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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Middle East Peace Process (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach is going to the US in any event.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Undocumented Irish in the USA (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the immigration policies of President Trump; his further views on policies that discriminate on the basis of religion and block access to asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8763/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the most recent postponement of the trial in Egypt of a person (details supplied) and contacts his officials have had with the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the appropriateness of the planned visit by senior members of the Government to the President of the United States of America in view of the recent positions taken by the US President on immigration, human rights, foreign affairs and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8764/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to a sports club (details supplied) to allow the upgrade of its pitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8931/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy might be the only one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Right2Water yesterday clarified that they oppose any excessive usage charges. The witness may envisage an excessive usage charge that is about conservation as opposed to revenue-raising, and may possibly lose money. However, such an excessive usage charge could be a Trojan horse for broader charges. There could be pressure to raise revenue, reduce allowances and increase prices. What is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: I would like the figure of how many people owed something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is okay.

Other Questions: State Banking Sector (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to privatise the State's shares in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10025/17]

Other Questions: State Banking Sector (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: AIB was the recipient of the second biggest bank bailout in the world - €20.7 billion – more than Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs combined, and second only to Anglo Irish Bank. Could the Minister report on his plans to privatise 25% of AIB at a significant loss to the taxpayer and could he give a commitment that there will be a vote in the Dáil before any such decision...

Other Questions: State Banking Sector (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: More than €20 billion of public money was put in and AIB is now valued at €11.3 billion. That is a fire sale by anyone's standards and it is a rip-off of the public in order to hand the banks back into private ownership and the disaster that was and will be. A particular result is that in advance of the privatisation, which is under way, and presumably it will continue after...

Other Questions: State Banking Sector (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: The consequences of the privatisation or part-privatisation of AIB are clear. There would be a loss of public funds that were invested and the money that goes back would just go straight off the debt. There would also be a loss of potential control of a bank, which instead of being an instrument for profit could be an instrument for the benefit of society. In addition, there would be a...

Other Questions: State Banking Sector (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: We took it over for €20 billion.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: We are not neutral in this dispute. We are on the side of the Tesco workers, wish them victory and think a victory for them is a victory for all workers. There are those who would like to think that the union, solidarity, strike action and pickets being respected are things that belong in the past - in the epoch of Connolly and Larkin. It is predominantly young workers and female workers...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Cases (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish the advice from a company (details supplied) that his Department commissioned regarding a case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Debt Restructuring (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the sale of Project Cyprus by a bank (details supplied); his views on the impact of the sale on tenants of the bank's buy-to-let properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Treaties (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance his reasoning for his reported opposition to country to country reporting proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of debt repaid by debtors who are leaving NAMA; the amount of debt they had owed when entering NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (28 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his efforts to improve the provision of affordable motor insurance; his views on whether the levels of profit in the sector needs to be focused on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10072/17]