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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Years Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree that the current system is broken and the privatised model which depends on inadequate public funding does not work from the points of view of childcare workers, parents or many small providers? TASC produced a report last week which concluded that the single most important factor in knowing the pay and conditions of care work is the extent to which it is marketised...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: They could quarantine.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: We have heard about the Thursday letter, level 3 and so on before. I will quote from the letter of 4 October. It states: "A graduated approach would, ultimately, result in application of Level 5 measures as mitigation." NPHET predicted precisely where we are. It is important, to learn lessons for the future, that the Government acknowledge that the advice to move to level 5, two and a bit...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Both ways mean lockdown now-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: -----but the question is the future.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: More than two weeks ago, on 4 October, NPHET wrote to the Government outlining the deteriorating situation with the coronavirus. It called for level 5 measures across the country for four weeks. The Government rejected that advice. What is more, the Tánaiste went on RTÉ, channelled his inner Donald Trump and publicly trashed and undermined the public health advice. Two weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020; if he will table amendments to provide immediate access for all affected persons and families to all records concerning them. [31314/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the pay and conditions for postgraduate students whot work in third level colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31334/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some postgraduate students have to do unpaid teaching work as part of their scholarships; his views on same; and his plans to address the issue. [31335/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure students will not have to pay rent or lose deposits for accommodation they no longer need due to the cancellation of in-person teaching in colleges and universities. [28324/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks and financial institutions will be instructed to suspend residential mortgage repayments for persons who request such suspensions for the duration of Covid-19 restrictions that are introduced by the Government which puts persons out of work and undercut their ability to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31473/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (20 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funds will be set aside to pay for the previous and ongoing work of the independent researchers into the Stardust fire (details supplied). [31148/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I responded to the core parts of the budget on Tuesday evening and will focus now on how it will do nothing for workers. I will speak particularly about three different groups of workers in a struggle, the first of whom are the Debenhams workers. They have now been involved in a dispute with their former employer for more than six months, since they were thrown on the scrapheap in a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health and Safety Authority (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Last year, there were fewer workplace inspectors than there were dog wardens in the country. There are roughly the same number of workplace inspectors as there are special advisers for the Government. The HSA is the body tasked with inspecting workplaces. It was the agency appointed in the pandemic to ensure that workers' lives and health were not being put at risk by penny-pinching bosses...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health and Safety Authority (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: There is no question about the skill or the dedication of the inspectors but the bottom line is that there simply is not enough of them. That was demonstrated towards the start of last year when the virus was running rampant through meat factories with no inspections for well over a month, after which the point was flagged. That should have been an extreme warning bell for the Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health and Safety Authority (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he is satisfied with the level of funding allocated to his Department for its responsibilities regarding the welfare of workers, for example through the Health and Safety Authority, HSA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30563/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health and Safety Authority (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Last year, the HSA had a budget of just €20 million, which is less than the budget for Deputies' secretaries. The Government allocated an extra €4 million for the HSA in this week's budget, but that is a drop in the ocean in the context of what is needed, as we have seen over the course of the last year. Is the Minister of State satisfied with this? Given the current...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on the level of discretion afforded to employers at the different levels of the Living with Covid-19 plan in deciding if work on site is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30562/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Redundancy Payments (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 46. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has discussed proposals by unions (detail supplied) to establish a fund to safeguard the redundancy entitlements of workers in the event of a liquidation. [27550/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Industrial Disputes (15 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has made contact with a company (details supplied) and the trade unions to discuss the difficulties staff are having with the company. [27549/20]