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Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: There are two issues I want to speak about. The first is the very good news that emerged from Athens a few hours ago on the conviction of the fascist organisation Golden Dawn. The top leaders of that organisation have been convicted of running a criminal organisation. Its members have been convicted of the murder in 2013 of 34-year-old rapper Pavlos Fyssas, a left-wing activist. Golden...

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste, Deputy Leo Varadkar, surprised the nation on Monday night not by his cynical attack on NPHET, not by his undermining of public health advice in general in an extremely dangerous way, but by his newfound concern for ordinary people. All of a sudden, Deputy Leo Varadkar is a champion of mental health, opposed to poverty and stands up for the ordinary worker. He forgot how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Attorney General and her Department have completed the review of the State ex-gratia scheme which the Tánaiste informed Dáil Éireann was happening on 12 December 2018. [28998/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department made its latest report to the Council of Europe on the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in a case (details supplied); and when the report will be uploaded to be accessible to the public. [28999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Court of Justice Rulings (7 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made regarding the eligibility of abuse victims in a school (details supplied) for the ex-gratia scheme. [29000/20]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Covid is brutally exposing existing vulnerabilities in individuals but also in our society as a whole. This is very true in terms of our disability services and the effect the coronavirus is particularly having on people with disabilities. The pre-existing conditions are there for all to see with regard to the brutal facts of the treatment of people with disabilities in the State. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister was given five minutes to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: There are two issues, the first of which is the general homeless figures. I welcome that they are decreasing. That is a consequence of the eviction ban for which we have called for many years. Unfortunately, it has been largely lifted and I think we will see an increase in general homelessness as a consequence of that because evictions of private tenancies are the number one cause of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the causes of the recent increase in homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28322/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I would like to ask the Minister about the recent increase in homelessness among single adults. The number increased by 171 nationwide between February and the end of August, with the majority, 133, in Dublin. What is the Minister's view on the causes of the increase? What action is the Government taking to deal with it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that public land is reserved for the building of public housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28326/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I presume the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, will take this question. This is the same question that Deputy Joan Collins asked a moment ago. I am somewhat bemused by the answer, which seemed to be saying the Government was for public homes on public land. The Government is gaslighting us. It is not building public homes on public land. It is proceeding to privatise public land...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: It is clear what the Government is doing.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The truth is that what the Minister of State has put forward is some public homes on some public land with the rest of it to be used for private homes. That is what the Government is doing. To take example of the Oscar Traynor Road site, 50% of the houses on the site will be fully private homes on the open market, a further portion will be affordable, although they will not be affordable,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: Can I have a simple answer, please? Is the Government committing to having zero private, open market houses built on all of the LDA sites? If that is the case, I will welcome it but I do not think it is the case and I will be very surprised if it is. That is the only way the Minister of State can say the Government will build public homes on public land. Even within the framework of the...

Priority Questions: Rent Controls (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ban on evictions will be reinstated in view of the reinstatement of Covid-19 restrictions and the increase in cases. [28327/20]

Priority Questions: Rent Controls (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: We have a frightening second wave of coronavirus. The country is moving to level 3 tonight and I believe it is only a matter of time before we move to level 4 and then level 5. The Government took the decision to lift the evictions ban and a wave of evictions has restarted. In my constituency, I could give many examples. Does the Minister not agree that now is the time to reinstate the...

Priority Questions: Rent Controls (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is trying to tell us black is white. He lifted the eviction ban. The consequences are beginning to come through now and all the spin in the world will not change that reality. The second Act of 2020 that the Minister brought in is extremely limited and only relates to situations involving arrears, inability to pay and so on. I will give a concrete example that shows how...

Priority Questions: Rent Controls (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: I have another two cases in Tallaght of people who have notices to quit from their landlords. In this case, the excuse the landlord is going for is that they are selling the property. I do not necessarily believe that they are selling the property. I have seen this many times in the past. There are definite holes in the Minister's legislation, which is why we favour a reintroduction of...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)

Paul Murphy: The virus kills people.