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Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I do not want the Taoiseach's commentary on the case. I want him to deal with the actual question, namely-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: -----that we need an independent public inquiry to get to the bottom of this and the charges against remaining protestors should be dropped.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: You will regret this, Taoiseach. You are going to regret this when this comes out.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Politically, the Taoiseach is going to regret this. Yes, you are.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach clearly has not read the transcripts.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I met a woman a number of years ago now, towards the middle of the crisis, when I was an MEP, who was facing mortgage distress and crisis. She was about my age or slightly younger. She was being harassed and harangued by the bank for the mortgage arrears in every way possible - emails, phone calls, and so on. Despite all her explanations about the conditions that were giving rise to her...

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is something the Government hides behind whenever it suits, saying it cannot do it because it is unconstitutional. When it does not suit, it will be utterly forgotten.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I just won a court case on the basis of a constitutional article, on the defence of the right to protest. I thank the Minister. I would like to think I did my bit to uphold the Constitution. More needs to be done. The vulture funds have to be stopped. Their mortgage books should be brought into public ownership under compulsory purchase with the sale price as a maximum. That was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on initiating an independent inquiry into the Garda investigations into the Jobstown protest case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32994/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I have a different assessment of the role of NAMA over the past period, close to a decade at this stage. I want to inquire along two different lines which I think probably relate to both Mr. Frank Daly and Mr. Brendan McDonagh. One is on the role of NAMA as an enabler of vulture funds, facilitating their control of large swathes of land and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have read section 10 of the Act and I note that it includes that NAMA's "purposes shall be to contribute to the achievement of the purposes specified in section 2 by". Section 2 is referred to as an overall guiding principle, and included in the overall guiding principle is the point about contributing to the social and economic development of the State. That is one of the principles of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Will Mr. McDonagh repeat that? I missed it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Let us go through it bit by bit. Unfortunately, the debate on the Summer Economic Statement has taken many of our members away, so we have a bit of time. On the issue of the vulture funds, putting the legal matter aside for a minute, does Mr. McDonagh accept that there is a problem when a large portion of NAMA's sales of large portfolios has gone to international funds? Mr. McDonagh does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I agree with that. We must incentivise it in some way or force the building on homes on land or whatever. On behalf of NAMA, the witness is effectively saying it is none of his business, which is to make money for NAMA as quickly as possible. There are two points in that regard. Does the witness not accept that in selling multi-billion euro portfolios, it tilts towards what the witness...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have another question and if I get the chance I will come back in afterwards. There is the matter of the write-off. The witness has stated NAMA got all the money back because it is measuring it not against the par value of €74 billion but rather the €30 billion-odd. At the time NAMA was set up, the then Minister for Finance, former Deputy Brian Lenihan, stated the loans...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has satisfied himself that all persons on the election roster are suitable for deployment on election observation missions; the reason one in five of those persons still have not been deployed since the establishment of the current roster in 2013 while other persons have had numerous deployments; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to concerns that a number of late applicants were admitted to the 2013 intake to the election roster despite the call notice specifying that late applications would not be considered; the reasons for this departure from the published policy; the level at which the departure was sanctioned; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to prepare for a fresh call for election roster members to replace the 2013 roster; if he has satisfied himself that his department has the resources to undertake this; if he will need to engage expertise from other parts of the civil service such as the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason members of the rapid response corps are required to produce tax clearance certificates while members of the election roster are not; if he has been in contact with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss if tax clearance should apply to election roster members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35412/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if only non-remunerated election observers are eligible for the volunteer grant paid to Irish election observers; if there have been cases that subsequent to the payment of the grant the persons declined to go on a mission on a volunteer basis; if refunds were sought of the grants paid in which persons declined to go on a mission or...