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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government refers to the migrant crisis in the Middle East and taking an approach with human rights at its core. I want to raise a specific case with the Taoiseach the details of which I am happy to send to him. It is a man who is an Irish citizen. He was born in Iraq. He fled Mosul in Iraq, after ISIS had taken over and after they murdered his father and other close...

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Bríd Smith said it as well as one can when she said she does not believe a word of the Government's amendment. It is attempting to kick this issue down the road and is hoping that Covid, and the struggle for workers' rights which is connected to the struggle against Covid, disappears in some way. We simply cannot tolerate an ongoing situation where meat plant workers, nursing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (23 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene to stop the cutting of the school bus service previously contracted by Dublin Bus. [16041/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Management Companies (23 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place for the regulation of property management companies; and her plans to introduce further provisions for the regulation of property management companies. [25719/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in the development of the forthcoming plan for dealing with Covid-19. [23685/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: The cut to the pandemic unemployment payment is happening concurrently with the increase in and stepping up of restrictions. This is a time when people need support from the State to deal the coronavirus rather than punishment. How on earth can the Taoiseach justify slashing the supports to workers who have lost their jobs due to Covid when we have a second wave of the coronavirus and a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I will use the short time remaining to give the Taoiseach an example of what is happening. This morning, I was present at a threatened eviction to assist the tenant. This woman is a taxi driver who has lost her income as a consequence of the Covid restrictions. This loss of income is the underlying reason that the landlord wants her gone. However, the reason the latter gave in the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Health and Safety Authority (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if a workplace accident which resulted in the tragic death of a person (details supplied) was reported to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25473/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if appeals to the calculated grades for leaving certificate students will be facilitated in instances in which the predicted grades of their teachers were significantly higher that the grades awarded through the calculated grades system. [24972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider levelling up the 2019 leaving certificate grades in the context of the 2020 leaving certificate grade inflation, to remove disadvantages for the 20,000 students that did the leaving certificate in 2019 in order to create a level playing field (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25469/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the health professions admissions test rules will be amended in order that the HPAT grades achieved in 2020 can be used for university entry to study medicine in 2021 and students do not have to repeat the HPAT tests. [24973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the refusal of the review of an application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, in view of the fact that the factual basis upon which the decision was made has been refuted by the applicant in a letter to the head of the unit. [24947/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the deportation order of a person (details supplied) will be rescinded; and if their asylum application will be processed in Ireland. [25265/20]

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: Catastrophic climate change is coming closer. No longer is it just killing people and destroying people's lives in the very poorest countries in the world but we can see, not for the first time, that it is striking home, like the Australian fires, in terms of what is happening in the west coast of the US, in California, in particular. In a way, it encapsulates the nature of the problem we...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (17 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason newly approved applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment are not being given an initial payment which includes arrears due from the date on which their application was received rather than being informed that arrears will be paid at an unspecified date down the line and in a context in which there is no...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: Naomi Klein wrote a book entitled The Shock Doctrinewhich was published in 2007. It outlines how political and economic elites, the capitalist class and their political representatives in this case use national or international crises to try to reshape social relations, laws and norms in their favour. The truth, which is very far from the "we're all in this together" rhetoric, is that...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I listened to the Tánaiste talking about Debenhams workers on RTÉ Radio the other day. During the interview he basically acted as an attorney or lobbyist for Debenhams and made excuses for it. In particular, he said that the situation is not like that of Clerys because there are no assets, which outraged the workers and ignores the €25 million in stock in its Irish shops....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Investigation (16 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Kenny. I wish to make two quick points. First, any idea that the answer to this is to ban or clamp down on protests is completely wrong. Ms Kamikaze has publicly stated that she will be opposed to any ban on protests. I am also opposed to such a ban because I know that it will be used against progressive protestors in the future. We have to defend civil liberties. This...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Investigation (16 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I apologise as I did not realise this matter was down as coming first in the order. The last time I looked, it was third in the order. I first express my sympathy and solidarity with Izzy, the activist who was beaten on the head outside Leinster House on Saturday. People have seen the horrific pictures of blood streaming down her face. She was hospitalised and had to receive stitches....

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020: First Stage (16 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."