Results 9,761-9,780 of 12,388 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding an uneven distribution of opportunities for election observers on the roster with some still waiting for their first mission while others have been awarded two or more missions; his plans to prioritise members that have not been on missions in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of training provided to election observers by his Department in 2013; the reason it was felt necessary to train the observers at that time; the cost of the training; the persons that were eligible to attend this training; the names of the persons; the expenses or allowances they were paid to attend the course; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if civil servants who partake in election observations are entitled to the higher remuneration; the arrangement for expenses paid to such civil servants; if they are higher or lower than those given to other Irish election observers deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45178/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if 25% of the marks were awarded to those who claimed fluency in Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese; the reason such an emphasis was placed on these languages in view of the fact the majority of election missions are conducted through English; the number of missions each year since 2010 that required observers to have Arabic,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took sick leave in the period between 15 November and 22 November 2014 in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds available to local authorities via the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure programme or other relevant programmes to fund the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process whereby the funds from the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure programme or other relevant programmes are allocated to local authorities to fund the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44760/17]

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I am sure the Minister is well aware, having visited direct provision centres and met children who live there, of the particularly vulnerable position that they are in. What measures has he taken to address their situation? Are there are any plans to introduce increased payments for children living in direct provision?

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree that the conditions these children face are horrific? Their parents are not allowed to work and they do not have cooking facilities or live in an ordinary family environment. They are being institutionalised from a young age, potentially for quite a long time. According to the 2015 HIQA report, 14% of children have been referred to child protection services compared...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Governor and his colleagues for attending today's meeting. The explanation given for the system-wide issue was that it was an issue of culture. It was suggested that culture explains how 11 different banks pushed people off tracker mortgages or did not allow people back on to tracker mortgages. Unless culture operates like telepathy, that is not really a full explanation. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I still think it is a stretch that it would happen in the different banks in the same period of time. The witnesses might come back on that. Even accepting the point about culture or that culture is an important element of this, which I think it is, what does it say about the culture that operated then in the banks and does a different culture operate now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: That is precisely where I was going with the next question. Is it the case that the response of at least some of the more reticent banks demonstrates there is no significant change in culture? The interactions at the committee here have been very frustrating. It is like being on a treadmill. Last year, they came in and said it would be sorted by Christmas and the same is happening this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: In reply to the original question posed by Deputy Pearse Doherty, Professor Lane said the Central Bank legally had the power to use its powers in respect of 2013 onwards where there are these two populations. The reason it does not use the power is that relatively speaking, it is a relatively small amount of money compared with all the money that is pre-2013 and which it does not want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: If the 2013 legislation was 2008-2009 legislation, the relative options may be different.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Okay. At the moment, 13,000 customer accounts have been identified. There are obviously higher figures. The Central Bank may have mentioned 20,000 in one of the documents. How high is it possible to go in terms of how many people are affected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: That is substantial numbers on top of the 20,000 we know about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the extension of maternity leave for premature births will only apply to those births after 1 October 2017; her plans for an extension of the rights to those already on maternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44415/17]

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We do.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We want a left Government.