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Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I thought that Deputy Brophy's remarks were revealing when he said that to be "fit for government" one has to prove oneself by voting for repressive legislation and voting against civil liberties. That is unfortunately appropriate in a state founded in a counter-revolution and in bloody repression of which the political forefathers of Deputy Brophy and party of the Minister, Deputy Flanagan,...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: He is the Minister's attack dog.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: We are now a year into the reign of the Taoiseach. The approach to the housing crisis demonstrated by his Government perfectly encapsulates its approach generally. There are two key elements and sides to the Government of Deputy Varadkar. On one side is a vicious, neoliberal, anti-working class policy that rhetorically demonises and economically attacks working class communities while, on...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: President Michael D. Higgins recently addressed the International Labour Organization in Geneva and remarked that it was the first international organisation that the Free State joined post-Independence, the implication being a deep-seated commitment to workers' rights that, unfortunately, was not reflected in the actions of the Free State at home, which repressed workers engaged in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Birth Certificates (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I say to the Minister and, if he is listening, to the Minister for Health that this is an urgent matter and we would like an imminent announcement on it. It is having an impact on people's lives now. Couples are getting pregnant without realising that this is going to be a problem. It is something they realise only during the course of their pregnancies or, in the case of some people to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Birth Certificates (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Has any analysis been done on the impact of this on the rights of children? As time passes, parents may separate or the tragic death of one may take place. What would be the impact of that on a child in this situation who has only one of his or her parents registered officially before this situation is resolved? I welcome the Minister's agreement that this is urgent. I understand that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Birth Certificates (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has assessed the impact on the rights and welfare of those children of same-sex parents that are not able to accurately record their parents' details on birth certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25897/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Birth Certificates (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I attended a meeting on Sunday of 55 LGBTQ parents and 20 of their children. They are affected by an issue which a majority of people in society are not aware of - and probably a majority in the LGBTQ community are not even aware of - whereby, despite three years having passed since the passing of the Children and Family Relationships Act and the advent of marriage equality, children of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions being taken to inform and redress those impacted by the false recording of adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25686/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The presentations gave a rich picture of the problems that exist in RSE. There seems to unanimous agreement that they are there. Mr. Niall Behan raised a really important point about the gender aspect of the impact of inadequate sex education, which falls disproportionately on women. Would he or other witnesses expand on this gendered impact element? Other anecdotal evidence suggests...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Nonsense.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is shameful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The point is not about personal empathy or so on. That is not what is crucial and is not the reason the Government makes bad decisions. The point is that the policies flow from a certain understanding of how society is to be run. That understanding is then codified, unfortunately, in the fiscal rules. That is the choice Sinn Féin has. Will it sign up to a coalition government which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: If we do not have agreement on what is happening, we will go into the figures. Does the Minister agree, when all the strands are taken in, that the Commission's proposals in total represent close to a doubling of defence spending? According to the Commission's figures, it represents an increase of 1.8 times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The €13 billion funding in question will end up in the hands of armaments companies. It represents a 22-fold increase in EU investment in defence spending, directly as opposed to indirectly. On 2 May in a communique, the Commission stated in the area of defence:Europe will need to take greater responsibility for protecting its interests, values and the European way of life, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree with the significant increase, even in proportionate terms, in defence spending proposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government at Council level seek to have the increase in defence spending reduced or eliminated entirely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I take it then the Minister is happy enough for public funds from Ireland and across Europe to end up funding a European military industrial complex and major corporations which make significant money as a result of making instruments of death and weapons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: How does the Minister feel about European public moneys, including Irish moneys, ending up in the hands of Israeli armaments companies such as Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, which has happened with EU moneys in the past? Under Horizon 2020, hundreds of millions of euro ended up in these companies. Does the Minister agree that should continue to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: A new and concerning area of the MFF is the reform support programme, which is a €25 billion line over seven years. This is clearly an attempt to establish a permanent ministry of austerity in the EU, which will take the worst elements of the troika approach to Ireland, Greece, Spain, etc, and enshrine them for the future, as was done with the fiscal rules. Will the Minister explain...