Results 741-760 of 12,298 for speaker:Paul Murphy

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

Paul Murphy: What is preventing all of the benefit of quantitative easing from going to those who own finance capital? That is what has happened around the world. The vast benefit has not trickled down. Why will the same not happen in the European Union?

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide equality for employees of education, medical and other services under the direction of religious organisations.It is just over two weeks since the resounding "Yes" vote in the marriage equality referendum, a referendum which mobilised thousands of people who had not previously been engaged in politics, including young...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Noonan, stated that the Government was launching the commission due to issues of serious public concern, but we should first consider how we got here and some of the questions that arise as a result. The commission is not the result of the Minister's worry about public concerns. This commission has been dragged out of the Government. In fact, the Minister has...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will conclude by saying the absence of Government backbench Deputies participating in this debate or even sitting in the Chamber at this hour is an illustration of the Government's interest in this issue and speaks volumes about the so-called "democratic revolution", which we have not had.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on his recent trade mission to Bahrain; his views on the European Union's strategic framework on human rights, which advocates promotion of human rights in trade and investment; and the way human rights were dealt with in his recent visit to Bahrain. [21262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on discussions with pharmaceutical companies regarding reducing the cost of drugs used in the health service. [21261/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 891. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on 24 May 2015. [21263/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans on building and opening a secondary school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21232/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance with regard to fees that is available for a person entering third level for the first time who is on the back to education allowance, the course is a master's course and the person in question has not previously undertaken an undergraduate course. [21533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 1069. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the interest rate charged by the Housing Finance Agency for local authority loans has remained at 2.75% since 2012, while in the same period the Euribor rate, on which the Housing Finance Agency is supposed to determine the interest rate it charges, has fallen dramatically, being less than 0.6% for the past...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 1099. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to oblige banks which repossess properties that have sitting tenants to honour existing leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17577/15]

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I wish to remind the Minister of what the Taoiseach said yesterday during Leaders' Questions: "I have been a supporter for a very long time of the idea that Dáil questions should be answered as fully and as completely as possible." Fair play to the Taoiseach. Perhaps he could have let the Minister, Deputy Noonan, know that this is the approach of the Government. Four weeks ago I asked...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: They said it would not be helpful to do so. Helpful to whom? We then took the advice of the Minister, Deputy Noonan, that if one really wants an answer to a question, one has to submit a freedom of information request. We duly submitted the request, in response to which Irish Water confirmed that by 18 May almost 800,000 bills had passed their pay-by date, although it again refused to say...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Could it be that it would give confidence to people, particularly at a time when people are looking at the IBRC scandal, the bailout and write-offs for the rich, for the Denis O'Briens, at the expense of the majority through measures such as the water charges? Four weeks later, I came back to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, in place of the Taoiseach. By...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I am at the question now. A total of 1.4 million bills have passed their pay-by date. I ask for a full and complete answer to two simple and precise questions. Have the figures for rates of payment been discussed between Irish Water and the Government? How many of those due to pay have paid the water charges by now and how many have not?

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: May I remind the Minister for the second time what the Taoiseach said yesterday? "I have been a supporter for a very long time of the idea that Dáil questions should be answered as fully and as completely as possible."

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I asked the question in the Dáil four weeks ago. I was told by the Taoiseach to go to Irish Water, to toddle along, where I would be given the answer. Four weeks have passed and we come back and ask the same questions again.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister did not answer one of my two questions. I am going to ask it very clearly and would like a clear answer in response. Has the Government discussed the levels of payment with Irish Water? Has there been communication of information about the levels of payment from Irish Water to the Government? I would like a clear answer to that question. It is simply not credible that they...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Has the Government discussed it with Irish Water?