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Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: I also refer to the British elections. Ordinary people across Britain are delighted to see the back of the Tories after 14 years which saw corporate profits soar while their waters were polluted by privatised corporations, the number of food banks exploded to an extraordinary level and child poverty increased. As has been said, Keir Starmer seems determined to say little will change either...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: An Post is pursing a privatisation agenda. Tallaght post office, along with five others, is on the chopping block. This will mean that one of the busiest post offices in the State will be closed down. The workers will be forcibly redeployed elsewhere and the community will be left with a much-reduced service in a smaller post office in a different location. I have raised this again and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Senator Gavan asked whether there would be an explosion of youth unemployment were there to be an abolition of sub-minimum wage rates and Ms McCabe said absolutely. Does she stand over that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: That relates to an increase in the minimum wage generally as opposed to in this area. To quote from the Low Pay Commission, it stated: The ... most common argument was that increasing or abolishing sub minimum youth rates might increase youth unemployment. This argument was made by Ibec, Retail Ireland, the VFI, the IHF, the CSNA and ISME. It goes on to state "none of the submissions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: I ask the witnesses from the ESRI to comment. Do they think there would be an explosion of youth unemployment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: We should be paying them really.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: If I can ask something of Mandate, the point was being made about the impact on mental health - the idea being that these sub-minimum wage rates are good for young people because it means that more of them are in employment and that has a positive impact on their mental health. In terms of Mr. Mannion's interaction with young workers, what is the impact on their mental health of being paid a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Can I keep going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: I have a question to ISME. It relates to the comment about being in loco parentis. It is, in my opinion, a patronising approach that these people are not doing real work when they are employed to do real work. They can be asked to do real work and many of them are asked to do real work. I am interested in Mr. McDonnell's response. According to ISME's opening statement: ... to give a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Returning to Mr. McDonnell and this argument of whether they are discriminatory or not, we obviously acknowledge they are not illegal and they are lawful. He made the comparison with the legal voting age, the age to stand for the Dáil, the age to buy alcohol or to drive, etc. He is not accepting, however, that we are talking in those circumstances about an age before which people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Mr. McDonnell is asking for the right to treat them less than. He is asking that he continue to be allowed to pay them less than the minimum wage. Nothing we are doing here is stopping people getting more for higher experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Mr. McDonnell does at least agree that the sub-minimum wage rates for 18- and 19-year-olds should be abolished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: The arguments Mr. McDonnell just made do not apply to 18- and 19-year-olds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: It seems to me that many of the arguments Mr. McDonnell makes, in responding to Deputy Stanton, are about experience. The point has been made repeatedly that I could lose my seat in the next general election, walk into a petrol station, look for a job, not be particularly good at it for the first couple of weeks and need training, but I would not legally be allowed to be paid less than the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Mr. McDonnell might be disappointed. I might incur a lot of supervision. I want to go back to Dr. Redmond to explore what I believe is a important issue, namely, the EU directive on adequate minimum wages. I do not know to what degree he is qualified to speak about it, but it changes the whole pitch in terms of this issue. While it is legal to have different minimum wage rates, they have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the peace summit he attended in Switzerland. [27046/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: First, I express my horror and outrage at the attack on civilian infrastructure and specifically the attack on the children's hospital in Kyiv by the Russian military. It is absolutely horrendous to see the pictures from that hospital. It certainly seems to be a clear war crime by the Putin regime. In relation to the summit, this was heralded as a peace summit. Obviously, though, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: What action has the Taoiseach taken to implement the all-island rail review? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, transport emissions increased again last year. To reach the legally binding target for transport, they must fall 12% this year and by 12% next year. It is very likely that this simply will not happen and then the cut from 2026 to 2030 will have to be even...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the shared island initiative by his Department. [28204/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government makes a commitment to hold a referendum on housing. The time of this Government is coming to an end one way or another. It is simply a matter of months before the next election. The Housing Commission went off and proposed wording which states: 1°: The State recognises that having a home is of fundamental importance to quality of life and that access to...