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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 15: In page 6, line 22, to delete "The order first" and substitute "An order". This is an amendment to ensure that the number of sick days, as it is changed as it goes on, can only be increased as opposed to decreased on the basis of developments. We should come in with the number of sick days that are required but if we are to have a situation where it changes over...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: This flies in the face of the assurances the Minister of State is giving us that we are going up to ten, that there is no problem and that this all has to be here but the Opposition should not worry as this will happen barring extraordinary circumstances. Why not have a one-way ratcheting system? At present, it is the first order. We cannot go below three days but, apart from that, we...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 6, to delete lines 29 and 30.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 20: In page 7, line 4, after "day" to insert "equivalent to 100 per cent of an employee’s pay". This amendment and the others in the group would increase the level of sick pay to 100%. They propose to get rid of the arbitrary 70% up to €110 per day, which is what is contained in the Bill. Many of the workers that will be affected by this are minimum...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, to delete lines 5 to 19.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: There has been a lot of discussion today about balance and now, on Committee Stage, the Minister of State is decimating, literally cutting by 90%, the penalty for the employer. In terms of the balance of risk and reward for an employer not abiding by this legislation and not providing the sick pay required, and the employee having to go through all of the steps to prove that and then get a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process that governs decisions in relation to the use of Office of Public Works sites by local community groups; if a decision has been made to not facilitate a group (details supplied) with the use of St. Enda’s Park; and if so, the basis for same. [21826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cybersecurity Policy (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the allegations which have been named CatalanGate; his views that there needs to be an official enquiry into this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22224/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure a safe evacuation for civilians in relation to the civilians in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol city which has been surrounded by Russian troops and the difficulties faced creating a humanitarian corridor to allow these people to escape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the full comprehensive review which was published in 2000 by her Department which recommended radical reform of the Coroner Service nationally; the actions that have been taken by her Department to carry out this reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22219/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the figures that have been collected on the prevalence of long Covid among those who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Ireland; and if the figures will be published. [21662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide public funding for IVF in 2023 (details supplied); the amount of funding that is being provided; the persons that will be eligible to access this treatment; and if treatment will be available within the public system rather than being outsourced to private operators. [21930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (4 May 2022)

Paul Murphy: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an alternative that can be offered to a person who is being advised by the HSE that they must put their house up for the fair deal scheme to cover the cost of their partner going into a nursing home, given that the person who needs care did not contribute financially towards the home, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an assurance to trade unions that public sector pay increases will be at least in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ukraine War (28 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that public funds are made available for the additional public services posts and resources needed to meet the needs of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cost of Living Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional measures he will take to reduce the cost of living for workers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (28 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that pay increases and other measures are implemented across the public and private sectors to ensure workers' take-home pay is kept at least in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on recent reports that he is considering increasing payments to building contractors on fixed-price public works contracts; if he will provide assurances that he will not agree to increase prices payable on building contracts beyond what has already been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20849/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: It has been reported by The Ditch website that former Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, agreed to lease land he owns to Energia for a solar farm development seven months after leaving ministerial office. Energia began consulting with planning officials in February 2021, with Deputy Bruton having been Minister for Communications, Climate Action and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Taoiseach to comment on what has been dubbed "CatalanGate". This is a very serious scandal in the Spanish state involving a significant number of Catalan politicians and activists, including the Catalan President, legislators and every Catalan MEP who supported independence for Catalonia, being targeted with mercenary spyware. This happened either directly or through suspected...