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Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: That is fine. I was in touch with the Ceann Comhairle's office to-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Sure. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will speak about the implications of the judgment.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will. There was no allegation or charge against the boy of any violence, and he was recognised by the judge as having led a blameless life. However, he was found guilty of false imprisonment because he sat in front of a car and encouraged others to do so, he participated in a slow march, he used a megaphone to chant "No way, we won't pay" and he momentarily stood in Deputy Joan Burton's...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am not asking the Taoiseach-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Sure.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Okay. In the boy's trial, his barrister argued that to find him guilty would be a recipe for totalitarianism-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am not doing so.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Okay. I will quote Jimmy Kelly, the leader of a trade union in this country, namely, Unite.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: He said that this judgment could "effectively criminalise democratic protest, and [this could] have very serious implications for our democracy". This goes far beyond this particular case or those of others facing pending trials next year or even the anti-water charges movement as a whole. It strikes at a very core of democracy and the right of people to protest. The dramatic broadening of...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: There is a contradiction in the Taoiseach's answer. He said that peaceful protest has always been permitted, but then went on to say that the blocking of a public road may not be. The blocking of public roads has often been a part of peaceful protest. If a protest goes down a road, generally the people behind are impeded in their progress. The Taoiseach was met by sit down protesters in...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: -----over the use of Shannon Airport in the past.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Are the cases I outlined, which involve the blocking of roads and acts of civil disobedience as part of effective protest to be allowed or not? Not only not allowed, but are they to be prosecuted with one of the most serious possible charges in the State, that of false imprisonment. What has happened is a threat to the right to protest. On the basis of the evidence presented, that was all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier, EU chief Brexit negotiator. [30629/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: On the letters being sent by IDA Ireland to 1,200 British companies, the talk of Mr. Seán Kelly, Fine Gael MEP, in the European Parliament last week about reducing the rate of corporation tax, the various attempts being made to get the European Medical Agency to relocate to Ireland and the idea of banking regulation, are these indications that the Government is prepared to engage in a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: He wants to get his question answered.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will share time with Deputies Gino Kenny and Mick Barry. There has been a lot of talk about compassion this evening; compassion offered by politicians from the establishment parties responsible for the eighth amendment and compassion offered to the brave women who speak out about their experiences of travelling abroad to access abortions. It is an improvement on the shame offered to them...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Even the Labour Party supports the Bill.