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Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste's arguments in favour of sick pay and why it is good are all arguments for allowing workers to have sick pay for the days they are sick. That is the bottom line. They are also arguments in favour of amendment No. 18 which proposes to decrease the limits on the actual number of days. If we were lucky enough to have a left Government - hopefully one with an eco-socialist...

Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, to delete lines 23 to 25. We welcome that we are here tonight to introduce a right to statutory sick leave, which is positive. It is a shame that it took a global pandemic to get Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil there, but here we are. This amendment aims to make sick leave a real and substantial reality for workers from the word go, as opposed to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: It goes back to the permitted use.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is familiar with the case of Pat and Nuala Geoghegan, who have for more than 25 years been highlighting serious concerns about the health and environmental impacts of the Aughinish Alumina plant neighbouring their farm. They have raised serious questions over a previous investigation into this in the late 1990s, in particular highlighting 18 medical samples that mysteriously...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The shared island we stand for is a secular and socialist island. An essential point of that is no involvement of the church in terms of healthcare and education. That is a very basic thing yet the Government signed an agreement and lease with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, where the first line of the constitution literally is about the mission of Mary Aikenhead, who was the founder of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the vision for the shared island dialogue in the wake of the Assembly elections. [24778/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Will the Taoiseach back the growing calls for debt relief for Ukraine? Even the US Congress has now backed calls for suspending all debt service payments by Ukraine and for debt relief. Ireland has reportedly given around €20 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine but the Ukrainians are spending 300 times that amount, or €6 billion, this year just servicing their odious debt....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the new Cabinet subcommittee that is dealing with Ukrainian refugees will next meet. [21866/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach described this as a long-standing issue. For workers suffering because of low pay, 21 years is very long-standing when we have an expert group recommendation that is simply not being implemented. There has been a passing of the buck throughout this whole process. When the MLSA negotiate with the HSE, the HSE states the problem is it cannot get the money from the Department of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Does the Taoiseach agree the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform should be present at the WRC?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: This morning, I visited the picket line of medical scientists at Tallaght University Hospital. They are among the more than 2,000 members of the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association, MLSA, who are on strike today. By the way, the public support for them and the support from patients were quite overwhelming. These are the hidden heroes of our health service. They are the people who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a family reunion visa (details supplied) which was made on 4 January 2022; and if she will request her Department to expedite this application given the circumstances.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25078/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Mulligan for his presentation. The concluding part of the opening statement refers to all the positives: the positive economic, spatial, environmental, cultural and societal change for our country, increased participation, attracting and retaining talent etc. There is also the report published by the Department this morning, which points to an average of €413 a year in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The trade unions are also on board with the positive things here. When Mr. Mulligan talks about the balance in this, he is talking about business interests and business owners not being in favour of doing this. There is not much balance there. If you give the right of refusal to employers, you have not really given much of a right to workers. Workers can ask their employers for things...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: What or where are those limits? When Mr. Mulligan says there are limits, I want to know what those limits are so we know what we are dealing with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: The State legislates for very many aspects of workers' conditions in work. Employers could make the case that minimum wage legislation is a restriction on their constitutional right to private property and right to run their businesses as they like. Clearly, however, it is largely accepted that that would not be accepted. There is clearly an accepted level of intervention on the part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I am just asking, though, what the bottom-line advice is, as opposed to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Can I ask one final question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: Mr. Mulligan talked about looking at the grounds for refusal. Is he considering getting rid of the blanket business grounds for refusal?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (17 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in line with increases in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24512/22]