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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Does the bank have any procedure in place to protect tenants who would face homelessness in the event of eviction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: The following question was answered earlier, although not fully. The witnesses indicated the bank has a low number of vacant properties. Will Mr. Mason indicate what is the average length of time properties remain vacant when the bank takes possession?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: A number of non-governmental organisations in the housing sector have raised this issue. Last year, for example, Threshold informed the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government that there was clear evidence available to its services that when vacant possession was obtained for sales purposes properties were left unoccupied for a considerable period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: We will move to an unrelated issue, namely, the bank account of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which has been discussed previously at the committee. I understand representatives of the campaign had a meeting with the bank last February following correspondence with the committee. After all of that, including correspondence with various Deputies, we are still none the wiser as to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: In that case, and speaking in general terms, are there are any regulations that apply only to Bank of Ireland and do not apply to Allied Irish Banks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: I am fairly sure AIB also operates in the jurisdictions Mr. Farrell cited. I will, therefore, ask the question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: AIB, like Bank of Ireland, operates in the United States and is subject to the same regulations. Therefore, the argument that some regulation prevents Bank of Ireland from allowing an account does not make sense. Is that not the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: I can confirm that Allied Irish Banks also operates in the United States. As such, Mr. Farrell's argument does not make any sense. As for the other argument, let us deal with it in abstract terms. How can it be the case that an individual or body having money deposited in a current account with Bank of Ireland can present a risk for the bank? What could happen? The bank has their money....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: My time is up. That is utterly unconvincing. It is utterly unsatisfactory that Mr. Farrell still has not answered them. I understand Mr. Farrell was at the meeting with them. The fact that they were able to subsequently open an account with AIB points strongly against the arguments Mr. Farrell has used in terms of regulation. It is very worrying that campaign groups could be censored in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disqualification of four elected representatives from the Legislative Council in Hong Kong (details supplied); if he has made representations to the Chinese authorities regarding the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: There is no imputation whatsoever. These are people who according to the register of interests own-----

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is no individual compliment or insult to them.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Absolutely. Of course, it is very relevant. The point is that

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: No. The point is that the Government represents the interests of landlords. This is not about individuals in Government but it is wildly out of whack with society as a whole and this is not accidental. It is the world view and the interests they represent. This is fundamentally the point and, as a socialist, I believe that building homes for profit and housing provision generally for...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State, Deputy English, said this is not about ideology, not once, twice or three times but seven or eight times in a ten-minute speech. The Minister of State doth protest far too much and gives the game away. What proposal are Members debating? We are debating whether the right to a home should exist in the Constitution and whether the right to private property - in reality...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: It was about the Taoiseach's short-term benefit but it was also about a deeper process of shifting responsibility for unemployment onto the unemployed. It is a repeat, or the implementation, of the Thatcherite notion that there is no society; there is no societal unemployment. There is no unemployment caused by the crisis, bankers or developers. Instead, there is only the lazy, the...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: The advertising campaign which lies behind this Bill blared, "Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All". It was designed to be a launch pad for the then Minister's successful dog whistle campaign for Taoiseach. The Bill gives backing to one of the most cruel and cynical attempts to whip up the idea that there is widespread welfare fraud and in doing so to create a cynical and self-serving narrative that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Roman Catholic Church leaders on 31 August 2017. [39675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been referred to JobPath since its inception; the number of persons that have received a sanction on their welfare payments due to non-engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39649/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on making the public services card compulsory for availing of public services; her further views on maintaining the option to use other forms of identification such as driver licences and passports which are at a safe 2 level to prove identity for accessing services; and if she will make a statement on the matter....