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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: My point basically is that the group is against enhancing workers' redundancy. Quelle surprise. The body is overwhelmingly made up of employers' representatives and its mandate is explicitly not anything to do with workers' rights and protecting workers' rights. In fact, legally it has to come up with advice that promotes enterprise, facilitates commerce and encourages commercial probity....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Okay. No problem. Turning to SOLAS, after more than a year of strike action and so on, all the workers got out of it was a €3 million training fund. That is not the fault of SOLAS. How much of that has been drawn down so far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: So the vast majority has not been drawn down. When does that come to an end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Any money that is not spent by that point goes into an overall pot of the National Training Fund and the Debenhams fund is -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: Can Mr. Smith indicate how many applications have been turned down because they do not meet the criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: That is certainly what the reply to the parliamentary question suggests. How much does SOLAS estimate will be drawn down by the time we come to the end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Protection of Employees’ Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Smith.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: There was an important meeting between the EU and NATO in January and an EU-NATO co-operation agreement was signed on 10 January. One of the crucial points within it is as follows: NATO remains the foundation of collective defence for its Allies and essential for Euro Atlantic security. We recognise the value of a stronger and more capable European defence that contributes positively to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: When Deputy Varadkar became Taoiseach again, he spoke about his vision to make Ireland the best country in Europe to be a child. The point has been made about hot school meals and the substantial impact that can have on children. Why is at least one school, and presumably others, in one of the most disadvantaged areas of the country having its entitlement to hot school meals removed? That...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 23. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department, focusing on child poverty. [4419/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: On Saturday, there was a horrendous attack on homeless migrants living in tents in Ashtown. They were attacked using dogs, baseball bats and sticks because of they are migrants. It is the horrifying consequence of the spread of far-right, racist, divisive and hateful ideas and organisations. Last night, far-right activists were claiming to have burnt down a building. A building was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: We have plenty of spruce though. We have loads of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [3077/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee that deals with immigration and integration will next meet. [4429/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the proposed running order of citizens’ assemblies. [4418/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask if the Taoiseach will listen to the citizens' assemblies when they report. We establish them and they make recommendations on the basis of the evidence that they hear. For example, will the Taoiseach listen to the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss in the context of the Gresham House deal? Will the Taoiseach listen to them when they say that State-owned woodland should...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought a meeting with the Iranian ambassador in regard to executions committed by the Iranian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4439/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out a comparison between the benefits in relation to the €100 million EV charging plan announced recently and the potential benefits of investing that money into the public transport system stopping its reliance on fossil fuels, increasing the number of routes available and making it free for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that those who have been approved to offer their homes to Ukrainian families through the Government scheme under current guidelines are not guaranteed that the Government and/or local authority will take responsibility for the gas and electric utility bills if the family are unable...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legal Services Regulation (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Murphy: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 18 January 2023, if she will confirm that if a person had not instituted legal proceedings before 1 July 2017, the “new” redress provisions will apply to them; and if not, the reason therefore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4048/23]