Results 721-740 of 12,298 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (26 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 785. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials on 17 May 2015. [20482/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) entering third level education for the first time can avail of the Free Fees Scheme, if the person is taking a Masters Course, and not an Undergraduate Course. [20295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (26 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her meeting with the Premier of China, Mr Premier Li Keqiang, and other Chinese officials, on 17 May 2015. [20479/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (26 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 934. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on discussions with organisations or advisors on the Control of Dogs Act 1998; and if these organisations or advisors have advised the use of breed specific legislation as a dog-bite mitigation strategy. [19975/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (26 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 935. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the current Control of Dogs Act 1998 Regulations, should veterinary and animal welfare groups seek a change from a system of breed specific restrictions to breed neutral restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19976/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (27 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the assessment of the i-port advance injection device for approval to be included in the long-term illness scheme. [20933/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 24 March 2015, and in view of the reply from the Health Service Executive, if he will provide an update on the treatment of a person (details supplied); when that person can expect to see a consultant who will operate on the person's upper limb; the length of the waiting list for such a procedure; his views on...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Healy Rae is getting five minutes of my time so I will have ten minutes.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is perfect. I may not take the full 15 minutes. The first point I wish to make is on the incredible method the Government has chosen to debate this extremely important issue. The so-called democratic revolution is now so covered with dust that no one could possibly see it. This is a most cynical attempt to rush through the full and complete privatisation of Aer Lingus. We had a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a survey carried out by the INMO (details supplied) that points out that the internationally recommended midwife-to-birth ratio of one midwife for every 29.5 births, 1:29.5, is not in place in any hospitals or midwifery units here; the measures he has taken to tackle the issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: I refer to some of the comments the Governor made to Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett on the power of the ECB. It is my considered opinion that in the time he has been on the governing council - I do not make a causal link - the power of the ECB has increased significantly in real terms. In terms of the role it has played in the crisis, this unelected institution has dictated policies to a range...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: That means that once a government was elected which insisted it would not go along with the troika agreement, the waiver was going to be withdrawn, although it took a certain amount of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: No, but it pushed the Greek banks into sole reliance on emergency liquidity assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: While I accept that they are, are they not being kept on a very short leash? The extensions given are minimal, with an upper limit of €200 million agreed to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: The ECB is the point man for the European authorities in terms of the threats to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is in a political space and the people who make up the governing council have a set of political and economic views. They may not all be exactly in line, but, broadly, there are dominant and less dominant members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: I hope I would be surprised. It is not seen in terms of policy. If Greece is forced out of the euro, the most likely impetus will be the withdrawal of emergency liquidity assistance from the Greek banks, the collapse of the Greek banking system and the forcing of the Greek Government into a decision to print money, nationalise the banks, etc. It will, therefore, be the ECB's decision that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: There have been implicit threats from the ECB to the Greek Government since the election. With regard to the standard variable rate, there was quite an acknowledgement in Professor Honohan's presentation that, in layman's terms, there is a rip-off of consumers going on to make up for other difficulties the banks have. Is this a fair summation in layman's terms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is part of the process of preparing the banks for privatisation and future profitability by fattening up capital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: The part-privatisation of PTSB received relatively little publicity compared to Aer Lingus, although it is right that Aer Lingus is getting the publicity it is. One of the arguments with regard to PTSB was increased capitalisation, but is the bank any more capitalised when a form of State-owned capital is replaced by privately owned capital? The actual form in terms of contingency notes has...