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Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: The request from myself and other Deputies for this Topical Issue debate was prompted by a briefing given by shop stewards from Cadbury's Coolock plant last Friday, which was attended by local representatives, including my colleague, Councillor Michael O'Brien. Contrary to the attitude expressed by the Minister at the meeting he had with Deputies and the attitude I presume will be expressed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on reform of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service from 51 individual companies to six companies; her views on maintaining a strong volunteer and community input into service at a local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15919/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will have a consultation process with the individual Money Advice and Budgeting Service companies prior to implementing any changes to the structure of the service. [15920/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects a report from the Citizens Information Board on the reform of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service. [15921/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on having a debate in Dáil Éireann on the restructuring of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; if there are significant reforms in their structures proposed by the Citizens Information Board. [15922/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 651 of 15 April 2015 and 742 of 24 March 2015, the procedures around determining if someone applying for a passport has reduced capacity; if the view of a medical professional is required in making this determination; if it is on the basis of other information, or on the opinion of a Garda or other...

Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is morally wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will also quote President Obama, who said "What happened in Ferguson may not be unique, but it's no longer endemic or sanctioned by law and custom". It is endemic. A report by the US Department of Justice found a pattern of civil rights violations by the Ferguson police department and points to shocking statistics. Some 90% of people who received a citation in Ferguson were African...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: There is systematic racism in the US, and this is reflected in the actions of the police, which are seen in the statistics in black and white. I also raise the treatment of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a celebrated prisoner and former Black Panther who was the victim of a racist frame-up, has been on death row since 1982 and, in recent weeks, has faced potential execution through medical neglect.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the alleged human rights abuse of African-Americans in the United States of America by police authorities; if he raised the matter with the ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland; if the embassy has raised this matter with the authorities in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: What is the Minister's view of the human rights abuses of African-Americans in the US, in particular, a number of killings of African-Americans, including the killings of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray and others by police authorities, and the killings of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis and others? Those killings have given rise to the Black Lives Matter movement in the US and they...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: I urge the Minister and the Government to go with the option of the Taoiseach intervening. In five days time Ibrahim could be sentenced to death. Yesterday, 22 people were sentenced to death for participation in a protest. There is no chance of him receiving justice in what is a mass trial. The Minister recognised the reality that the Egyptian authorities will decide, but the nature of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the fact that people from the embassy will be in attendance and monitoring and I accepted the intentions of the Government are not to harm Ibrahim in any way, but at this stage what is needed is the highest possible level of political intervention. Of course there are differences in other cases, but was high level political intervention a factor in the case of the Australian...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any developments in the detention and trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; if he will report on consular assistance provided to that person and the person's family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15326/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: I, too, want to raise the case of Ibrahim Halawa, an Irish citizen who is a prisoner of conscience according to Amnesty International. The case is extremely urgent, as the next hearing will be in five days. It is obviously accurate that the decision on whether to release Ibrahim will be made by the Egyptian authorities, but what is problematic is the idea that Egyptian law applies. There...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations were made by him or his Department in the case of a person (details supplied), a prisoner in the United States of America, who has had health difficulties recently. [15281/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; if the issue of the North's budget and welfare system was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15282/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 31 March 2015, if he will report on any further representations made to the authorities of the People's Republic of China regarding the detention of women's rights activists. [15283/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions with European Union counterparts on human rights and workers' rights issues in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15279/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent election of Mr. Maithripala Sirisena in the Sri Lankan presidential election, his views on the situation in that country; if he supports the call for an international investigation into alleged war crimes, including genocide, carried out against the Tamil population at the end of the civil war in 2009; his views on...