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Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: Is there a financial emergency or a recovery? The Minister cannot have both at once.

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (6 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce changes to end the two tier system of pay and conditions in the Public Service that is particularly badly felt for new entrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19799/16]

Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (6 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: In recent weeks and months we have seen the brutality and barbarity of the trade in drugs and its consequences. I was around the corner last week when the murder allegedly took place on Bridgefoot Street as part of this type of conflict. So-called gangs are happy to murder openly people with whom they are in dispute, and may take the lives of their targets or others who are simply in the...

Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: It is worth recalling the basic facts of what is facing Ibrahim to demonstrate that the notion of due process is a complete joke in a country like Egypt is at present. We have an Irish citizen, Ibrahim Halawa, who has now been in prison for more than 1,000 days. He is imprisoned in conditions that have been described as a nightmare, with concrete beds and permanent lockdown, 24 hours a day,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the European Union-Swiss bilateral negotiations; if he supports the Commission's suspension of research grants to Swiss universities and the suspension of the ERASMUS student exchange programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: On reading it, I agree with Deputy Pearse Doherty that there seems to be a certain contradiction in that it is not clear from the legislation whether section 2 which refers to "all the powers necessary" and which is very expansive, or section 3 which refers to a maximum amount takes precedence. Even since we had the debate on Second Stage, things have moved on in terms of the potential for...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: Paragraph 21 refers to this agreement, which is a draft agreement between Ireland and the Single Resolution Board. It states, "None of the aforementioned amendments shall change the substance of this Agreement compared to loan facility agreements entered into with other Participating Member States." Ireland's agreement could not be changed to something out of whack with the agreements...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: It could if the agreement was changed with the agreement of other member states. It would require the consent of all of them. The substance would not be changed compared with loan facility agreements entered into with other participating member states. The point is not that a substantial change cannot be made to this provision but that it cannot be made unless it is also made by the other...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: Only the amount.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: May I intervene for a moment?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: We support both amendments and are happy to see the Government accepting No. 5, which provides clarity on the position outlined by the Minister of State. Regarding amendment No. 4, the word "certainty" gets to the heart of the matter. The Minister of State just made a point about not creating doubt in the markets. The difference between the proposal as it stands and as it would be if...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: Would there be a problem with the Single Resolution Board, SRB, were we to change that? Has there been any indication from Europe that giving oversight to the Oireachtas as opposed to the Minister would be problematic?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: I do not have any objection to the substance of the amendment. Procedurally, however, it is not best practice to shoehorn this into a completely unrelated Act. Why has it been decided to do it this way as opposed to introducing separate legislation?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: When does it have to be completed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: The key question is whether the loan would be classified as an asset in the sense that where the money comes from would have an effect. Will the Minister of State find out in advance of Report Stage whether such a loan would be classified as an asset?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Schedule includes the agreement. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: I oppose it.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: Were they mistakes?

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy cannot talk about honesty now.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Paul Murphy: A seismic shift in the Chamber.