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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]

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

Paul Murphy: 467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the statement by the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, in his recent state of the union speech that Europe can no longer afford to rely on the military might of others or let France alone defend its honour in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 881. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the enactment of all the sections of the Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; the envisaged timeline for the setting of clamping regulations by the NTA; his views on whether management companies clamping residents for arrears of management fees should be prohibited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26653/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Capabilities (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 971. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the position of Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker regarding EU defence as outlined in his state of the union speech, which included support for the establishment of a European defence fund to encourage research and innovation and for a toughening up of EU defence policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (16 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of regulations regarding motor insurance in view of the practice of many motor insurance companies denying coverage to cars over ten years or older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the policy of not permitting special needs assistants, SNAs, who took redundancy prior to 1 May 2014 to be employed in full-time SNA positions, especially in view of the fact that the option of taking panel rights instead of a redundancy payment was available to these workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been budgeted for the work of the Expert Commission on Water Charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (16 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 843. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the hunger strike of a person (details supplied) in detention in Israel; if he will report on any representations on the matter he or his Department has made with the Israeli state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25076/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: 848. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on the detention of a person (details supplied) in Iran; the representations he or his Department have made to the Iranian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25697/16]