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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: If I can ask something of Mandate, the point was being made about the impact on mental health - the idea being that these sub-minimum wage rates are good for young people because it means that more of them are in employment and that has a positive impact on their mental health. In terms of Mr. Mannion's interaction with young workers, what is the impact on their mental health of being paid a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Can I keep going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: I have a question to ISME. It relates to the comment about being in loco parentis. It is, in my opinion, a patronising approach that these people are not doing real work when they are employed to do real work. They can be asked to do real work and many of them are asked to do real work. I am interested in Mr. McDonnell's response. According to ISME's opening statement: ... to give a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Returning to Mr. McDonnell and this argument of whether they are discriminatory or not, we obviously acknowledge they are not illegal and they are lawful. He made the comparison with the legal voting age, the age to stand for the Dáil, the age to buy alcohol or to drive, etc. He is not accepting, however, that we are talking in those circumstances about an age before which people are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Mr. McDonnell is asking for the right to treat them less than. He is asking that he continue to be allowed to pay them less than the minimum wage. Nothing we are doing here is stopping people getting more for higher experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Mr. McDonnell does at least agree that the sub-minimum wage rates for 18- and 19-year-olds should be abolished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: The arguments Mr. McDonnell just made do not apply to 18- and 19-year-olds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: It seems to me that many of the arguments Mr. McDonnell makes, in responding to Deputy Stanton, are about experience. The point has been made repeatedly that I could lose my seat in the next general election, walk into a petrol station, look for a job, not be particularly good at it for the first couple of weeks and need training, but I would not legally be allowed to be paid less than the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: Mr. McDonnell might be disappointed. I might incur a lot of supervision. I want to go back to Dr. Redmond to explore what I believe is a important issue, namely, the EU directive on adequate minimum wages. I do not know to what degree he is qualified to speak about it, but it changes the whole pitch in terms of this issue. While it is legal to have different minimum wage rates, they have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the peace summit he attended in Switzerland. [27046/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: First, I express my horror and outrage at the attack on civilian infrastructure and specifically the attack on the children's hospital in Kyiv by the Russian military. It is absolutely horrendous to see the pictures from that hospital. It certainly seems to be a clear war crime by the Putin regime. In relation to the summit, this was heralded as a peace summit. Obviously, though, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: What action has the Taoiseach taken to implement the all-island rail review? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, transport emissions increased again last year. To reach the legally binding target for transport, they must fall 12% this year and by 12% next year. It is very likely that this simply will not happen and then the cut from 2026 to 2030 will have to be even...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the shared island initiative by his Department. [28204/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government makes a commitment to hold a referendum on housing. The time of this Government is coming to an end one way or another. It is simply a matter of months before the next election. The Housing Commission went off and proposed wording which states: 1°: The State recognises that having a home is of fundamental importance to quality of life and that access to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [28203/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their work on this. It is a no-brainer from the point of view of workers, communities and our environment. Do any of the witnesses have figures for the profits of the waste management companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: I think most of them are unlimited companies that do not file with the Companies Office so they do not publish their profits, if I am not mistaken. Will any of the witnesses address that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: That is precisely the point. There is a problem in having a public discussion here when we do not know the figure. They trot out that because people are doing as they are asked to do, which is to bring their bottles and cans back to the shops for the deposit return scheme, they need to increase the price of the green bin to compensate for that. There is no public evidence to suggest that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: This relates to what Mr. Kane is saying. He mentioned bin workers' cite health and safety concerns that have been raised in survey after survey. What sort of concerns do they have? Presumably this is something that has changed since the move to private ownership.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: There is one area where we might diverge a little, or perhaps it is just a question of timing. Councillor Doolan said that we do not want to turn the clock back and, obviously, we do not want to turn the clock back in terms of having just one black bin and there need to be multiple bins. Why not turn the clock back in terms of bringing this fully under the control of council-run services as...