take measures to ensure the safe passage of persons (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17102/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has agreed to pay four weeks redundancy for each year worked to former employees of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will treat this as a valid unsecured creditor claim; the measures he will take to ensure the payment of redundancy to former staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16675/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the type of flood defence works as carried out by South Dublin County Council in Bohernabreena, Dublin 24 following flooding in 2011 (details supplied) in any new arrangements with the insurance industry to provide cover in areas where flood defence works have been carried out, given the difficulties of acquiring...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (22 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received reports or updates from the Garda Commissioner, on investigations within An Garda Síochána, concerning the leaking of information on ongoing Garda investigations to the media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17132/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (22 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has replied to a law firm (details supplied), regarding its concerns about the activities of a British detective in Ireland; if she will set up a public inquiry to investigate the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17131/16]

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: We will be fine without the Labour Party.

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I congratulate the Government on what is an effective act of misdirection. This is a trick of magicians and worthy of Houdini. The Government points to the fiscal space and seeks to have a debate on the crumbs while ignoring the debate about who owns and how to distribute the big massive cake. It is remarkable. The term "fiscal space," which was not used 12 months ago, is now dominant in...

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I may be sharing time with Deputy Bríd Smith - half and half - if she is in the Chamber.

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I meant half each which amounts to five minutes and five minutes. I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I am pretty shocked by the response of the Government and the speech we have just heard. It was not the kind of balanced speech normally heard in the Chamber from the Government when it is defending something about which it feels shamefaced. What Deputies have just heard is an advert in our...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: The history of the European Union is one of defeats in popular votes in Ireland on Nice and Lisbon, in France and the Netherlands on the EU constitution, in Greece last year on the austerity package and now in Britain. Each time, the response of the establishments across Europe was not to question why people rejected the project. Instead, the EU's guiding principle was contained in the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government now take action to refuse to be constrained by the EU rules that amount to an undemocratic and neoliberal straitjacket? I have three specific questions. First, does the Tánaiste accept that the blatant attempt by the European Commission to subvert the outcome of our general election, in other words, to dissolve the people, should be resisted and that this...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Unfortunately, the Tánaiste did not answer my questions. On the fiscal rules on housing, I refer to the agreement between the Government and the Fianna Fáil Party. In the first line of the section on the economy, it states, "Maintain our commitment to meeting in full the domestic and EU fiscal rules as enshrined in law." Let us contrast this commitment with the statement in the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: The European Commission has stated it will seek provisional application of the agreement at the European Council. The Government will have to vote on the proposal.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: I would like to raise two matters. The increase in rent allowance that is being mooted would be welcome relief for those who face losing their homes because rents are out of control. If the housing crisis is to be solved, such an increase must be married with other initiatives. Does the Government have any plans to introduce legislation to deal with the issue of rent control? I suggest...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: He said, "Once this phase is completed, it will have to be ratified by the parties involved, including all 28 EU member states. In Ireland’s case, this will mean a decision of the Houses of the Oireachtas".

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: At that time, the Commission had said it was going to put a proposal for provisional application to the European Council. I understand that would have happened today if it had not been for Brexit. It will happen on the next occasion. Once it is in, the investor state dispute settlement instrument will apply and will continue to apply for three years afterwards even if we later vote against...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice in schools where a child's parents or a young person over 18 years of age opts out of religious instruction; if he will issue guidelines to ensure this right is vindicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18269/16]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: Parents have a constitutional right to opt out of religious instruction for their children in schools, as do school pupils when they reach 18 years. In practice, this right is often only partially vindicated at best. Will the Minister issue guidelines to ensure it is fully vindicated?

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: We stand for the complete separation of church and State and for religious instruction to be carried out separately from schooling and entirely protected from any discrimination by the State. Leaving that aside for a moment, within the current framework, constitutional rights are not simply a matter for the schools concerned because the State has a role in vindicating and upholding...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: While I welcome the Minister's response, choice is not an alternative to equality. Children have a clear right to be educated and people have a right to freedom of religion. An increase in the number of multidenominational schools would be welcome, as would clarity on admission policies, but if choice is available only at the point at which parents choose schools, the position will remain...