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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach said that councils should buy properties in circumstances where people are in HAP or RAS tenancies and are faced with eviction. Does that include those on rent supplement? Is it actually going to happen? I ask that because on Monday I sat with a woman, Stephanie, in Springfield in Tallaght. She has four children and is studying psychology in college. She had been given a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government will endorse the civil-society proposal for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty to manage a fair and rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, support workers and communities, and transition rapidly to renewable energy, approaching COP27; if the Government will support the need for additional finance to pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the staff retention issues in several areas including health and education, particularly in Dublin, due to the cost-of-living and housing crisis; the actions that the Government are taking to tackle this issue; and if they are considering an allowance similar to the London weighting allowance (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include industrial school survivors in the redress scheme, which would see them also receive a State pension (contributory) and medical card. [52248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will expand the education fund which was established as part of the redress scheme in 2002, reopening the scheme to include the children of survivors who have previously been denied the funding due to their being “too young” to avail of it at the time. [52249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if industrial school survivors can be recognised as a category of persecuted people, as per the wishes of the survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52250/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: One thing that concerned me was that it was reported a number of months ago in Politico that Ireland was one of the countries that was delaying progress in this regard and that it had expressed general reservations about the idea of this directive. Is that story accurate according to our guests' sources at Council level or whatever? Is it an accurate reflection of the situation that Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: One of the proposals which is most watered down is that to double the level at which this applies, to increase the threshold to 1,000 employees and to increase the relevant turnover to €300 million. I presume such a change would effectively exclude the vast majority of Irish companies. Are our guests aware of the Irish Government taking any position on that matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will pursue the issue of civil liability. Even if civil liability stays as something that is there, which people in theory have the right to access, let us say if there is a corporation based in Ireland that is guilty of gross human rights abuses in Latin America, and we have an indigenous farmer or activist who is trying to pursue justice, at the moment we do not have any legal aid in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: So that could be a possible model. Another major part of attempting to water it down is to exclude pension funds and alternative investment funds like hedge funds. That is very relevant for Ireland, as a centre of finance capital with the IFSC. Could the witnesses outline why it does not make any sense to exclude these companies from responsibility for what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: To clarify that, as long as they can show they did their due diligence at the point of the investment or whatever, they are covered if everything deteriorates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have a question that is probably for Ms Lawlor. One of the interesting points that struck me in the Make it Your Business report is the reference to a study done by Trinity College in 2019. She is listed as being one of the authors of the study, which analysed 60 of the largest firms operating in Ireland. It found that 34% of the publicly listed companies scored zero against every human...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms Lawlor. I have one final point. We are speculating a bit here about the motivation for the Government being a laggard on this issue. The point was made that Ireland is home to a lot of SMEs, but is it not also partly that Ireland is home to a lot of multinational corporations that base themselves here? We have the top five global software companies, 14 of the top 15 medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and their work. This is potentially a very important directive in terms of putting real pressure on companies to respect human rights and the environment. From listening to what the witnesses have said, however, there is a real danger that it will get watered down. Having been in the European Parliament, I have no doubt that an army of...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: For four weeks we have been raising the issue of disconnections for pay-as-you-go customers in the Dáil. What have we got so far from the Government? We have got a lot of spin, yielding some false headlines and false hope for people on prepay meters. These include headlines stating that the Taoiseach had reassured prepay customers they would not be disconnected this winter. When it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: I asked about migrants.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach will meet them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Legally, people cannot cross it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Two weeks ago, in response to me, the Taoiseach denied there is a hard border on this island for many non-EU migrants. I would like him to explain this. I do not understand how he does not accept that for many people from non-EU countries, such as those who are married to UK or Irish nationals, refugees with leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain, asylum seekers and migrant workers,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: A lower top tax rate.