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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (9 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: To be fair, enough is never being done in that we must continually reform the process as we introduce it. The Office of Government Procurement, OGP, is a new entity and has done a tremendous amount of work in a short period, but we must continually review what we are doing and get feedback. I will have to discuss Cork again. I visited it with the OGP as part of the work that we were...

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I very much welcome the opportunity to address Seanad Éireann this evening on the cost of insurance working group's Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance, which was published in January and on which implementation has already commenced. I will also refer to the Report on the Rising Costs of Motor Insurance of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach...

Seanad: Reports on Motor Insurance Costs: Statements (22 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Senators for participating in this evening's debate. I appreciate the opportunity to speak about the report and hear Senators' reflections on it, as well as what they are hearing from their constituents up and down the country. A big part of how we were able to do the work was that people got in touch with their Deputies and Senators, who in turn got in touch with the working...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 3 o’clock The introduction of a carbon tax was about sending a price signal that there is a cost associated with the combustion of fossil fuels to the detriment of the environment. Peat briquettes have among the highest carbon content of all fossil fuels. As a result, they are among the dirtiest fuels, and given the environmental impact, it is important that they are taxed. ...

Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The carbon tax was always going to increase, as per the plan when it was introduced in 2010, to bring it line with the taxes on other solid fuels in the market. It was not, therefore, a question of the Government deciding to double the tax. The plan on its introduction in 2010 was to bring it in line with the tax on other fossil fuels and that has happened. The Government is well aware of...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Cullinane made the same accusation. He should not be a hypocrite.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: That is the implication Deputy Cullinane made against the Minister in his own remarks. It is exactly the implication he made against the Minister in his remarks.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On a point of order, according to the rules, there is a right for the Minister of State to respond at the end of the debate. That was made clear to me.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Members for their contributions. In response to Deputy Catherine Connolly, of course, I fully stand over the Minister for Finance's contribution in which he Minister addressed a number of the issues dealt with in the report of the Committee of Public Accounts, including, for example, the criticisms made of NAMA and the commission of investigation. I will come back to that issue....

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: He was not questioned at all-----

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: He was not given the opportunity to answer questions after parts of the report had been selectively leaked to the media in what seemed to be an attempt to damage his reputation and good name.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In the previous Dáil we saw the Committee of Public Accounts risk bringing the reputation of the committee, the House and the practice of politics into disrepute. It has a special responsibility which we have to treat very carefully.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On this occasion, it has not followed due process in affording the Minister the opportunity to respond to the questions it may have.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There is very little I can say in 30 seconds. In response to Deputies who talked about the need to establish a commission of investigation, as the Minister for Finance said in his opening remarks, before the Government can make a decision on how to proceed, it will be important to hear the views of Members on a number of issues surrounding the establishment of a commission of investigation....

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Where could a commission add value beyond the work already completed by the committee?

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: What more would a commission be able to achieve-----

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: -----given that it would be subject to restrictions owing to ongoing criminal and other investigations and the fact that many potential witnesses and evidence are located outside the jurisdiction?

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: How much might the commission cost?

Ethical Public Investment (Tobacco) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Fleming for introducing this Bill and note its progress through First Stage on 19 January. He made reference to my own interests in this regard. The first Bill I introduced as a backbencher in the previous Dáil was very similar to this legislation. It concerned investment policy for our National Pension Reserve Fund, as it was at the time, and divesting from investments...

Ethical Public Investment (Tobacco) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government considers this a well-intentioned Bill and it has carefully considered the proposals in it. We share Deputy Fleming's ambition to further improve the health of Irish people. We must legislate carefully so that the desired impact is achieved. We must also be cognisant of the power of regulation. Deputy Fleming used the legislation for the prohibition of investment in...