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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: Can the Commissioner justify to citizens of Europe, including citizens in Ireland who contribute to this EU budget, why their money should be spent on weapons that are designed to kill people as opposed to being invested in health, education and infrastructure? Can the Commissioner justify that as a moral and political choice by the Commission to advocate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I am not so sure but I appreciate the Commissioner's honesty which is often lacking from the Irish Government in this respect about the direction in which Europe is going. The Commissioner is aware that in the past MFF, in this MFF, hundreds of millions of euros through defence security research spending has ended up with Israeli corporations such as Elbit and other Israeli armament...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I have been to Brussels. I was a member of the European Parliament. I made these arguments and I will be concrete. Elbit received an EU contribution of over €400,000 for its participation in the FLYSEC project which integrates new technologies on video surveillance, intelligent remote image processing and biometrics combined with big data analysis, open source intelligence and crowd...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: But a national conflict the EU is funding one side of in terms of armaments companies. It seems again that the direction that this is going goes further in the direction of the so-called "Juncker investment plan", the European Fund for Strategic Investment. The Commission envisages more money would be allocated to that in the coming MFF. Could the Commissioner confirm that? The language...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: Millions of people in Anglo Irish Bank?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Government reportedly will support the Fianna Fáil Private Members' Bill extending some rights to those who have their loans sold to vulture funds, a testament to the pressure they feel from the public. We support the Bill as well. However, regulation is not enough and must not be used as political cover to allow the sale of these loan books to vultures. Ultimately, a regulated...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach does not want to answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: As the Taoiseach has only 20 seconds left, he is nearly there.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government commits to "Improving the lives of people with disabilities". It states, "we will support people with disabilities in maximising their potential, by removing barriers which impact on access to services, education, work or healthcare". How does that tally with the points raised by Deputy Seamus Healy during Leaders' Questions about the massive and rising waiting...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach said that "welfare cheats cheat us all" in a campaign now universally recognised as having been based on false figures which his own Department questioned. He cynically used public money to enhance his appeal to Fine Gael members. That campaign may now be largely forgotten but the agenda behind it remains. It was more than just a dog whistle campaign for votes. It was part...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: It is like Deputy Enda Kenny is back. The Taoiseach managed not to answer the question at all. Instead he attacked something which I did not say and then went on an ideological attack about Venezuela. I think he might have even referenced Colombia and Greece.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: Let us go back to the question. The question is on the Government's JobPath scheme, which has failed in its stated aim of getting jobs for people. That is what the facts now demonstrate. Only 18% of participants get jobs, which is no higher than the rate for people who do not have access to JobPath. These companies have been accused of fraud in Britain. What is the Taoiseach doing to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is engaged in fraud against unemployed people and is using public money to demonise them in order to drive precarious employment. He is continuing in that same Thatcherite vein here. Will he please answer the question asked in respect of JobPath?

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Government's own figures dispute that.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: We would not have vulture funds dealing with public banks.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: I originally asked this question to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine but it was redirected to the Department of the Minister of State, for whatever reason. Has the Minister of State watched the "Panorama" programme and noted what was displayed? Possibly the chief villain that emerges from that documentary — there are many — is Mr. Raymond Cullivan, owner of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: There is undoubtedly a problem with the legislation and regulations as they stand, both in terms of the absence of enforcement and the manner in which they are drafted. It is evidenced by the fact that Ireland is leading the race to the bottom regarding conditions on puppy farms. It is why Ireland is the puppy-farming capital of Europe. An issue I wish to raise is the enforcement of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review legislation relating to dog breeding establishments in view of recent cases of welfare issues in some large establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7154/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: To its shame, Ireland is the puppy farming capital of Europe. Some estimates put it at 100,000 puppies a year. The breeding conditions often operate on an industrial scale in battery conditions similar to battery pigs or battery chickens. 11 o’clock It is really horrific. Huge profits are being made from horrific animal cruelty, which was exposed in a "Panorama" programme almost...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Service Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: 48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on plans to extend high speed broadband to all rural areas in the south Dublin County Council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/18]