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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds available to local authorities via the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure programme or other relevant programmes to fund the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process whereby the funds from the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure programme or other relevant programmes are allocated to local authorities to fund the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44760/17]

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We have dealt extensively with the general questions of the budget previously and, therefore, I do not intend to rehash them, except to say this is a budget for the 1%. It is a small-state budget. This budget will not resolve any of the crises facing people in this country. Something very interesting was said yesterday by Deputy Michael McGrath. He said that the bedrock of our...

European Council: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Shame.

European Council: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We are in new territory in terms of the relationship of capitalist classes here with our so-called European partners and the relationship of the establishment here with that elsewhere. 3 o’clock It is clear that a section of the European elites wants to drive ahead with a capitalist integration process in respect of militarisation, the development of permanent structural...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Hopefully, the Minister will agree that what has been revealed by a Workplace Relations Commission decision and the very good work of Atheist Ireland, including getting information through FOI requests at its own expense, has exposed the unfortunate reality that ETB schools - definitely in Tipperary but it also appears elsewhere - are operating under a de facto Catholic ethos despite being...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: An opt-out is not enough and neither is guidelines on an opt-out because it is a question of what ethos schools have. The CEO of the ETB in Tipperary told ETB school principals that the Christian belief, ethos and spirit of their schools was Catholic and this needed to be addressed in all policies. She recently stood over that claim. The Minister needs to respond to it and clarify whether...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Education and Training Boards (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: To clarify, a non-denominational school would not be a school that refuses to accept religious students. It is a school that does not have a religious ethos and one to which all people are welcome. It could include religious education but would not have the character of faith formation. Does the Minister agree there is a problem that a Roman Catholic diocesan adviser was assigned to that...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister about the impending industrial action by special needs assistants who have voted by 97% for industrial action. I understand it relates to the allocation by the National Council for Special Education. For four years in a row it has been very late - up to July - in allocating which schools would get how many SNAs etc., which obviously has a hugely disruptive impact on the...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister for the answer. I fully support the SNAs in the action they have voted for and are contemplating. It is not acceptable for them not to know if they have a job to return to and they are unable to apply for redeployment in the event that they do not. What they are requesting is very simple. I ask the Minister to give the simple commitments that in future SNA allocations...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staff (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: If the Minister can give a commitment that this is resolved once and for all and it will not be happening again after happening for four years in a row, I would say that SNAs would be relieved to hear that. For the past couple of summers I have been contacted by school principals and SNAs affected by this. On the more general issue of allocation of SNAs, I welcome the increase in SNAs....

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I want to start by quoting from an email I received from a woman named Caitríona. It states:We fixed our mortgage in August 2007 for three years, and it clearly stated on our fixing contract from Ulster Bank that we had the option of returning to our tracker rate upon the expiry of the fixed period. As happened many others, of course, this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of the judicial reviews against the Ombudsman have been settled on terms favourable to the applicants, including their costs being paid; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there is a backlog of complaints before the in house complaints procedure that have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary statements issued by two election observation research missions that were in attendance at the independence referendum in Catalonia held on 1 October 2017; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a number of Irish election roster observers took place on these missions; if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements in place whereby his Department provided funding to an organisation (details supplied) to support the deployment of Irish election observers; if it will be extended to a unit of a university (details supplied) that is planning an election observation mission to Somaliland and that would use funding to deploy additional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 26 July 2017, the number of late applications received to join the current election roster; the reason these three particular late applications were admitted to the process in view of the fact that this was explicitly ruled out in the public call; the level at which this decision was made to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the workings of the election observation roster operated by his Department in view of concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 26 July 2017, if the election consultant observer who had the volunteer grant written off had to provide vouchers to account for the grant; if the details of the grant scheme will be published in order to ensure accountability and transparency in the operation of this grant scheme; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of the members of the election observation roster; the date that each was appointed or reappointed; the number of missions completed by each member since 2013; if he has satisfied himself that all members of the roster are suitable for deployment overseas; the mechanism to appoint replacement members to fill vacancies on the...