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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wage-setting Mechanisms (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: The problem is that the Government is not a neutral bystander. It has and implements policies that encourage the creation of a very low wage sector in the economy, many of which represent subsidies to employers. One example which I have raised repeatedly is JobBridge which directly costs the State approximately €60 million a year in payments to those participating in the scheme but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I would be highly sceptical of the promised growth figures form the Commission. Similar figures promised for the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, never materialised - in fact, a million jobs disappeared. Professor Clive George, who has previously done impact assessments for the European Commission, has noted that its model is highly speculative and said that the actual likely...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: When I worked in the European Parliament, I heard this argument again and again for ISDS in the case of trade agreements with countries with undeveloped legal systems. That was the argument put forward, but the US, which has the most developed legal system in the world, and, similarly, the EU are still arguing that corporations have special rights, rights that are not afforded to ordinary...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received a response to the letter that he co-signed, dated 21 October 2014, to the Commissioner-designate for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, regarding the transatlantic trade and investment partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48248/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I wish to ask the Minister about the letter of 21 October 2014 to the trade Commissioner, which he co-signed with a number of other trade Ministers across Europe. The essence of the letter was to argue for the maintenance of the investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism, which gives privileged access to corporations to justice against states that attempt to regulate in the EU-US...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Growth (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that an accurate reflection of Irish economic activity that exports Irish-resident companies manufactured abroad are now counted as Irish exports; and his views that this increase in exports will benefit job creation here. [48146/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take to end the practice of some employers using subcontracting to lower the cost of labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the latest Action Plan for Jobs; the number of its objectives that have been achieved; and the number of jobs created which are directly linked to the plan. [48145/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there may be an over-emphasis on multinationals with regard to job creation, in view of the fact that according to Forfás only 4,520 jobs were added by foreign-owned State-assisted companies in the decade between 2004 and 2013. [48147/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to recognise the State of Palestine following Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann passing motions in favour of Ireland's recognition of the State of Palestine; the expected timeframe for the full recognition of the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48622/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have sent complete application packs to Irish Water; the number of households that are registered but are not eligible to pay water charges; the number of application packs that have been returned blank to Irish Water. [48619/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation on the regulation of the sale of quad bikes and their use in public parks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48620/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (17 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the legislation on the regulation of the use and sale of quad bikes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48621/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: The Minister often feigns shock at the idea that anyone could suggest privatisation is a possibility. The Government repeatedly states that nobody in the Dáil could possibly want Irish Water to be privatised. I would hazard a guess that he is incorrect although they may not feel able to put forward the idea now. The same Government wanted to privatise our forests and, if it felt it...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: Would the Minister not agree, at least on a theoretical level, that it would make Irish Water a more attractive option for any future major multinational corporation seeking to buy it in the context of a future privatisation? The money that is to come from the Department of Finance to the local authorities does not deal with the fundamental question. It is a transfer from one part of the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: We will need a Greek person there.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: When?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (16 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is anticipated that the streamlining of pay grades announced in the new Civil Service reform plan will lead to a lower overall pay and pensions bill. [47844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (16 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans to review, amend or repeal sections 28 and 34 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002, which deals with prohibition of victims of disclosing information regarding their cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48041/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: A protester from Stoneybatter was accosted by private security, which I will not name but whose name I have, in a very serious incident. In his words, "I was walking up Prussia Street, heading towards the North Circular Road at approximately 8.10 a.m. on 11 December 2014, and noticed three men in front of me who kept looking behind at me suspiciously. As I proceeded about my business the...