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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: My final question is on a somewhat separate matter. Many of us believe that the code of conduct is inadequate and not rigorously enforced. This legislation brings others under the Central Bank's code of conduct, which is for the Central Bank to enforce. In theory, the Dáil could give a legislative basis to something equivalent to the code of conduct. Nothing in how the Central Bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I am sure it does, but it could write a stricter code of conduct or what looked like a code of conduct but was actually legislation, thereby making it a crime not to do something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: This is not going to work. The Bill will not save water charges, the Labour Party or the Government. Whether the Minister knows it, what has happened in the past few months is more significant even than 100,000 people coming out onto the streets on 11 October. It is more significant than up to 200,000 people coming out three weeks later. It is even more significant than the hundreds of...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I have no confidence in this Government and will vote accordingly. I am sure the Members opposite will vote to express confidence in their own Government and this Dáil, elected in its majority based on false promises that have now been broken. So what? It should be very cold comfort for the Taoiseach. Right now right across the country, people are preparing in huge numbers to come to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, after moving from jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance to a carer's allowance, a person becomes ineligible for the telephone and fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46854/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in the Workplace (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and procedures for staff of the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board on bullying and harassment in work; the way these policies are reviewed; and the procedures her Department has in place for any reviews of the policies. [46783/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in the Workplace (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the number of members of staff in the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board who have made complaints of bullying and-or harassment against other members of staff and the number of these complainees who have been transferred to another section of the CDDETB following their complaint. [46784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the date on which domestic refuse charges were introduced; the date on which competition was introduced; and the date on which the service was fully privatised. [47064/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the amount each local authority charged when domestic refuse charges were first introduced; the dates and amounts of subsequent increases in the charges; and the current charges for domestic refuse collection. [47065/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average rents paid by local authorities on behalf of tenants of housing associations, as compared to the average rents paid by local authorities to for-profit private landlords, that is, through schemes such as the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme. [47066/14]

Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the prospect of Ireland joining a range of other countries in recognising a Palestinian state. However, notwithstanding that recognition, the oppression of Palestinians will continue. Tomorrow people there will mourn the death of the Palestinian Minister, Ziad Abu Ein, whose death epitomises what Palestinian people face on a daily basis. The Minister was participating in a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research on the impact the reduction in rent supplement levels has had on the level of homelessness in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47089/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted an analysis of the cost and number of staff that will be required to administer the €100 water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47088/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sources of information Irish Water have used to compile name and address information for its customers. [47425/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: It is nice to see that we can resume the debate on water charges, given that the sinister fringe has gone home. The Government feels safe again - mistakenly - now that tens of thousands of people are no longer outside the Dáil. The debate on privatisation inspired by these amendments gets to the core of this matter. I expected slightly more of a fig leaf from the Government on...

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: Do you not get it?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I am opposed to section 3, which deals with the imposition of the water charges. In particular I am opposed to the reference to water meters contained in section 3(6). As we know, water meters are being imposed on householders who do not want them. Entire communities are facing Garda occupation and Garda violence in order to impose those water meters, in particular on the north side of...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: A protester from Stoneybatter was accosted by private security, which I will not name but whose name I have, in a very serious incident. In his words, "I was walking up Prussia Street, heading towards the North Circular Road at approximately 8.10 a.m. on 11 December 2014, and noticed three men in front of me who kept looking behind at me suspiciously. As I proceeded about my business the...