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European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am against these amendments and consider them to be quite serious in the substance of their aims of, in the event of Brexit taking place, removing the right of UK citizens to vote in, or stand for, European Parliament elections in this country. It would be the first time in the history of the State that the franchise is restricted as opposed to extended. History, generally speaking, has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of converting ambulances with excessive mileage into emergency equipment carriers; the number of such vehicles being converted; if they have been replaced by new ambulances; the cost-benefit analysis carried out on this decision taking into account the increased maintenance costs of older vehicles; if consideration was given to the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 4 of the 5 helicopters in use for inter-helicopter transfers are not capable of landing on the rooftop planned of the new national children’s hospital; the planning and consultation which has been carried out in relation to helipads at the new national children’s hospital; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at night-time the helicopters will have to land at Dublin Airport and the sick children be transported by ambulance to the new national children’s hospitals in view of the fact that none of the five helicopters would be able to land on the proposed helipad; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out to ambulance service personnel by the HSE due to issues relating to bullying; the number of such cases there has been compensation paid out for; the number that are women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Health the number of stage 2 and 3 grievances dealt with in the time parameters set out in the HSE grievance procedure with reference to the ambulance service in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that required ambulance staff to work beyond their rostered finishing time in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (27 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has investigated whether there is remains of a mass famine grave site at a location (details supplied) on Coillte land in view of the fact that there is a granite memorial stone with the inscription of 1,847 there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Employment Rights (26 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a review of legislation will be considered to allow employees who work at an embassy here to avail of rights under employment law here, including the pursuance of their cases through the appropriate workplace relations bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (26 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 654. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the location for National Famine Commemoration Day that has been agreed for the third Sunday in May 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9042/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (26 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a review of the National Monuments Acts will be considered with a view to amendments in order to ensure that persons that find archaeological objects in circumstances (details supplied) will not be liable to prosecution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9051/19]

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: Each time a European Defence Agency project comes forward, the Government and those in supposed opposition who are also in favour say it is not the European army, which they claim they will oppose when it comes to it. They say that, right now, the project is so limited that we will, of course, be involved. It misses the point about mission creep in the development of the European Defence...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is like Groundhog Day every time we discuss housing. I welcome the motion from the Independents 4 Change. We support the motion. It is a good motion but every single time we talk about housing it is exactly the same. The Government says it appreciates that things are bad, but that they are getting better. We have been dealing with that response from this Government and the previous...

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: Saturday's march with 50,000 nurses, midwives, paramedics and their supporters in all sorts of different jobs and trade unions - a sea of INMO blue coming down O'Connell Street - was a striking demonstration of the power and solidarity of working-class people. Coming on top of three days of very effective strike action, it no doubt struck fear into the heart of the Government and brought it...

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: That is tautology.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (13 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to reviewing sections 43 and 54 of the Water Services Act 2007 in view of the consequences for householders where sewage blockages are reported under properties belonging to other persons but which result in sewage problems on their properties; his plans to introduce a scheme that would ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (12 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: 736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow those who have reached 65 years of age and are retired to apply for the full State pension; the cost of such a reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6935/19]

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: Two placards held by young nurses on the picket line in Tallaght on Tuesday morning summed up a very important aspect of this dispute. One read, "I am not striking for the good of my health; I am striking for the good of yours." Another was a message to the Ministers: "Pay your nurses as if your life depends on it." These messages highlight that it is patient safety that has suffered first...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Paul Murphy: I support the motion and will vote for it. It is correct to draw attention to the absence of a fair chance at equality and a fair start for children. One of the most difficult things we deal with in our case work is when we meet children who live in hotels and the like night after night. It is an incredible disruption in people's lives and it will continue to impact on them in the long...