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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Murphy: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 2 December 2015, what criteria will be used in assessing the sufficient viability of Aonad; which body or agency will make this assessment; if there will be a consultation process with parents, students and public representatives regarding the location of a Gaelcholáiste in the north Kildare...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Murphy: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 155 and 156 of 2 December 2015, the differences between the proposals in the original applications for outline planning permission for primary and secondary schools on this site which were granted by Kildare County Council and the planning applications for permanent school buildings which were refused by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flood Risk Assessments (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Murphy: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, if she will reconsider her earlier reply with regard to extending the brief of the appointed project consultant in respect of a broader assessment of flooding in the catchment area given recent flooding; what will such a broader assessment entail regarding water courses, flooding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flood Risk Assessments (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Murphy: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, what she means by the reference to non-compliance to statutory procurement regulations; what is the content of the non-compliance mentioned; and how and why does this impact on her decisions. [4002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Flood Risk Assessments (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Murphy: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 2 December 2015, what she means by reference to managing a process over lands that are not in her Department's control; to what process does this refer, is it the process of flood prevention either of the school site or of lands in the catchment and-or buildings thereon that might be impacted by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (2 Feb 2016)

Paul Murphy: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of apparent deadlock in relation to the proposed sites for schools along the Hazelhatch Road, if the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board and-or her Department have considered the possible acquisition of a site on lands to the rear of the Donaghcumper cemetery on the R403 Celbridge to Lucan road and adjacent to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of a permanent school for Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna in Knocklyon, Dublin 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3427/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: Finally we have a debate - two and a half hours on what is the most serious attack on the environmental, labour, consumer and democratic rights of almost 1 billion people. That is how seriously the Government takes it. In reality, among all of the governments in the European Union, the Government is one of the biggest fans of TTIP and all its most odious parts. TTIP is a charter for...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Placements (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: I strongly attack these activation schemes as a mechanism for the Government to manipulate unemployment figures, further casualise the labour market, normalise the idea of working for free, drive down working conditions and undermine working wages and conditions for all. How many of the 13 who took up positions in the Minister's Department did so under threat or perceived threat of sanction?...

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: I look forward to that happening. Does the Minister of State agree that the prevalence of low pay among women and young people speaks against it being in any way an equal recovery or a recovery for ordinary people? Does the Government and the Labour Party, in particular, consider it to be a source of embarrassment that two thirds of low-paid workers are women, that 50% of women earn less...

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister of State agree that we live in a low-wage economy? Was it the Government's intention to create a low-wage economy, where 20% of workers would be classified as living in deprivation, where one third of one-income households would be deprived, where many people affected by the housing crisis and suffering from homelessness would be employed and yet could not afford...

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: Promises.

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am going to play the lotto later.

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Placements (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of interns for whom he has provided placements under the JobBridge scheme since the scheme began; and how many of these were subsequently offered full-time employment in his Department. [2087/16]

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Placements (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am glad that the Minister of State mentioned a solutions-based approach because with this question we come to one of the Labour Party's favourite solutions which works so well for employers and those who want people to work for free. For how many interns has the Minister provided placements under the JobBridge scheme and how many of them were subsequently offered full-time employment in...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Placements (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: As the Minister did not really provide the figure in the very clear way I would like, I will spell out what I think the answer was. I asked how many placements had been provided and the answer was 13. A total of 25 placements were offered, of which 13 were taken up. I asked how many of them were subsequently offered full-time employment. If I did not take up the Minister wrong, the answer...

Other Questions: Job Losses (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that Mondelez is seeking further outsourcing of jobs at the Cadbury plant in Coolock in Dublin 17. [2084/16]

Other Questions: Job Losses (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: This relates to the latest worrying news from Cadbury in Coolock to the effect that Mondelez is seeking to outsource a further 17 jobs on top of the 165 jobs that were lost last year. Does it not speak to the nature of the recovery as being for big business and the rich when workers continue to face job losses and major exploitation?

Other Questions: Job Losses (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: That the jobs are disappearing and the workers are disappointed are not just natural events. It is cold comfort to the 17 workers who may lose their jobs that the rate of job losses elsewhere has decreased. Does the Minister acknowledge that the reason these jobs will go is not that Mondelez or the Cadbury plant in Coolock is unprofitable, but because Mondelez wants to maximise its profits?...

Other Questions: Job Losses (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: At least that answer has the benefit of being honest: "That is capitalism". Companies will try to maximise profits, globalisation means that there will be an international race to the bottom in wages and conditions and we must go along with it. The workers would not be happy to hear the news that this is the Government's approach. To become the most competitive, the company will want...