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Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will not speak about anything that has not been reported in the media. The allegations against him, as reported in the media, are the following: that he may have said into a megaphone at one stage, "Joanie in your ivory tower, this is called people power"; that he walked around; that he sat down and encouraged others to sit down-----

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: -----that he waved his arms-----

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will of course. That he filmed Deputy Joan Burton and said, "Talk to us, Joan". That is it. He was protesting, not kidnapping.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am not; I am speaking about the water charges protest.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am not going to resume my seat. What is being attempted here was described by a barrister yesterday as "a recipe for totalitarianism".

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: No, no, I am not going beyond the bounds. We are clearly talking about water charges and the mass movement against water charges and the vindictive prosecution of a 17 year old young man-----

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: -----for exercising his right to protest. This is absolutely in order. Deputy Cowen spent his time talking about the programme for Government and about how Fianna Fáil had to form a Government, which had nothing to do with water charges.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will continue to speak.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am going to continue to speak. I am talking about the water charges.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I will stick to the debate.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: What is happening as a result of the massive movement against water charges is an attempt to criminalise protest. In general terms, if sitting down or slow marching is false imprisonment, then striking workers who stop strike breaking vehicles are guilty of false imprisonment-----

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: -----so too are anti-war protestors who stage a sit-down protests, so too are pro-choice protestors who have a slow march. It is, as a barrister said yesterday, "a recipe for totalitarianism". The young man in question had someone give a moving speech for him a few weeks ago. He finished with a quote from Martin Luther King: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: Injustice against anyone is a threat to justice for everyone. People need to take a stand against it.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: I do not intend to disrespect the House at all.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to any family members of Irish citizens who are refugees from the Syria-Iraq conflict; if she takes into account the particular difficulties of acquiring in-date travel documents for these refugees when seeking visas to Ireland to be reunited with their family members resident here; if she will consider issuing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will explore the measures possible to ensure the safe passage of an Irish family's family members (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27216/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UK Referendum on EU Membership (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any discussions she has had with the British Government regarding the free movement of persons following the Brexit vote; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19477/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the position and the work of the Government and the Irish permanent representation in relation to the examination by the European Council of the scope of provisional application of CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27770/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Government’s position as to which elements of CETA falls under EU competence and which are considered to fall under national competence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the position of the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, as outlined in his recent state of the union speech supporting the creation of the position of an EU Foreign Minister; the consultations that have been had with this State on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/16]