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Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is engaged in fraud against unemployed people and is using public money to demonise them in order to drive precarious employment. He is continuing in that same Thatcherite vein here. Will he please answer the question asked in respect of JobPath?

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Government's own figures dispute that.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: We would not have vulture funds dealing with public banks.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: I originally asked this question to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine but it was redirected to the Department of the Minister of State, for whatever reason. Has the Minister of State watched the "Panorama" programme and noted what was displayed? Possibly the chief villain that emerges from that documentary — there are many — is Mr. Raymond Cullivan, owner of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: There is undoubtedly a problem with the legislation and regulations as they stand, both in terms of the absence of enforcement and the manner in which they are drafted. It is evidenced by the fact that Ireland is leading the race to the bottom regarding conditions on puppy farms. It is why Ireland is the puppy-farming capital of Europe. An issue I wish to raise is the enforcement of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review legislation relating to dog breeding establishments in view of recent cases of welfare issues in some large establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7154/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: To its shame, Ireland is the puppy farming capital of Europe. Some estimates put it at 100,000 puppies a year. The breeding conditions often operate on an industrial scale in battery conditions similar to battery pigs or battery chickens. 11 o’clock It is really horrific. Huge profits are being made from horrific animal cruelty, which was exposed in a "Panorama" programme almost...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Service Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on plans to extend high speed broadband to all rural areas in the south Dublin County Council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the resources for inspections of dog breeding establishments; his further views on whether legislative change is required in relation to inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7155/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask about the National Famine Commemoration Day Bill which was passed on Second Stage over a year ago. What is the plan to progress it to Committee Stage or if there is no such plan, what is the Government's plan to implement the decision to name a day as National Famine commemoration Day?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: I have a quick question on flood prevention measures. There are a number of issues in my constituency, and I presume around the country, where people have suffered flooding. The local authority has engaged in flood prevention work, which apparently is to a 100 year standard, but the people are still unable to access insurance because the OPW does not include it in the memorandum of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: Can anything be done to bring flood prevention works done by a local authority into the memorandum of understanding whereby the insurance companies would be satisfied in terms of the work being done and therefore would provide cover for those cases where they are still not willing to provide it?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Exemptions (15 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the policy regarding charging motor tax on blood bikes; if his Department has considered the recent policy changes in the United Kingdom in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3947/18]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: Wait for it.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The expansion of precarious working conditions is a cancer which is eating away at employment conditions for all in this and many other countries throughout the world. It acts to undermine the rights and conditions - the stability of life - achieved by a previous generation of workers and increases the rate of exploitation by the 1%, which is causing the massive expansion in corporate...

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: This issue says something about the culture of light touch regulation pursued by this Government and previous Governments. The deficiency in the law identified and rectified by Deputy Doherty's Bill effectively allowed senior management in finance companies to lie, evade the truth, peddle mistruths and incomplete information to the Central Bank of Ireland and avoid personal criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the full commencement of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department anticipates receiving the results of the pay review into two-tier pay for teachers; the timeframe he envisages to end pay inequality; his views on whether two-tier pay is a breach of the principle of equal pay for equal work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7301/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the extension of broadband to the Bohernabreena area; the reason there are no plans under way to extend to areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7095/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Insurance (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: I have a number of questions and then I am afraid I must run. My first question concerns the industry's preferred approach of the 2% ex antefund. Is there any danger that, were a major insurer to collapse in the first year or number of years where the fund had not been built up and there were a load of claims, the fund would not be of a sufficient amount to cover such claims?