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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Therefore, it is after 12 months.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: We will conclude discussion of that group of amendments but we will return to the issue of the ombudsman.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Can we ask the Minister that we get the post-enactment report laid before the House after the 12 month period has elapsed so that we might see the impact of this?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (31 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018 and has made amendments thereto.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is shameful.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 682. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 19 April 2018, the details regarding the circumstances of the entry of a person (details supplied) into State care, including their transfer to St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 684. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing medical cards to those with spinal cord injuries in view of the long-term and varied consequences of spinal cord injuries; if the matter will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 1079. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the proposed upgrade of the N81 from Hollywood Cross to Tallaght, bypassing Blessington, has been suspended; his plans to improve the road in view of the large number of fatalities on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24848/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 1223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was targeted for inclusion in the JobPath scheme run by a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24652/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 1305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a review of tenants' rights is required, in view of the details of the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24871/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The presentations gave a rich picture of the problems that exist in RSE. There seems to unanimous agreement that they are there. Mr. Niall Behan raised a really important point about the gender aspect of the impact of inadequate sex education, which falls disproportionately on women. Would he or other witnesses expand on this gendered impact element? Other anecdotal evidence suggests...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The point is not about personal empathy or so on. That is not what is crucial and is not the reason the Government makes bad decisions. The point is that the policies flow from a certain understanding of how society is to be run. That understanding is then codified, unfortunately, in the fiscal rules. That is the choice Sinn Féin has. Will it sign up to a coalition government which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: If we do not have agreement on what is happening, we will go into the figures. Does the Minister agree, when all the strands are taken in, that the Commission's proposals in total represent close to a doubling of defence spending? According to the Commission's figures, it represents an increase of 1.8 times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The €13 billion funding in question will end up in the hands of armaments companies. It represents a 22-fold increase in EU investment in defence spending, directly as opposed to indirectly. On 2 May in a communique, the Commission stated in the area of defence:Europe will need to take greater responsibility for protecting its interests, values and the European way of life, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree with the significant increase, even in proportionate terms, in defence spending proposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government at Council level seek to have the increase in defence spending reduced or eliminated entirely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I take it then the Minister is happy enough for public funds from Ireland and across Europe to end up funding a European military industrial complex and major corporations which make significant money as a result of making instruments of death and weapons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: How does the Minister feel about European public moneys, including Irish moneys, ending up in the hands of Israeli armaments companies such as Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, which has happened with EU moneys in the past? Under Horizon 2020, hundreds of millions of euro ended up in these companies. Does the Minister agree that should continue to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: A new and concerning area of the MFF is the reform support programme, which is a €25 billion line over seven years. This is clearly an attempt to establish a permanent ministry of austerity in the EU, which will take the worst elements of the troika approach to Ireland, Greece, Spain, etc, and enshrine them for the future, as was done with the fiscal rules. Will the Minister explain...