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Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: The scandal around Siteserv encapsulates everything that is wrong about the water charges, austerity and the crony capitalism that dominates in this country. As always there are winners and losers. The winners are Denis O’Brien, who benefits from a massive write-off worth €100 million; the shareholders in a bankrupt company, who benefit to the tune of €5 million; and...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: Is it not unparliamentary to accuse people of lying?

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: No.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of part-time workers in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance If it was normal procedure for no minutes to be taken of meetings between the Secretary General of his Department and the board of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if minutes were taken for the meeting between persons on 1 and 2 August 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting with particular reference to the Government’s position on the in-depth review of the macro-economic imbalances procedure and the implementation of structural reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the upcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting with particular reference to the Government’s position on the aging report 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17585/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recently announced loss of 1,500 jobs in AIB's Financial Solutions Group and the answers provided to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform where the bank stated that outsourcing is key to reducing its cost base, his views regarding the erosion of job security and working conditions in the banking sector;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if the decision in budget 2014 to grant banks the ability to fully offset losses against all profits each year against corporation tax has been approved by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17587/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the €1.67 million remuneration package to the chief executive officer of Ulster Bank, if he will introduce caps on the remuneration of chief executive officers of all banks or other such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17588/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Losses (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the number of jobs lost as a result of cuts to public spending from 2009 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17589/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason table 10 in the stability programme update of April 2015 does not include a line showing the underlying general government primary balance, as has been provided in previous years; and if he will provide that information. [17885/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 430. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sameh Shoukry, in New York in the United States of America; his views on any developments in the case of a person (details supplied) who is detained in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 435. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Burundi, and the violence used against protesters. [17717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 436. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 21 April 2015, his views on the death of a person (details supplied); his further views on the policing of minority communities in the United States of America, following a number of deaths, with particular reference to the city of Baltimore; if he has made any representations to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 437. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the presidential election result in Kazakhstan; his views that there was a fair and democratic election process in the recent Kazakh presidential election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of studies showing a higher rate of hospitalisations from dog bites (details supplied) here in comparison to other European Union States, if his Department is reviewing the situation; if measures are being considered, including legislative change, to deal with the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Rangers (6 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 610. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the internationally recognised importance of Bull Island in north Dublin as a nature reserve, and the ongoing threat to its wildlife from persons and unleashed dogs, if she will arrange for funds to be made available for the employment of a wildlife ranger and dog warden exclusively for the island; and if she will make a...

Other Questions: Economic Policy (7 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: In real terms.

Other Questions: Tax Code (7 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance the total estimated cost to the Exchequer of granting the banks the ability to offset corporation tax on previous losses; the amount each bank is expected to gain from this measure; if consultations were held or if communication was exchanged between his Department and senior management in the banks regarding the decision to allow banks to offset losses...