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Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach obviously finds it okay.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Provision (19 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the public spending to GDP rate; his further views on whether it is sufficient to deliver quality public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30841/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (18 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if he envisages difficulties in recruiting additional nurses and midwives that have been outlined in the budget speech of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the inferior terms and conditions for new nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30838/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: How so?

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: All workers would benefit.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: A total of 50,000 jobs would be created.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Is the Deputy now watching his own left flank?

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Unemployed young people will receive an increase of €2.70 in the jobseeker's allowance, not the €5 by which the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, stated it would rise, not the €226 extra per week Ministers will receive and not the €104 extra per week Deputies will receive. The Minister did not make any reference to the...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Except for young people.

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: The fundamental solution is to increase the supply, there is no question about that. However, I do not think the Government has a solution in terms of supply. The previous Government built less social housing than any Government in the history of the State and this Government is committed to a market-led solution. What we need is massive public building of social housing using the...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the record high level of rent in the private rented sector if his Department will increase the rent limits for rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/16]

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Rents continue to rocket. Rent supplement levels have been increased - although not sufficiently because they have already been overtaken by rising rents. In view of the latter and the fact that people cannot access properties within rent supplement limits is a driving factor in the rise in homelessness, does the Minister agree that those limits should be increased?

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: The evidence is there and it is clear that the maximum rent limits do not enable people to rent homes. This comes to me mainly from people who are made homeless or threatened with homelessness for whatever reason in their current accommodation. When they are encouraged to seek other accommodation within the rent supplement limits or slightly above them so they can look for a variation,...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Did the Minister read the responses with which they defended JobBridge? Schools that did not have SNAs advertised for SNAs. It is impossible that those people will be properly trained as SNAs in those schools. The response was:JobBridge guidelines do not indicate that a like for like job to internship must exist within any given sector. In relation specifically to the education sector it...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Minister should talk to people who have done JobBridge.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: This is not dealing with the reality of what is in the internal audit. The internal audit is damning. It shows the rules that existed were not even being applied, that there was no way of working out whether job displacement was taking place, that when more than 500 companies were advertising in a way that was against the rules, nobody did anything about it. The scheme was designed to be...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am saying people should be paid for work.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the replacement of the JobBridge scheme; the safeguards to defend the rights of participants that are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28793/16]

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister provide an update on his plans for JobBridge 2.0, the replacement of the JobBridge scheme? In particular, will he take into account the findings of the internal audit of his Department, which were absolutely damning and paint a picture of a scheme characterised by exploitation and abuse in its very design. The system is described as being based on self-declaration by the...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Review (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Minister referred to a high level of criticism based on anecdote or very small-scale surveys by various interest groups. Leaked to RTE's "This Week" programme was an internal audit from the Minister's Department that is not based on small-scale surveys by various interest groups. It is an extensive audit and it paints a picture that blows a complete hole in all the spin of the...