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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister’s industrialised farming system does not work for ordinary farm families. Almost half of farms in this country have an income of less than €10,000. The Minister’s industrialised farming system works for Greencore, Kerry Group, Goodman and the big dairy farmers, but it does not work for others. The figures are there in Teagasc. Instead of incentivising and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to support small farmers who are being squeezed out by large agri-business. [38532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote organic farming for local consumption and direct farmers' markets. [38533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to promote afforestation and biodiversity. [38534/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (14 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its calls for greater co-ordination and planning, stronger communications and engagement with civil society organisations meeting the needs of people fleeing Ukraine and the communities in which they now live; and if he will make a statement on the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Lobbying Reform (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: As a member of Fine Gael, does it trouble the Minister of State that Uber wrote a section of its election manifesto in 2016? Does he know if that is the case and, if so, does it trouble him? Does it trouble him that Mr. John Moran, a former political insider and Secretary General of the Department of Finance, was boasting to Uber about how he could effectively bypass the regular registered...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Lobbying Reform (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: This is about Uber. I pay tribute to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for its excellent work in publishing the Uber leaks. It revealed a major corporation, valued at $44 billion, setting itself up as a disrupter, a modern company and so on, but in reality pursuing the old, tried and tested methods of major capitalist corporations. One, it highlighted major...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 7, to delete line 34, and substitute the following: “offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, maximum of twelve months’ imprisonment or both.”. This grouping is crucial in terms of the penalty for a breach of this legislation. The current proposal is for a class C fine of €2,500. That is...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 19: In page 7, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(9) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or both.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 20: In page 8, to delete lines 1 and 2.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 22: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “(iii) an employer who contravenes paragraphs (a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or both.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 24: In page 8, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(3) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine, a maximum of five years’ imprisonment or both.”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 25: In page 8, line 21, to delete “a notice” and substitute “notices”. This is the last substantial grouping of amendments. The key amendment is No. 26, which proposes that it is not sufficient to have one notice displaying the policy, as is currently the case under the Bill, but that as many notices as are required to be clearly visible...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, lines 21 and 22, to delete “by an electronic mode of payment” and substitute “, including by an electronic mode of payment”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, line 35, after “fair” to insert the following: “or in considering on foot of a workplace inspection whether or not a distribution under subsection (1) of tips or gratuities to an employee is fair”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 11: In page 7, to delete lines 3 and 4.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 12: In page 7, line 5, to delete “and influence”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, line 11, after “distributed” to insert the following: “where such an agreement is deemed to have been negotiated fairly with employees and is not itself manifestly unfair, it shall take precedence over other factors and circumstances”.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I hear what the Tánaiste is saying and I do not dispute it. It is overwhelmingly likely that the majority of tip theft occurs on electronic payments. It is much easier for that to happen. The vast majority of bills these days are probably paid by cards rather than cash. However, the theft of cash tips definitely still happens, and the Tánaiste has acknowledged that. He...

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(1A) (a) An employer to which this section applies shall, within 6 months of the entry into force of this Act, negotiate an agreement with employees providing for tips or gratuities to be distributed in a fair manner. (b) An agreement under subsection (a) can be reviewed upon the request of...