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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to make patients aware of their right to avail of publically funded health care in other European Union and European Economic Area states under Directive 2011/24/EU; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Irish patients who have availed of this mechanism in other states, by year, since the directive came into...

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Anti-Austerity Alliance is happy to support this Bill as an attempt to curb the gross profiteering of the banks. The rip-off of the bank bailout has been laid bare for all to see in recent weeks in particular as has the inequity of that bailout, where we see how the banks have treated the victims of austerity, those in mortgage difficulty due to unemployment and pay cuts, who are being...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Any measure that enhances the rights and conditions of workers is welcome. This Bill, we are told, will restore the system of registered employment agreements that was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in three sectors, namely, construction, forestry and meat processing. The Bill establishes a system for sectoral orders that can define pay and conditions in areas of the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: They said it would not be helpful to do so. Helpful to whom? We then took the advice of the Minister, Deputy Noonan, that if one really wants an answer to a question, one has to submit a freedom of information request. We duly submitted the request, in response to which Irish Water confirmed that by 18 May almost 800,000 bills had passed their pay-by date, although it again refused to say...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Could it be that it would give confidence to people, particularly at a time when people are looking at the IBRC scandal, the bailout and write-offs for the rich, for the Denis O'Briens, at the expense of the majority through measures such as the water charges? Four weeks later, I came back to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, in place of the Taoiseach. By...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I am at the question now. A total of 1.4 million bills have passed their pay-by date. I ask for a full and complete answer to two simple and precise questions. Have the figures for rates of payment been discussed between Irish Water and the Government? How many of those due to pay have paid the water charges by now and how many have not?

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: May I remind the Minister for the second time what the Taoiseach said yesterday? "I have been a supporter for a very long time of the idea that Dáil questions should be answered as fully and as completely as possible."

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I asked the question in the Dáil four weeks ago. I was told by the Taoiseach to go to Irish Water, to toddle along, where I would be given the answer. Four weeks have passed and we come back and ask the same questions again.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister did not answer one of my two questions. I am going to ask it very clearly and would like a clear answer in response. Has the Government discussed the levels of payment with Irish Water? Has there been communication of information about the levels of payment from Irish Water to the Government? I would like a clear answer to that question. It is simply not credible that they...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Has the Government discussed it with Irish Water?

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I wish to remind the Minister of what the Taoiseach said yesterday during Leaders' Questions: "I have been a supporter for a very long time of the idea that Dáil questions should be answered as fully and as completely as possible." Fair play to the Taoiseach. Perhaps he could have let the Minister, Deputy Noonan, know that this is the approach of the Government. Four weeks ago I asked...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a circular on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and homophobic bullying in educational institutions, in view of the support in the recent referendum for marriage equality for persons with these orientations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22031/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date for the publication of the annual report on Ireland's interaction with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; and when it, and the 2014 report, will be published on the Department of Finance website. [22607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to South Africa. [22602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 20 May 2015. [22603/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Certificate of Irish Heritage (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of certificates of Irish heritage that were issued in 2014 and in 2015 to date. [22604/15]

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will conclude by saying the absence of Government backbench Deputies participating in this debate or even sitting in the Chamber at this hour is an illustration of the Government's interest in this issue and speaks volumes about the so-called "democratic revolution", which we have not had.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Noonan, stated that the Government was launching the commission due to issues of serious public concern, but we should first consider how we got here and some of the questions that arise as a result. The commission is not the result of the Minister's worry about public concerns. This commission has been dragged out of the Government. In fact, the Minister has...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide equality for employees of education, medical and other services under the direction of religious organisations.It is just over two weeks since the resounding "Yes" vote in the marriage equality referendum, a referendum which mobilised thousands of people who had not previously been engaged in politics, including young...