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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (13 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: 414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine subsequent to the establishment of the atypical worker permission mechanism, established to allow the owners of Irish fishing vessels regularise the status of undocumented non-European Union migrant crew, if he has received any representations seeking to increase the number of permits available beyond 500 or any other amendment to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (13 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: 908. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the Ireland's Ancient East initiative and the consultation with historians and historical organisations in establishing and implementing the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1161/16]

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will start by paying tribute to the institutes of technology and their staff. These institutes are drastically under funded, but they continue to provide access to higher education for many people who would traditionally be excluded. This is true for the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, in my constituency and others. One point that must be mentioned in the context of this Bill is...

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: That will not happen when warplanes are going through Shannon Airport.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: I echo those points. It is a bit baffling-----

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: -----that the Minister of State agrees that the best case scenario is an independent agency. The experts agree the best case scenario is an independent agency. The Minister of State then says the Government has decided it cannot set up any new agencies and therefore, unfortunately, it cannot do what is best. This approach does not seem to be focused or centred on the needs of those who are...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State said that location of the Decision Support Service within the Mental Health Commission is a perfect fit, which contradicts the point she made earlier that the ideal would be a stand-alone agency but because the Government has committed to not creating any new agencies another appropriate location had to be found. It seems to me to be a very blunt tool that because the...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: One would hope that Saturday will see progress, but we also hoped for progress on earlier dates. It is therefore not unreasonable for people not to have too many illusions about the Egyptian courts system. The Egyptian authorities argue that before law 140 can be applied, the case must first be finished and a conviction or otherwise occur. That does not seem to be accurate, however. It...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the actions taken by him to secure the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is detained in Egypt and facing serious charges that could result in the death penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45311/15]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: A tenth trial date, a third birthday and Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen, is still languishing in jail in a dictatorship, potentially facing a death sentence, after his 20th birthday. I listened to the Minister’s response to Deputy Seán Crowe and accept that he wants to see Ibrahim Halawa released and that embassy staff are working hard in that respect. However, is it not time...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: I accept the bona fides of the Government and the Minister that they want to see a positive outcome to this case. I also accept that Ibrahim Halawa is facing a trial in a judicial system in another country. It is also a fact that it is not possible for him to receive a fair trial, to reasonably prepare for his defence, in a situation where he faces a mass trial with almost 500 people and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (17 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the war in Syria; and the discussions he or his departmental officials have had with other Governments on the war and the military intervention by the various international powers and whether the Irish Government is supporting these military interventions. [45312/15]

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: The proposal yesterday from the European Commission regarding European border guards, which will be discussed at the European Council, is most serious. It represents an attempt to build even higher the walls of fortress Europe and to further militarise those walls. It places metaphorical and real barbed wire on them, provides for tower guards and for drones flying across the Mediterranean....

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: What we have from the Government are some pre-election crumbs. They are not even crumbs from the Government’s own cake but crumbs from the people’s cake that the Government has taken from them in the form of the property tax. Even then, it is giving tiny crumbs of it back to them. I can see the leaflets now from Fine Gael in particular but also from the Labour Party, which is...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: It was truly shameful to see Deputies Wallace and Daly jailed yesterday for their part in highlighting the disgusting role the Irish Government has played and continues to play in facilitating warmongering and the killing of ordinary people in the Middle East through the use of Shannon Airport. For most people, that contrasts very greatly with the inaction we are likely to see in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (10 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 170 and 171 of 2 December 2015, if procedures exist for accidental or unscheduled meetings that may take place between Ministers or senior officials and bidders for State contracts under the Ministers' remit, and if such policies contain an obligation to take note of the topics...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (10 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received any written or oral representations on behalf of Task Alarms from any elected representative, and the topics discussed at his meeting with a bidder for contracts under the senior alerts scheme on 10 December 2015. [44112/15]

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the motion. It is scandalous that the Government will reject it. I want to highlight an issue that underlines the need for the anti-corruption agency with a monitoring and investigative role over public procurement activities for which the motion calls. Public procurement is a key area in which the space exists for public representatives or others to interfere with public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed on lower rates of pay due to participation in an apprenticeship or training. [37223/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: 190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new builds and acquisitions to be completed and the new units to be provided by housing associations under the capital assistance scheme by local authority area in the second half of 2015 in tabular form. [44272/15]