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Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: We need to ban these kinds of unpaid, scam internships which are undermining real jobs. We need investment in real jobs and decent apprenticeship schemes with real qualifications for workers. We also see it in the food service industry. The multibillion euro company Aramark, according to the website, is looking for seven unpaid JobBridge interns to be so-called food service associates...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

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Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

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Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: This company will have unpaid staff, subsidised by the State, working there and then will be paid by the State. Those workers will be responsible for preparing and serving food, and washing dishes and the company will not pay a single cent. Again, the workers will just get €3.43 per hour in a welfare top-up from the State. This is not just happening in our hospitals. I could name a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the proposal for so-called special education centres. He said earlier that there is a problem with the language around them. Will the Government take the passport express approach of just changing what it is called but keeping the substance? The problem is not just the language but the substance. Parents are rightly fearful this so-called interim...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is granted pay parity with other laboratory colleagues that they have been seeking for 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26950/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: My question relates to medical scientists, who were on strike last week, on Tuesday and today and who then called off the strike to enter into discussions with the Department of Health and the HSE. We debated this yesterday morning in the House with our motion. Does the Minister agree the expert group recommendations should be implemented and that these workers should get equal pay for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: As a general point, many of these workers were in the Public Gallery yesterday watching the debate, and the Government line, which is the usual Government line, suggested it has nothing to do with the issue. The Minister stated he wants to resolve the dispute without interference from the Government and so on, but that is as though the Government is not a party to the dispute. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The third question was whether the Minister accepts that if this is to be resolved, it will have to be resolved outside of the framework of Building Momentum. The strike was not just about pay equality, although that was the dominant issue, but also about a lack of people coming into the profession and a lack of clear career progression. There are very few roles beyond that of medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Quality (26 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for ventilation in hospitals to be examined to ensure the safety of nurses and midwives in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26949/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I raise the issue of bogus self-employment, which leaves many workers without their rights and costs the State up to €1 billion a year in lost tax revenue. The use of test cases to determine the employment status of large groups of workers by the Social Welfare Appeals Office has facilitated this abuse. There is no legal basis for categorising employment status purely based on...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I pay tribute to the medical scientists in the Public Gallery and the thousands of medical scientists who are not in the Gallery but back at work again on the front line. It is interesting that our motion and the Government's countermotion refer to the medical scientists as the "hidden heroes" of the health service. No matter what happens, after the vote tonight, the Dáil will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Income Inequality (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State has spoken about the redistributive power of our tax system. I am not sure whether he noticed the Oxfam wealth report, which shows that the billionaires have got 55% richer over the course of the last two years while 700,000 people are living in deprivation. It is not much of a redistributive power if the wealth continues to funnel upwards while inequality continues to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Income Inequality (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Oxfam for the annual report it publishes in the run-up to Davos highlighting the obscene and growing wealth inequality in our world. This year's report is entitled Profiting from Pain and it shows how billionaires have, quite literally, profited from the pain of ordinary people. One thing the report highlights, which the Government does not like to talk about, is the fact that while...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doses of paxlovid that are available for the high-risk population of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request his Department to make cariban available through the drugs payment scheme and the medical card as soon as possible, ensuring that the drug is licensed for use in Ireland; if he will plan for reimbursement for those who have had to pay for it to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26789/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (25 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: In evidence to the committee on 11 May, Mr. Oliver O’Connor, chief executive of the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, expressed the view that a waiver on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS, would not improve the Covid-19 response in Africa because in his opinion, "there are more vaccines available than the African countries are...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Wage (24 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to new research by an organisation (details supplied) which shows that the value of the social wage for full-time workers in Ireland is exceptionally low by European Union standards; if he has considered this research; and his views in relation to a social wage in Ireland. [25930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (24 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of payments that have been made to approved housing bodies under payment and availability agreements; and the length of time in months for each payment by each local authority in tabular form. [25881/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (24 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised issues with their sentence of the death penalty with the Saudi authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/22]