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An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Absolutely. Of course, it is very relevant. The point is that

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: No. The point is that the Government represents the interests of landlords. This is not about individuals in Government but it is wildly out of whack with society as a whole and this is not accidental. It is the world view and the interests they represent. This is fundamentally the point and, as a socialist, I believe that building homes for profit and housing provision generally for...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State, Deputy English, said this is not about ideology, not once, twice or three times but seven or eight times in a ten-minute speech. The Minister of State doth protest far too much and gives the game away. What proposal are Members debating? We are debating whether the right to a home should exist in the Constitution and whether the right to private property - in reality...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: It was about the Taoiseach's short-term benefit but it was also about a deeper process of shifting responsibility for unemployment onto the unemployed. It is a repeat, or the implementation, of the Thatcherite notion that there is no society; there is no societal unemployment. There is no unemployment caused by the crisis, bankers or developers. Instead, there is only the lazy, the...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: The advertising campaign which lies behind this Bill blared, "Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All". It was designed to be a launch pad for the then Minister's successful dog whistle campaign for Taoiseach. The Bill gives backing to one of the most cruel and cynical attempts to whip up the idea that there is widespread welfare fraud and in doing so to create a cynical and self-serving narrative that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Roman Catholic Church leaders on 31 August 2017. [39675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath since its inception; the number of persons that have received a sanction on their welfare payments due to non-engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39649/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on making the public services card compulsory for availing of public services; her further views on maintaining the option to use other forms of identification such as driver licences and passports which are at a safe 2 level to prove identity for accessing services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Sharing Arrangements (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken in sharing the personal data of those claiming social protection payments with driver licence data held by the RSA; the purpose of this project; if her departmental staff are to be involved in roadside checks; her views on the data rights of claimants; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that houses that have not experienced flooding and are in areas that have not experienced flooding in more than 30 years following works are now being denied flood insurance cover, such as in an area (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the extent of the issue; if he will take measures...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Government has not implemented Labour Court recommendation 19293 which recommended the provision of a pension for community employment supervisors; the progress of the community sector high level forum in dealing with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent revoking of citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouin by Israel; the measures he will take in view of the fact that these persons are now stateless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government plans to take in defence of the rights of the Rohingya people in Myanmar in view of recent reports (details supplied) of 18,500 persons fleeing to Bangladesh and the widespread burning of Rohingya villages; his views on whether this amounts to ethnic cleansing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Extradition Arrangements (11 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Interpol red notice requests for arrests that have been received by the authorities here in the past three years, in tabular form; the number that have been carried out; the states they originate from; the alleged offences they have been issued for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has satisfied himself that all persons on the election roster are suitable for deployment on election observation missions; the reason one in five of those persons still have not been deployed since the establishment of the current roster in 2013 while other persons have had numerous deployments; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to concerns that a number of late applicants were admitted to the 2013 intake to the election roster despite the call notice specifying that late applications would not be considered; the reasons for this departure from the published policy; the level at which the departure was sanctioned; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to prepare for a fresh call for election roster members to replace the 2013 roster; if he has satisfied himself that his department has the resources to undertake this; if he will need to engage expertise from other parts of the civil service such as the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason members of the rapid response corps are required to produce tax clearance certificates while members of the election roster are not; if he has been in contact with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss if tax clearance should apply to election roster members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35412/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if only non-remunerated election observers are eligible for the volunteer grant paid to Irish election observers; if there have been cases that subsequent to the payment of the grant the persons declined to go on a mission on a volunteer basis; if refunds were sought of the grants paid in which persons declined to go on a mission or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 800. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for children in need of a school-age team service broken down by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35401/17]