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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: He did not even answer the original question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: Free public transport.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: Free public transport.

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: On a point of order-----

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I wanted to say I am very glad I spoke while the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was in the Chair. I wanted to draw the attention of the Ceann Comhairle to the punchline of the motion-----

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: The motion states: "...and therefore agrees that the requirement for the Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment ... to report, prior to Committee Stage, on its detailed scrutiny ... is hereby discharged." That is similar. When we passed the Second Stage motion, we agreed it had been read a Second Time. That is always the way. There is a reference to substantial...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: At least with the Taoiseach's predecessor, Deputy Enda Kenny, we got the truth about Fine Gael's attitude to climate change and the establishment parties' attitudes to climate change. Deputy Kenny went to Paris for the climate talks and he said simply and honestly - I suppose we can grant him that - that climate change is just not a priority for the Irish Government. That was the truth then...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: My question relates to the implementation of the so-called Tyrrelstown amendment, which is aimed at preventing mass evictions of tenants by landlords seeking to sell with vacant possession. There is a terrible situation in Tallaght, which may be one of the first tests of the legislation. In Exchange Hall, more than ten families have received eviction notices. They are mostly people who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I will try to take it easy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank the representatives for their presentations. I was in the Dáil when they were speaking earlier but I have read them. I will begin with a general question on the world economy. Do the representatives believe the prospects of the world economy entering into recession again are rising? Are they concerned by indicators such as the inverted bond yield in the US on Friday, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I think Professor Lane reads more of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: How would Professor Lane respond to the argument that given the nature of the growth we have had, and given that an important factor in fuelling it has been very cheap money, if we were to enter a recession the capacity for central banks, in particular, to intervene in response is very sharply limited, in quite a different way to 2007 and 2008? Martin Wolf wrote in The Financial Timesthat a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I will move on to the impact of Brexit in the medium to long term way as opposed to the immediate impact, with regard to the nature of the economy and the danger the Irish economy could become even more imbalanced or reliant on finance in the aftermath of Brexit. Does Professor Lane agree that this is a danger? It was reported in the Financial Timesthat the Central Bank received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: Professor Lane said lessons had been learned but in the history of capitalism, lessons have been learned which then seem to be unlearned, with the same mistakes being repeated. In the US, some of the stricter regulation that was introduced in the aftermath of the crisis is in the process of being reversed. We have probably not seen the same effect in the European Union but pressure could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank of Ireland: Discussion (26 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I have one final question, which is in some ways related, on the dangers of leveraged finance. Several reports have been produced recently. The IMF warned that speculative excesses in some financial markets may be approaching a threatening level. For evidence, we may look no further than the $1.3 trillion global market for so-called leveraged loans. The Bank of England has suggested that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: There are two questions here. The first concerns the overrun and its extent, and the distinction to be made there. The second relates to the delay in the Government finding out about it, compared with the position of the board. In that respect, the position of Paul Quinn, the chief procurement officer, is important given that he was on the development board. First, to return to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: In terms of the role Mr. Quinn played on the board, as far as I can see from the briefing note, Mr. Watt agrees that Circular 12/2010 in respect of the code of obligations for civil servants on State bodies applied to him. It has sometimes been said that he was on the board in a personal capacity as a way of getting out of the obligations of that circular. Mr. Watt seems to accept that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: I want to get into that. To be clear, I did not name-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: He is named in the briefing document. A key bullet point says that the chief procurement officer was satisfied that matters were being addressed by the board and were being reported through the governance arrangements established by the HSE and the Department of Health. I would like to unpack that a little. That comes from Mr. Watt and I presume he stands over it. It says that issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Children's Hospital: Discussion with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (7 Mar 2019)

Paul Murphy: We know from minutes of a meeting in August that the board was aware, and arguably had been aware before then, that there were big issues in terms of cost. Why were they not reported at that stage? Does that not mean that they were not being reported through the governance arrangements?