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Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: It is undemocratic.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is disappointing and extremely disingenuous because the Taoiseach knows that the Bill that passed Second Stage with his Government's agreement does not prescribe a curriculum. It does not have any intention of doing so. It sets out some extremely broad headings. In particular, what it does, and what the approach that the Taoiseach is outlining will not do, is amend sections 9(d) and...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: They will not have to teach it.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: On Saturday, tens of thousands of people will fill the streets of Dublin celebrating Pride. We will be celebrating marriage equality, the belated apology for criminalisation, the role the LGBTQ+ community continues to play in driving progressive change, illustrated by the 91% who voted for repeal. Pride will also be a protest for trans healthcare, for the immediate roll-out of pre-exposure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the Middle East and his meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel; if the recent attacks against the Palestinian people were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made with the Government of the United States of America in relation to its policy to separate minors from their immigrant parents; his views on whether this is a breach of human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Russian Government in relation to the situation faced by LGBT persons there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28025/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (27 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Chinese Government in relation to the ongoing attacks on democratic rights in Hong Kong which include the prosecution of opposition members of the Legislative Council, the banning of candidates in elections, prosecution of pro-democracy protesters and the preparation of repressive national security...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations with the Italian Government following its announcement to instigate a register for Roma persons in Italy; his view on whether this is a breach of human rights of Roma persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I want to focus on the tracker scandal. Mr. Byrne has said that he recognises that the bank failed in its responsibility to provide proper levels of transparency and information and that now it has implemented fair settlements for everybody affected. Would he accept that, in its assessment of the problem and implementation of fair settlements, the bank has taken the narrowest possible view...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Let us take a very large cohort of people. Mr. Byrne might be able to tell me how many people this is in terms of AIB and EBS - those who were on a fixed rate, came off it at a time at which tracker mortgages were available, but were not offered a tracker mortgage at that stage. Mr. Byrne is saying those people are not entitled to compensation. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Yes, and who came off the fixed rate and went straight back onto a variable rate and were not offered a tracker although it was available at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: They would or they would not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Let me give a concrete illustration of this. I suspect and presume there are thousands of people in this cohort. I have emailed the witnesses in respect of this example. The facts, I understand, are not in dispute between the bank and the customer. He took a mortgage out with EBS in 2003 when a tracker mortgage was not available. He went onto a one-year fixed rate in 2004 and came off...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: I emailed you about this the other day and raised it the last time AIB was before the committee. I even signed the form to get responsibility to act on his behalf. To be clear, EBS is saying that he had the right to get it. If he knew about it, he could have said he wanted a tracker and EBS is saying it certainly would have given him a tracker. The point is that it did not say it to him....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is the point. That is the case EBS is making. The code of practice was not in operation at that time but one would hope that the bank would generally operate in the spirit of the code of practice. The code states that before providing a product or service to a consumer, a regulated entity must gather and record sufficient information from the consumer to enable it to provide a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Reference is made in the letter to the fact that tracker mortgages are being advertised at the time and that he should have known about it. Mr. Byrne thinks that it is fair to expect a customer with no knowledge of relatively complex financial products to initiate a conversation himself or herself after seeing an advertisement for a tracker mortgage, wondering what it is and wanting to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: Do the witnesses accept that the bank should fully inform customers of the options available to them when they are deciding on a rate, which includes the array of options?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Paul Murphy: The issue is the difference between freely available in theory and legal reality versus freely available with regard to the information available to a customer. There is a serious information imbalance between the customer and bank. A bank has an obligation to assist the customer in overcoming that information imbalance by giving the information. How is the customer meant to ask for a...