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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is clearly very touchy about the subject of his Government's lack of care for renters. The reason for that is that we have a government of landlords, for landlords. I will provide some facts rather than assertions. The cost of renting has more than doubled in the last ten years. Dublin has the fifth highest rents in all of Europe. Rents here are more expensive than in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: This is another example of the Government's argument, the Constitution says "No".The Taoiseach says that we cannot have a blanket freeze on rents because of the Constitution. He says those are the facts. I do not believe they are. The Government is hiding behind that argument precisely because it represents developers, but let us concede that those are the facts. Let us accept the idea...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (2 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Taoiseach said that what we were experiencing was the opposite of austerity. It is a bit hard to accept. There are many similarities now to what was done in 2008 when the Government responded to the crash by bailing out the banks and making ordinary workers foot the bill through cuts to public services and taxes such as this. The result was a lost decade, untold suffering...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (2 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: The so-called property tax is, in reality, a family home tax. It is an austerity tax. It is a tax against which the socialist left campaigned when it was introduced in the aftermath of the household tax. People Before Profit warned at that time that if it was introduced it would rise and rise and that is precisely what is happening. The Government is proposing to hike up the property tax...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when the rent freeze ceases on 13 July 2021 those landlords of properties in rent pressure zones which have not raised rent since July 2019 will be legally allowed to impose an 8% rent rise; and if he plans to introduce legislation to prevent this from occurring. [30214/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (2 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an official body or bodies in Ireland that investigate GSOC; and if not, the correct process to follow should there be discontent with the outcome of a GSOC investigation. [29880/21]

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: What happened here was the de facto hijacking of a Ryanair flight by Belarusian intelligence operatives to arrest a political dissident. It is very clear, despite the attempted obfuscation by the regime, that that is precisely what took place. These are the actions of a desperate dictator. Lukashenko has been in power for 27 years. They are actions that People Before Profit absolutely...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last week, I questioned the Tánaiste about the double rent hike facing renters this July as landlords attempt to impose two year's worth of rent increases in one fell swoop, which is allowed under the legislation introduced by the Government. The Tánaiste seemed genuinely surprised and unaware that this was possible and he said that it was not the Government's intention to allow...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [29782/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I also want to follow up on the question of the four-day week. The Four Day Week Ireland coalition has highlighted how moving to a four-day week could reduce carbon emissions by up to 16% while also improving people's work-life balance and mental health. It is an important demand raised by the trade unions and the environmental movement and it constitutes an important part of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last year when the Government was talking about cutting the PUP, I asked the Taoiseach's predecessor, the Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar, a very simple question which he refused to answer. I hope the Taoiseach will give me a straight answer to a straight question. If he thinks the €350 pandemic unemployment payment is too high will he at least agree to live on that until he cuts it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Thanks for not answering.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the resource efficiency action plan for 2021 of his Department. [26513/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I agree with that objection. I also want to raise a point about the proposal to take a motion without debate to give an instruction to committee to deal with the amendments to do with the climate action Bill, considering they are outside the scope of the Bill. It is a basic point of parliamentary scrutiny. Substantial changes are being made to the Bill in respect of the petroleum minerals...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be taking on the advice offered by a person (details supplied); and his plans to make a statement in support of the workers and their families. [29234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Workplace Relations Commission (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 25 May 2021, his views on whether the WRC's code of practice in the understanding of quality employment, for example, the code of practice on the right to disconnect, should be included as a condition of availing of the tax credit; and his further views on whether the payment of the living wage should be a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the repairs needed to the roof of a school (details supplied); and when it will be fixed. [29510/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project for a school building to replace the prefabs that have been used for several years by a school (details supplied); and if building work will commence in June 2021 as planned. [29855/21]

Health (Amendment) Act 2021: Motion (27 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will make a number of points. The first is that mandatory hotel quarantine saves lives. It was a crucial part of the zero Covid strategy that was successfully implemented in some countries. The difference in death rates between countries that adopted a variant of that strategy versus those that did not is striking. In New Zealand, there has been a total of 26 deaths. It has a similar...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Paul Murphy: Last year, under pressure, the Tánaiste finally accepted the need to freeze rents. Now, from July, the Government plans to allow landlords to once again hike them up. Even worse, tenants are being told that, rather than a 4% rent increase in the rent pressure zones, they can face up to an 8% increase as landlords are allowed to impose last year's 4% as well. It is bad enough that the...