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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 15 July 2014, since that reply issued, the number of investigations that have taken place following complaints made by interns on the JobBridge scheme; the number of these that resulted in a finding against a host organisation; the number of companies that have been banned from the scheme; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 5 March 2014, if, since that reply issued, any Department or statutory body has been banned from making use of the JobBridge Scheme. [13020/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have taken part in the JobBridge scheme in the Fingal, South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Dublin City, County Carlow and County Kilkenny local authority areas; the number that are ongoing; and the number that are completed. [13021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 1 May 2014, since that reply issued, the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to engage with labour activation schemes. [13017/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 1 May 2014, since that reply issued, the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to take part in JobBridge under the youth guarantee. [13018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 1 May 2014, since that reply issued, the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to take part in the gateway scheme. [13019/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have taken part in the gateway scheme in the Fingal, South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, Dublin City, County Carlow and County Kilkenny local authority areas; the number of placements that are ongoing; and the number that have been completed. [13022/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the discussions held regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Commission and at the recent Council of Ministers meeting held in Riga in Latvia; and his position on the model of investor state dispute settlement for the partnership. [13147/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 427. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the shortage of social workers for children at serious risk; the measures he will take to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, where availability of theatres for surgical procedures is severely curtailed due to budgetary measures, which results in longer waiting lists, hardship for patients and frustration for staff who cannot provide the quality of service they wish for patients; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (31 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 654. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a system of charges for the use of local authority library services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (26 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the State, in October 2014, communicated to the European Commission its support for the inclusion of an investor state dispute settlement mechanism in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12087/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (26 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on au pairs and domestic workers being paid the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12086/15]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: Tairgim leasú a 8:I leathanach 5, líne 9, “bliain agus fiche” a scriosadh agus “ocht mbliana déag” a chur ina ionad.I move amendment No. 8:In page 4, line 10, to delete “twenty-one years” and substitute “eighteen years”.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: Tairgim leasú a 4:I gCuid 1, leathanach 7, líne 3, "bliain agus fiche" a scriosadh agus "ocht mbliana déag" a chur ina ionad. agus I gChuid 2, leathanach 7, líne 5, "twenty-one years" a scriosadh agus "eighteen years" a chur ina ionad.I move amendment No. 4:In Part 1, page 6, line 3, to delete "bliain agus fiche" and substitute "ocht mbliana déag". and In Part 2,...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: No.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: The point is that the Government-----

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: -----is not interested in dealing with young people. With regard to the Bill, the notion Deputy Mitchell put forward that Irish people can lose the run of themselves by electing a 21 year old President - the idea that the worst thing that could possibly befall the State is that the people in a democracy would elect somebody who happened to be 21 rather than 35 or older - is bizarre. The...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: We were the only ones who put down amendments to the Bill.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: We have here a proposal from Government, originating from the Constitutional Convention, for involving young people in politics. The Government is able to find the time and the space for a referendum on this issue but has refused to provide a referendum for the much more urgently needed repeal of the barbaric eighth amendment of the Constitution. We will vote in favour of this referendum...