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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: No, he did not apologise for any of it.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: This is extremely relevant because we are talking about the politically appointed nature of the Judiciary and the need to move away from it. The jury system becomes extremely important in that context. Deputy Darragh O'Brien was making the point that we were complaining about the way the jury had been stacked against us and then, when it did not go against us, that we all of a sudden had...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: To say jurors were intimidated by tweets being sent is absolutely incredible.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I am not impugning your impartiality, but it so happens that a party colleague of yours engaged in the debate. Surely, I have a right, in the same debate, to respond to the points made.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Exactly. This is an attempt to re-run the case, to say the jury was somehow intimidated because of tweets being sent. It is absolute nonsense. People need to accept that they did not get the result they perhaps might have liked, that they did not manage to criminalise protest, because a jury saw through what was happening. It is of a piece with what is happening in the attempts to re-run...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have made the point. I thought what happened in the debate was quite outrageous.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I do not need to re-run the case because the jury found in my favour.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have finished my contribution. The point has been registered. It was a disgraceful contribution and an attempt to re-run the case because he did not like the result.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: We believe there is a need to end the class bias within the Judiciary. It is deep rooted and will not be resolved by the Bill. It will make very small inroads into removing the more blatant elements of the making of political appointments to the Judiciary, but that is only a very small part of the issue. I read a comment somewhere which asked if the Bill was necessary. It was suggested...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Was the perjury in court by multiple gardaí acceptable?

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Do not try to re-run the case. Was perjury acceptable?

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Shameful.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have not been here for the past ten weeks.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Deputy very much. I have been subject to prosecution alongside six other protestors for false imprisonment. I am back now and there is something very important to be learned from what happened in court. It has serious ramifications for others who might seek to exercise their right to protest. Will the Taoiseach bring forward legislation to establish a public inquiry into the...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: There has been a bit of an attempt to laugh at the notion of a conspiracy. A conspiracy is a secret plan by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Allow me to give just one simple example, although I could give many. Three gardaí up to the rank of superintendent under oath stated that I had said, "Will we keep her here all night?" when I said no such thing.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: One can speak about the frailty of human memory for one or even for two but for three gardaí to hear something that was not uttered-----

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: That is why we need a public inquiry. It is up to the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Paul Murphy: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of the lumper schools project to schools to increase the knowledge and awareness of the Great Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 662. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made in relation to the adjustment of the post award value of public service pensions referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 2 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/17]