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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (17 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the future work plan of the Workplace Relations Commission. [43852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place to protect school staff and students, some with underlying medical vulnerabilities, from Covid-19 infection in a situation in which a student refuses to wear a mask and social distancing of two meters is not possible; the specific evidence and documentation of medical need to not wear a mask required in order to be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 677. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that all community services programme workers and the organisations in which they work, many of which have continued to provide essential services during the Covid-19 crisis, have their full funding needs guaranteed by her Department for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic and for the subsequent ongoing service...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of staff in his Department on the #antiviral social media campaign. [42052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 232 and 248 of 8 December 2020, if her Department will issue an official statement or circular clarifying the situation. [43755/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: What percentage of the employers Mr. McDonnell represents operate a voluntary sick pay scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Does ISME urge its members to operate a voluntary sick pay scheme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I note from a PDF document on sick leave on the ISME website that there is a big bold observation that there is no legal obligation on an employer to provide an occupational sick pay scheme for employees. I agree it is quite clear that the organisation does not recommend it. Does Mr. McDonnell agree that Covid has underlined the problems with not having a sick pay scheme? For example,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Sorry, Mr. McDonnell, there are three minutes left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Is Mr. McDonnell denying the fact that ISME has repeatedly opposed any concrete sick pay scheme? The organisation might be in favour of a sick pay scheme that employers do not have to pay for at all. However, it has consistently opposed sick pay schemes. Is that not ISME's position?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: In 2012, ISME opposed a sick pay scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: Let us talk about social insurance. Does Mr. McDonnell accept that employer's PRSI in Ireland is approximately 50% of the EU average?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: That is the point. If employer's PRSI were increased by 2%-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I stand with the meat factory worker. I stand with the contract cleaner who felt she had to go to work in a nappy even though she is on a low income. Yes, I think she should be entitled to sick pay and, yes, I think those who have it should pay for it. Does Mr. McDonnell accept that if employer's PRSI were increased by 2%, which would still leave it substantially lower than the EU average,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I did pick up on it. I noticed it and I thought to myself that we have an unusual alliance on that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: May I ask Mr. McDonnell just one final question? I am just about out of time. In the spirit of his 3% surcharge on those earning over €100,000-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Higher Education Institutions (15 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice of postgraduate students being expected to do unpaid teaching hours. [41659/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Higher Education Institutions (15 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: In October, the Minister admitted to me that it is common practice for universities to require PhD researchers to do five hours of teaching per week without payment. Similar to the situation with student nurses, the Minister tried to claim this was not work but merely an upskilling programme. These are workers working in universities through lockdown, running classes and laboratories, often...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Higher Education Institutions (15 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: In the Minister's reply, there was much reference to transferable skills. It seems to me that he and the Department are at pains to avoid referring to work as work. Instead, it is about developing transferable skills. Although there are differences, there are also parallels with the situation for student nurses. In this case, the universities are reliant on free labour from PhD...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Higher Education Institutions (15 Dec 2020)

Paul Murphy: I ask that the Minister include a representative of the Postgraduate Workers Alliance on that group. It is a specific organisation made up of postgraduate researchers across the country and set up precisely to discuss this issue. Its presence at those meetings would be important. For me, there is something quite simple here, which is that where people are engaged in productive labour, they...