Results 8,181-8,200 of 12,318 for speaker:Paul Murphy
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: We have the right to know about this money in the context of a company that paid almost no tax on €170 million.
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: I hope to get another question in but first I will see if we get an answer.
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: Following up on Deputy Bríd Smith's question about workplaces, the Minister has obviously seen the clusters. We have been contacted by many workers in many different workplaces who have had difficulty getting anyone to inspect their workplaces. This is now becoming a very central issue in the context of a phased ending of the lockdown, a return to work and so on. Does the Minister...
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: A key question in the context of a right-wing Tory Brexit is, as has been referred to, the prospect of a race to the bottom with working conditions, labour regulations and taxation. We have an example now of a company that seems to be putting its workers' health at risk in order to minimise its costs and maximise its profits. We know that a particular fruit company had an internal document,...
- Brexit: Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: I will try to get through three questions and answers. It is clear from the approach of the Tory Government that the question of a hard border on the island of Ireland is again coming into focus. Boris Johnson, as has been referred to, has ruled out the idea of an extension of the transition period, which means that this can be posed sooner rather than later. It will be posed at the end of...
- Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: The Minister did not really answer the question. Adjudications are still happening, even if they may be happening at a lesser volume than before. It is significant that the RTB is saying, and I have a letter from the RTB to someone involved in the case, that it will not be holding hearings. It will not hold physical hearings, but what is contained in that is that it will not hold hearings...
- Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: People are not getting hearings.
- Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: I want to raise an important issue with the Minister, which is the decision of the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, to continue processing adjudications on evictions and other cases without holding hearings. I have a letter from the RTB that says due to the Corona virus all cases will be handled as paper-based adjudication and there will be no physical hearing. There is no proposal for a...
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: Maybe we could do question and answer, if we get to it. I will pick up where the Minister left off. I agree that we should have free provision of childcare as a public service. We need to develop a national childcare service in this country, and it can be done. The question is, is now not the time to do it? Our so-called normal model of childcare was a failure. It was a failure for...
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: I have another more specific question relating to huge numbers of workers who have been forced to stay at home to mind children in the course of this crisis. It seems that for many workers this will continue to be the case for months to come. Does the Minister agree that parents must not suffer as a result of this, that those who need to stay at home to mind their children, and for whom...
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: Annual leave.
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: It referred to people who have taken annual leave at all-----
- Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)
Paul Murphy: Including healthcare workers.
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: What happened during the other sections?
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: All of the questions ran over and I do not think anyone-----
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Minister about the cost of the private hospitals. The Taoiseach confirmed to me two weeks ago an estimated cost of €115 million per month for the leasing of the private hospitals. I then later asked the Minister for Finance why we are paying more than four times as much per bed as they are in the UK, which he was not able to answer. I then wrote to the Minister for...
- Covid-19 (Health): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: Directors' pay at Beacon in 2018 was almost €1 million. Are we paying the directors' pay? Are we paying the bloated pay of the CEO on top of that? These companies often officially claim to be making no profit but make intra-group transfers through transfer pricing, interest payments and fees to other companies owned by the same person. With that in mind, are we paying for any rents...
- Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: How many on-site inspections have taken place?
- Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: If the HSE has the role the Minister stated it does, why does the confusion persist? The email I originally received from the HSE stated it was looking into the matter, etc.. I then received a considered response which stated that it does not have any role in this area. To bring this to reality rather than making an abstract point I refer to Keelings. I wrote to the Minister to draw...
- Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (30 Apr 2020)
Paul Murphy: The HSE also stated that it has no role in the inspection of workplace health and safety. That is clear in its response.