Results 41-60 of 95 for speaker:Conor Murphy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with British Ambassador (8 Jul 2025)

Conor Murphy: I again thank the ambassador for his engagement this morning. It was a full and frank engagement, as is always the case with him. I wish him well in his retirement. We have had the opportunity this morning to talk on a number of categories. Although a huge range of issues were covered, generally speaking it was on legacy, the general approach taken by the British Government and many...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I concur with the views offered by Senators Fitzpatrick and McDowell on events in Palestine and the Middle East in general. Last weekend, two very important events coincidentally occurred which reflect the progress that has taken place with the constitutional debate on this country's future. On the one hand, the vision of a new, united Ireland was presented by the former Taoiseach and...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (26 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister's presence in the Chamber. This is a challenging issue for any finance minister to deal with, but one that must be faced nonetheless. The political choices involved are undoubtedly helped by the fact of the significant resources currently in this State. I have had this challenge north of the Border as Minister of Finance. I must lay out at the start that it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I thank Mr. Hughes for his presentation. It is welcome that the agencies are now being given the necessary tools to support what is a necessary development, namely, the requirement to meet climate change targets. It will also create opportunities for Ireland, an island on the western seaboard of the Atlantic, in the area of renewable energy. It will ensure that our companies on the island...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: Do the local authorities have the legislative authority to become involved in that type of private enterprise, to become a third party alongside the IDA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: As part of preparing and discussing the necessity of these particular amendments to the legislation, has there been outreach and dialogue with the local authorities and with private enterprises and funds to see if there is an appetite for joining with the IDA in terms of supporting this type of project?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: Apologies for missing most of the Minister's presentation but I had to go off for votes in the Seanad. I have a number of questions. The first is regarding projects that have been costed and are hitting delays for one reason or another. Does the Minister have any estimate for what the inflationary cost increases have been on, say, an annual basis? Across the board, what is the rate of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: Would that advice on the ethics, which people have done an investigation into, include not procuring services from a particular company or region? It is one thing giving guidance. I would hope some study would be done into the ethics of companies that end up in the supply chain for Departments and State agencies, but is it not possible to say our concerns around a particular company mean it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: Is the outcome of the Department's monitoring exercise on these things, that is, monitoring of expenditure from a climate, well-being and equality perspective, made publicly available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (25 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: The Minister of State said that the Department monitors expenditure “from a climate, well-being and equality perspective”. I presume that includes procurement, which is part of public expenditure, and that equality would stray into the area of ethics. Is the outcome of that monitoring published?

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the motion and the amendment. It is timely that we begin to pursue the conversation about small and medium enterprises and microbusinesses, which, as others have said, make up the vast bulk of economic activity across the country and account for some 90% of employment across the State. We need to move quickly beyond the conversation to more affirmative action. There is, and has...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I thank Mr. Forde for the presentation. I know there is a lot to it and I am quite sure that many companies, particularly small- and medium-sized companies across the country, will welcome the fact of the reduction in regulation and the onerous burden of reporting on many of these matters. I apologise, as I have to go on to another engagement. I wanted to ask one question on a particular...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: What would be the considered timeframe for transposing this?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: It would not take effect until July 2027.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: Okay. There is a question I was going to ask on that, and it might require some speculation on the witnesses' behalf. One of the consultees was the Central Bank, and on the issue of the requirement, an Oireachtas committee has had the opportunity to listen to its presentation on what it considers its duty to facilitate the sale of Israeli war bonds across the European Union. Is there an...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I refer to companies being required to report on due diligence with respect to human rights risks. This particular area of work it is involved in is the subject of matters in the International Court of Justice, with a number of other nations bringing cases against Israel. There are clear views from many nation states in the European Union that what is happening in Palestine is a genocide...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: There is interest in due diligence with regard to some human rights aspects but not all. It appears to be a very European Union solution to this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Israeli Bond Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I also thank the witnesses for their presentations and for some of the clarity they brought to some of the issues we discussed last week with representatives from the Central Bank. I have not had the opportunity to go to Gaza or Palestine but, with whatever limitations, I have expressed my support for the people there. It is very important to continue to raise our voices and continue to...