Results 101-120 of 123 for going forward speaker:Paul Murphy

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...will receive. The Minister did not make any reference to the €2.70 increase because he was ashamed of it, as he should be. It encapsulates the unfair, right-wing budget of inequality before us. Not only did the Government decide not to undo the discrimination against young unemployed people, but it decided to double down on it by making the gap with other payments even greater....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Rising Cost of Motor Insurance: Minister of State (7 Sep 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...the massive hikes in premiums and the discrimination against all sorts of different groups of drivers will be reversed. The Minister of State is correct to think, in terms of the model he has put forward and what the working group will look at, that is unlikely to happen because he and the Government have already tied their own hands behind their back in advance of engaging in this in...

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...Ireland is one of three jurisdictions left that maintains it. To defend it and to advocate for it in such a positive fashion is shocking. I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for bringing the Bill forward. It is very good that we have it but obviously it is very disappointing that it looks like it may not pass. However, the Anti Austerity Alliance is very much in support of the Bill....

Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jun 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...presented as some very technical thing. Regulatory coherence is precisely about whether we have GM foods - they are regulations. When it comes to mutual recognition or coherence, is the direction going to be upwards in terms of protections or downwards? It is a negotiation that is driven on both sides by big business agendas, which precisely want a bad deal from the point of view of...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016)

Paul Murphy: While I am going to speak about the Dáil reform report, I will also try to make some broader points about democratic change and the change needed that goes beyond the remit of the sub-committee. We welcome the report. We played a role with others in producing it and broadly support it. The report must be considered in the context of the political changes that are taking place, not...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Paul Murphy: ..., friends and everyone affected in the communities in Donegal and Derry. In relation to what is happening in Brussels at the moment, we add our voice of condemnation to what appear to be ongoing terrorist attacks. The purpose of the attacks seems at this very early stage to be to strike terror into the hearts of people and to divide them. It is to create an environment of hatred,...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Paul Murphy: .... It has to include the right of parties to have their motions debated and, ultimately, voted on. Therefore, we should discuss the Sinn Féin motion on water charges. We should have a right to put forward a motion on water charges which would place an emphasis on the boycott. Fianna Fáil should have a right to put forward a motion on water charges which says whatever Fianna...

Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Paul Murphy: ...two other amendments to motion 5c. The first is that what is set down as a statement on housing and homelessness for a debate commencing at 6.30 p.m. and to last for two hours, would be brought forward to the start of the business of the day. It would be the first debate and would conclude after four hours rather than two hours, thereby at least doubling the time, but the debate would...

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2016)

Paul Murphy: I look forward to that happening. Does the Minister of State agree that the prevalence of low pay among women and young people speaks against it being in any way an equal recovery or a recovery for ordinary people? Does the Government and the Labour Party, in particular, consider it to be a source of embarrassment that two thirds of low-paid workers are women, that 50% of women earn less...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...movement from below for equality which was reflected in the massive "Yes" vote in May of this year, which ended discrimination against LGBTQ people in regard to marriage. That was welcomed by the Government, the Labour Party and Fine Gael, as a big step forward in terms of equality, and I agree. We will go further again tonight in terms of going a significant step along the way of ending...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...that the right to a home should come first and then the consequences would flow quite logically from that. If one takes the issue of rent controls, Members heard the Minister, Deputy Kelly, was going to fight the fight against Fine Gael and would ensure that rent controls linked to the rate of inflation would be put in place. That was the fight, he was going to stand up to the party...

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Murphy: For us, the Bill marks a big step forward for LGBTQ equality in Ireland. The referendum was an opportunity for people across Ireland - and they took it - to say they opposed discrimination and homophobia. The referendum was held because of pressure from campaigning groups and the vote was won because of activists who had worked tirelessly over the years on the issue, Marriage Equality, the...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...by the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, and others. More than 62% of those who cast a vote voted for marriage equality. Now, the House has the chance to vote for employment equality to go with it. The referendum result was a powerful blow against discrimination, inequality and homophobia. It showed that the traditional picture of a socially conservative majority in society is...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is perfect. I may not take the full 15 minutes. The first point I wish to make is on the incredible method the Government has chosen to debate this extremely important issue. The so-called democratic revolution is now so covered with dust that no one could possibly see it. This is a most cynical attempt to rush through the full and complete privatisation of Aer Lingus. We had a...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...movement that has changed this country. At the forefront of that movement were young people and working class communities who turned out massively to vote "Yes". The result is a massive step forward towards equality. The movement for change that has been unleashed will not stop now, but will continue. People will demand an end to all discrimination, to all homophobia and will call...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: ..., 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 by the Government whereby it takes it as a given that these jobs will simply go and that it is simply a question of managing that situation, the workers' representatives correctly do not accept that as a...

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...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...Irish Water will be able to deduct charges from people's wages, benefits or pensions. It is not doing this by putting a Bill before the House or raising the matter for debate here. It is not even going on the airwaves to put forward and debate the issue. It is doing it through leaks in the media that are designed to strike fear into people across the country. Is this the new way of...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...that level of struggle that we will finally reach a stage where trans people are not discriminated against. The basic elements of the Bill, legal recognition of people's gender identity, is a step forward and a step out of the dark ages where Ireland is the only country in the EU that does not allow legal recognition of transgender people. It is the beginning of an end of a nightmare...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: ...and salt contents of food, for example, denoted in a simple green, orange or red colour scheme. The food industry across Europe, including from Ireland, spent €1 billion lobbying to stop the proposal from going through the European Parliament. At least 30,000 people were employed on the issue at Brussels level in lobbying on behalf of various interests. Those who know how...