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Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." A number of people who are affected by this issue are on their way to the Gallery. I will start by giving an example. As the law currently stands, two children could be born tomorrow side by side in a hospital. They could go to the same crèche, the same school, have the same group of friends and the same interests socially,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is a capitalist system.

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: We are completely against the ratification of the status of forces agreement. We are against the process of militarisation which is happening across the European Union. We are against the integration of Ireland with NATO through the process of the so-called Partnership for Peace. These agreements are designed to facilitate the further process of militarisation. That is the truth. The...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I express the full support of Solidarity and the Socialist Party with the nurses' strike. Our amendment makes it extremely clear that the House should support the pay claims of these staff as the best immediate step we can take to deal with the general crisis in our public hospitals. This is about pay equality and parity for an extremely underpaid group of workers. In our opinion, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Pro-Independence Prisoners (15 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No 65 of 12 December 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland can refer a case to the ECHR in relation to four Catalan civil and political leaders held in prison on pre-trial detention who are now on hunger strike; if officials from his Department will visit these persons before...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (15 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: 1161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to progress with the proposal to extend voting rights to those over 16 years of age; when he plans to hold a referendum to give effect to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1192/19]

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is true. They share the time and the wealth. I want to start by paying tribute to the protestors in Hungary against the sister part of Fine Gael and the Taoiseach which is in government, that of the right wing Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. It is a party whose actions to which the European People's Party and Fine Gael have turned a blind eye. They are a right-wing, racist,...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: Where was the concern for removing opportunities when EU-IMF troika austerity drove up, for example, youth unemployment from Greece to Ireland and created horrific conditions for people? Where was the concern for the rights of people when the EU supported the Spanish state, repressing the national aspirations and the rights of people in Catalonia? Where was the concern for making lives more...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: I have no problem with the Taoiseach taking it out on Committee Stage.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: Let us deal with that on Committee Stage.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: There are reports in the media today about a draft report on sex education issued by the Joint Committee on Education and Skills. The news reports sound positive as it seems the report will recommend dragging sex education in this country out of the dark ages, making it fully inclusive of LGBTQ+ relationships and experiences, and covering issues of sexual health, etc. They also indicate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: Did the Taoiseach watch the video of the eviction?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration will be given to making contact with the Spanish Government to recommend that the pre-trial Catalan civil and political prisoners are given temporary release over Christmas as a humanitarian confidence building measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53286/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish officials will attend the trials of the Catalan civil and political prisoners expected to be held early in 2019 to monitor proceedings; if he will provide funding to court observers from the NGO sector to monitor proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53287/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Defibrillators on Transport Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: 571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the roll-out of defibrillators across the Luas network and the training of personnel in their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53309/18]

Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Bríd Smith.

Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: We have to place the 1918 election in its international context, and that is a context of war and of revolution, the reverberations of the Russian Revolution in particular. The election happened just over one month from the ending of the First World War. Contrary to establishment versions of history, that war ended because of revolution. It ended because of German soldiers and sailors...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: Build some houses then.