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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: The second part of my question was whether the borrower has a choice. If I am the borrower and see that 50 people have signed up to lend to me, but I recognise ten of them and they are about to get pushed out, can I choose to include them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: It is the rate that is set.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: I have a final question. When we raised this in the Dáil before, the line that came back from the Government was that generally speaking it is waiting to see peer to peer financing or crowdfunding being established in other markets before we would do it here. Is it Mr. O'Mahony's view that it is established now? He cited figures from the UK along with some of the research points. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: What list of activities could the Government do to help peer to peer financing grow in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: May I clarify that? The Funding Circle is an interesting example and a good way of how a government can help. It is not interfering with the market rate at all. The market rate gets set by private lenders. When it comes in, it makes the return they make as well. So it is investing with the expectation of making a return. The only potential risk would be to look at the default rate,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: What kind of money are they putting in in the UK?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Did the government give money to Funding Circle or to someone else to act on their behalf through Funding Circle? What was the set-up?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering incentivising retraining in certain areas, for example technology, by allowing persons taking part in such courses to maintain their jobseeker's benefit so they can afford to learn the necessary skills. [7169/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his engagement with health insurance providers regarding the increasing cost of private insurance, the need to encourage younger people to secure private insurance, and continued preparations towards the provision of a universal health care system. [7316/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Summits (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will play an active part in the second international conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, taking place in Mexico on 13 to 14 February 2014. [7206/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if the local property tax adjustment allowed by local authorities is the maximum cumulative increase or decrease permissible in a given year or over a period of years, that is, could it be reduced by 15% every year; and, if it will be the local authorities or central government responsible for setting the basic rate at the next valuation in 2017. [7313/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if it should be the practice of the Financial Regulator to publish the main decisions made by the office in a given year which are in the public interest. [7309/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make a request to the Office of Public Works regarding the purchase of a site (details supplied). [7308/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to protect funding for the Irish language in future budgets. [7315/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illegal Immigrants (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are working in the country illegally; and, if the assumed number is considerable, if he is considering granting any form of amnesty in this area. [7318/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to grant an amnesty to all those in the asylum system for a period of four years or more. [7319/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied). [7312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Roads Authority to examine the bend in the road on the N11 as it enters Donnybrook to see what measures can be put in place to reduce the speed of vehicles as they come through this bend and enter Donnybrook village. [7310/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide emergency funding for raised traffic lights on the N11 at the existing pedestrian crossing by Leinster’s Donnybrook rugby grounds in view of the speed at which vehicles approach this pedestrian crossing from the dual carriageway and the high number of pedestrians crossing at this point. [7311/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (13 Feb 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: 297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to introduce regulations permitting local authorities to introduce by-laws that would designate electric vehicle charging points on public roads as electric vehicle parking only, as well as permitting local authorities to assign dedicated public parking spaces as car club only spaces. [7314/14]