Results 3,761-3,780 of 12,320 for speaker:Paul Murphy
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: It is using a procedure in Standing Orders that was clearly not meant for the purposes for which it is being used.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: The Government is refusing to deal with its unconstitutional actions.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: They are not agreed to.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: They are not agreed to.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: Not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: Not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: We cannot finish the business of the Dáil for the summer without dealing with the issue of the over 50 Bills which have been supported by a majority in the House and which the Government is undemocratically blocking. We cannot proceed in that way. It is unacceptable. The response of the Government is unacceptable, as is the fact that Fianna Fáil which is having its own Bills...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: It is completely anti-democratic of the Government-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: -----to be blocking a series of progressive Bills-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: -----which have majority support-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: -----and seeking to block-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: We cannot proceed with business.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: The Government is acting as if it had an executive veto or a royal prerogative.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: I am sorry a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I will not be.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether legislative or regulatory change is needed in order to better protect taxi drivers from violence and antisocial behaviour in the course of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29114/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: I agree with the interpretation of the Chair of what we agreed last Thursday and how that is being implemented. What can be seen here is classic politics, with Fine Gael's open defence of the vultures and Fianna Fáil's slightly less open approach, although it still attempts to be effective. There is an idea that we will just kick this into the long grass. Everybody knows where that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: If Deputy McGrath is serious about wanting the independent report and so on, what is wrong with Deputy Doherty's solution? We would finish the scrutiny and pass a report which would include reference to the need for an independent report. The Minister has said he will finance that, which means the authors of the report could get working on it. Then, before having Committee Stage, we would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: I agree with that proposal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: We will find out on Thursday.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)
Paul Murphy: I too express our sympathy to and solidarity with the families and friends of Noel Whelan and Brendan Grace. More than 2,000 children are in US migrant detention centres. They have been separated from their parents and crammed together in massively overcrowded warehouses. In many cases, they are held for weeks in very cold temperatures, with the lights on 24 hours a day and without adequate...