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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: This question is about the corporate sustainability due diligence directive. It is potentially very important European legislation that would make corporations responsible for human rights abuses, labour rights abuses, environmental abuses and consumer rights abuses throughout their supply chain. Unfortunately, it is being subject to intense lobbying by big corporations to try to water it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. It is good to hear the Government opposed the watering-down that happened at the latest European Council meeting. Reuters reported that at an earlier stage in the negotiations the Government indicated it wanted to exclude asset managers and institutional investors from the scope and that it said in a submission it could not signal its agreement to including...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I hope the Parliament will adopt a strong position and in trilogue this will be strengthened again and the financial sector will be brought back in. If not, that creates a danger, as the Minister of State himself pointed out, of a patchwork of different regulations in different countries. That is against the whole purpose of the EU and also creates pressure for a race to the bottom because...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: There have been campaigns for years by groups that represent more than 500,000 retired workers. It is 18 months since the Bill passed Second Stage in the House, but the Minister of State is just saying that we will have a consultation. Does he accept it is a problem that six months after a person who has paid into an occupational pension scheme for all his or her working life retires, that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I definitely did listen.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I heard exactly what the Minister of State said earlier. He just repeated it. The essence of it is that the Department is going to explore the matter to see if we can help. That is great. Some 18 months after this was brought very firmly to his attention, the Minister of State has indicated that the Department must see if there is anything it can do. The Minister of State indicated that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is coming.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want the Minister of State to have an answer. The problem is he does not even intend to have an answer.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to support measures to grant greater rights of representation for retired workers groups and specifically proposed measures to give them access to the Workplace Relations Commission and rights to consultation prior to any changes to their pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62118/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pensions Reform (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is now a year and a half since our Bill on provisions in respect of pension entitlements for retired workers passed Second Stage in the Dáil. The Bill states that retired workers cannot be ignored and have their pension pots raided without consultation. It passed Second Stage, but the Government put a 12-month stay on its progress in order to have a consultation period. We are now...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Council recently adopted a negotiating position on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive to allow member states to exclude banks and investment funds from the scope of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that former workers in a company (details supplied) have established that the company planned its tactical liquidation a year before workers were sacked; if the attention of the Government was drawn to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had discussions with the management in a company (details supplied) regarding recent reports of workers being invited to take unpaid leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62117/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of biomethane injection points by Gas Networks Ireland; if he will provide an outline of the planned injection point locations; the capacity of those injection points; the climate risks that have been identified with the sources of feed for anaerobic digestors; and the risks that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to extend the fresh start principle for home loans with local authorities, to ensure that it is also offered to those whose mortgages were bought by vulture funds and are now trapped on high interest rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the current loophole in the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010 which permits hunting of deer with one dog should be removed as it is being exploited to engage in carted deer hunting. [61999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct a school (details supplied) to revoke its decision to refuse an admission form, thereby allowing a student to be admitted, given the extenuating circumstances.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those on illness benefit for less than 12 months were not included in the category of persons who get an additional week's benefit for Christmas. [61777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a document produced by a representative body (details supplied); and if he will urgently review this document and engage with the body in relation to its requests. [62240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Murphy: 483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline whether she agrees that the requirement for a visa for Colombians to travel to Ireland should be lifted, considering that Ireland is the only EU country which continues to have this requirement and Britain has recently dropped the visa requirement. [62153/22]