Results 841-860 of 1,212 for speaker:Dara Murphy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: I thank the Minister. I shall refer briefly to some of the discussion that has taken place in the past 40 minutes. In these committees, an element of groundhog day has started to develop where the leading spokesperson for the Opposition starts with some reasonable questions and it disintegrates into terminology such as waffle, drug addicts in denial and Nero fiddling. We have seen this...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: I refer to a table outlining the attendance of Irish Ministers at European Union meetings. I congratulate the Taoiseach because Ireland is ranked second out of the 27 member states for the attendance of Ministers and the Taoiseach at these meetings. I urge the Taoiseach to continue this process because there is no doubt that this attendance is vital in the pursuance of our national...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: I urge the Taoiseach to continue that policy because-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: -----it is clearly reaping benefits. Sixty-three years ago, Schuman spoke of a community of nations and 40 years ago, Ireland joined the EEC, as it was at the time. We are now in our seventh Presidency. President van Rompuy referred to the four critical components of the European Union with banking union, fiscal union and economic union being the first three. I welcome the Taoiseach's...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will give an outline and update on EU Council meetings. [20183/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability in the EU: Discussion with Minister of State (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State to this meeting for an opportune discussion. I had the pleasure of accompanying her on a visit to one of the schools in the Blue Star programme. It is remarkable how open and engaged young people are with the European project. They are a reminder to everyone involved in politics that we all have a role to play in promoting Europe. The European Union is of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: 368. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the water fluoridation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21568/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place with regard to shortage of medical intern places in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21394/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (1 May 2013)

Dara Murphy: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive recieved money in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [20804/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Dara Murphy: I thank the Minister for attending. It must be welcomed that, given the difficult path the country and its citizens have had to take, the targets are being achieved and that the cliche that there is light at the end of the tunnel is proving to be true. I have some questions for the Minister. I know that, linked with the European semester, business groups and others have long since been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Dara Murphy: The second question concerned our debt which I think will peak at a figure of 121%, as opposed to 118% or 119% forecast for last year. What impact will this have? Does the Minister perceive it will have a negative impact on our achieving the 0.5% reduction over the 20 year period?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2013)

Dara Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons who have fled their private home due to domestic violence are entitled to rent allowance; if it is correct that they are refused rent allowance because they are not on a local authority housing list and the local authority will not accept them in view of the fact that they are still legally part owner of the original family home; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (16 Apr 2013)

Dara Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he is taking to preserve the budget of a programme (details supplied) in Cork; the other services that are available to children before attending and after leaving DEIS schools daily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17051/13]

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Michael McNamara, Arthur Spring, Jerry Buttimer, Catherine Byrne, Michelle Mulherin, Eamonn Maloney, Paul Connaughton and Dan Neville.

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: All of us who are in politics are more than aware of the enormous pressures people are under when they come into our offices. Saying on the floor of Dáil Éireann that repossessions will be back in spades before Christmas is reckless. People are under enough pressure without that sort of emotive scaremongering. The Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Justice and...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: -----but the reality is that, irrespective of whether we like it, there are two parties to every agreement, and constitutional prohibitions would prevent an agency that would instruct in this regard. It also would be another incidence of Fianna Fáil setting up another quango and employing more people, not to mention the legislative delays that would be incurred. The Central Bank is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in Cork University Hospital, the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14270/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists for children in Cork University Hospital; the measures that have been taken to tackle the number of patients on trolleys in Cork University Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14271/13]

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: That is correct.

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Dara Murphy: Perhaps not, but-----