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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 422. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of a surveillance programme within An Garda Síochána named Operation Mizen; if she sanctioned its formation; if she has received a report on its operation; the number of persons who are the subject of this surveillance; if public representatives at local authority or Oireachtas level are subject to this surveillance;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 423. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been arrested under the Water Services Acts in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34301/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been arrested at protests against water charges in 2015. [34303/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on spending by An Garda Síochána on surveillance equipment and technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 620. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the involvement of the military of the Russian Federation in Syria. [34524/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 621. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 22 September 2015, which stated that foreign military action in Iraq had support of the Iraqi Government, if he supports the military actions of Russia in Syria, given that Russia has the approval of the Bashar al-Assad Syrian Government. [34525/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 622. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 22 September 2015, if he supports the military intervention of other states in Syria or Iraq. [34526/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 623. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 22 September 2015, if he supports the military intervention of certain other states into Syria or Iraq and not that of others. [34527/15]

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: A quote from Rosa Luxemburg, when she wrote about the atrocities in the German Revolution, is very apt in light of the migration crisis that has been unfolding on Europe's borders: "Usually a corpse is a silent, unhandsome thing, but sometimes dead bodies speak louder than trumpets and shine brighter than torches." The harrowing images of three year old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach and...

Building on Recovery: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: When I first read the capital plan it reminded me of the film "This is Spinal Tap" in which they talk about the turning the volume up to 11. This time the Government has announced a capital plan that is six years long instead of the normal five years. This allowed the Government to announce €27 billion instead of something less than €22 billion. If the purpose of the plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proceeds of Sale of Aer Lingus: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: I apologise for missing the presentation. I was in the middle of something else. I have a copy of the speech. I do not agree with it, given that I do not agree with the process by which we got the money in the first instance. If I were in government tomorrow, I would reinvest the money to try to buy back Aer Lingus shares. Accepting that we have the money, I have questions about the...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: Where? That is not true.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: They make a desert and call it peace, so said Calgacus, allegedly, surveying the destruction wrought by the Roman Empire. The Government has created a deeply unequal society. It has created a society where homelessness is rife and where low pay is dominant and they have called it a recovery. The budget is designed to give the impression that something is being given back; that it is a...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: No it does not include private health insurance. The Minister of State should look at the budget in 2007 for 2008.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is inaccurate.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: Health spending has been cut dramatically in the State. It remains lower. That gets to the point which is that the vast majority of the €31 billion of cuts that have applied, continue. We are about €30 billion smaller in terms of vital spending than we were pre-crisis. I draw attention to young people’s jobseeker’s allowance. The Labour Party in particular...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: I say to the Minister, Deputy Brenan Howlin, who speaks of Pasok now? Who speaks of the Green Party now?

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: Who will speak of the Labour Party in the year to come?

Financial Resolution No. 4: Income Tax (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: I join Deputy Broughan in asking what will be the estimated cost of this extra tax expenditure. I presume the Minister is not talking about a huge amount of money but for me this is a microcosm of the approach of the Government on a range of issues, which is to go for corporate welfare as opposed to public investment in services. The total corporate welfare bill is conservatively somewhere...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (13 Oct 2015)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the practice of retailers seeking a fee from customers paying utility bills in their outlets; if he will consider investigating the practice; the possibility of regulations to prevent the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/15]