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Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: The mother and baby homes report has not only failed to address the concerns of survivors, in many respects it has made the situation worse. If it was not for the outpouring of anger from survivors, the Government would have gone along with the plans to destroy their testimonies. I welcome the U-turn on the part of the Government and its promise not to destroy those recordings. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Immunity (24 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of flights given diplomatic clearance since the beginning of 2021. [10118/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: They say a leopard never changes its spots and Fianna Fáil does not change its character. It has always been, and remains, a party of the big developers and big builders. We have three proofs of that this week alone. First is the ESRI research which confirms what the left has said about the supposed affordable housing schemes, that their effect will be to push up house prices to make...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (18 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether a social media policy for public servants referred to in an article (details supplied) undermines the right of those public servants to freedom of expression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of expenditure for each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, showing consultancy, financial, legal, recruitment, quality assurance and training fees incurred by the election observation programme in tabular form; the amount involved for each service; the name of the suppliers; the nature of the services provided; if...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: When will the Government implement legislation to give people sick pay?

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I would like to do a question and answer session with the Minister on the same issue raised by Deputy Smith. The meat plants are once again major Covid clusters. Of the 56 meat plants in this State, there are 29 open Covid outbreaks. At the majority of the plants, there have been Covid cases in the past 28 days. In the Larry Goodman-owned ABP Bandon plant, 70 of the 300 workers have...

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: Listening to the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, earlier I was struck by his focus not on the rip-off of ordinary people by the insurance companies, which is going on, but on the words "dual pricing". He seemed to be very offended by the words and insisted we must call it differential pricing instead. One may call it what one likes: differential pricing, flexible pricing, multiple...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the submission made to him by a group (details supplied) in December 2020 on the terms of reference for the feasibility study on the continuation of the MetroLink to south-west Dublin; his views on the concerns raised by the group about the terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department monitors advertisements for the sale of puppies on websites such as a website (details supplied) or other advertising websites to check that dog and puppy vendors are licensed as a registered breeding establishment or that the puppies offered for sale are from a licensed registered breeding establishment; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1000. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations (details supplied) are presenting misleading information on their websites to the effect that greyhounds exported to China are still owned by persons in Ireland; if such sales or transfers of ownership from Ireland to China have been recorded in line with section 10 of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: 1012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce grants for those farmers wishing to transition away from animal agriculture. [8267/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms Ward for the presentation. I wish to make some general comments and then to put a question. First, the legislation as envisaged is problematic, fundamentally for two reasons. One is the point that Deputy O'Reilly made about shifting from a legislation-based system to a regulation-based system, which diminishes the democratic oversight of the Dáil. It makes it easier to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will follow up with a detailed question. With regard to the seasonal employment permit, there is reference to providing for a non-EEA national to work in the State temporarily, while retaining a legal domicile in a third country, for the purpose of employment in a sector of seasonal activity. What is the implication of having a legal domicile elsewhere? Does that have any consequences in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: Are they subject to minimum wage rates, employment law and everything that is here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: Finally, I do not know if this is something that was considered in doing the general scheme, but one of the previous recommendations of this committee was to resource the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, properly to ensure there is compliance with work permit obligations. That was related to the atypical working scheme and the huge exploitation of migrant workers in the fishing industry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: Is there any other business? It was listed on the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I wanted to get an update on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, and the question of which committee will deal with it. The clerk to the committee was going to write to whoever it is one writes to about these matters. I think it was the Business Committee. Have we heard anything back on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (16 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: Perfect.

Dumping at Sea Act 1996 (Section 5(12)) (Commencement) Order 2021: Motion (11 Feb 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. We need a commitment or guarantee from the Government on this issue that any parts of the decommissioned oil and gas rigs that are left behind are left as such solely because it is the most environmentally sound way of doing this and that no parts of them can be used in any circumstances as part of any new projects. On the broader point, I echo what...