Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Traveller Community

Paul Murphy

69. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to tackle the discrimination faced by members of the Traveller community; if she will support the establishment of a Traveller agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42395/15]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

298. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if whales and dolphins in Ireland's 200 nautical-mile exclusive economic zone are adequately protected under the European Union habitats directive and national legislation, given the four super trawlers currently fishing in this area; and if observers from his Department or other State agencies are observing the impact of the super trawlers on whales and dolphins and their habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42958/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

299. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any super trawlers have been boarded for inspection by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority or by the Irish Naval Service this week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42959/15]

Water Charges Arrears

Paul Murphy

569. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any body under his Department's remit is instructing approved housing bodies to actively pursue tenants to pay the water charges arrears; and if those same approved housing bodies are informed in any manner that if their tenants fail to pay the water charges their funding will be affected. [42590/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on measures he has taken in monitoring compliance with workplace legislation in the fishing industry, with particular reference to migrant labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41851/15]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between the European Union and Canada; the status of the agreement's investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism; if the mechanism will threaten the right of European governments to regulate in the interests of workers, consumers, and the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41852/15]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Paul Murphy

92. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the reformed approach advocated by the European Union for investment protection in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations changes the fundamentals of an approach which enshrines corporate access to justice ahead of that of ordinary citizens. [41853/15]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

100. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given correspondence showing a company offering a training rate of pay below the minimum wage, if he is aware of the prevalence of this practice; the steps he is taking to monitor compliance with minimum wage legislation; the number of cases that have been investigated by his Department in the past three years; and if his Department will investigate a case (details supplied). [42122/15]

Motor Tax Exemptions

Paul Murphy

209. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an exemption from motor tax for blood motor bicycles, a volunteer service that transports blood between hospitals but which is not able to avail of the motor tax exemption available to ambulances, as such an exemption would bring the treatment of the service in line with the approach of other jurisdictions notably in the United Kingdom. [42135/15]

Property Tax Administration

Paul Murphy

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if those who enter into agreements with the Revenue Commissioners to pay the local property tax are still liable for a late payment surcharge given that the late payment is factored into the agreement. [41330/15]

Banking Operations

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to his reply to Question No. 215 of 17 November 2015, in which he explains that receivers acting on behalf of AIB may seek vacant possession of a property even if a lease agreement is in place; if this is in contradiction with the policy outlined by the bank in an earlier reply (details supplied) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform on 22 April 2015; if the bank has changed its policy regarding evictions of sitting tenants; and if any changes were discussed with him or with his Department. [41705/15]

Tax Reliefs Costs

Paul Murphy

36. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the cost to the Exchequer arising from changes to the recently announced reforms to the treatment of tax relief for landlords taking rent supplement tenants. [40385/15]

Credit Union Regulation

Paul Murphy

37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to a deferral of the implementation of the Consultation Paper 88 reforms in Credit Unions, given the concerns expressed by the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40384/15]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

154. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of his officials raised the case of a person (details supplied) with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sameh Hassan Shoukry, or with Mr Shoukry's officials, who participated in the Valetta Summit on migration in Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015. [40830/15]

Labour Activation Measures

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given a dispute involving workers on the Gateway scheme in the Ballymount depot in south Dublin, the protections in place for Gateway workers; and the monitoring being undertaken to ensure training is taking place as part of the scheme. [40151/15]

National Internship Scheme Administration

Paul Murphy

78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why her Department has reversed the ban on 54 companies from participating in the JobBridge scheme, as recently reported by the media (details supplied), and the details of the companies that have been banned from the scheme. [40152/15]

Banking Operations

Paul Murphy

215. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Allied Irish Banks that, in view of the homeless and accommodation crisis, it should not evict sitting tenants from properties of which it takes possession, but that it should renew the leases of these tenants; his plans to instruct other banks to accept rent supplement in all cases, including in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [40547/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

253. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to offer his assessment of the impact that so-called super trawlers have had on fish stocks in Irish seas; if he will implement a ban or restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40005/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishing vessels boarded for visual inspection in each of the past three year, by size of vessel. [40318/15]

Fishing Industry

Paul Murphy

280. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has undertaken an impact study of the activities of large super trawlers on the various fish stock species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40319/15]