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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: For almost a year the Taoiseach has been telling us that he was going to speak truth to Donald Trump in the White House. On 21 June 2017, when referring to the visit to the White House the Taoiseach said "I will absolutely include in those meetings", with Donald Trump, "discussions of the issues he mentioned, whether it be climate change, human rights, LGBT rights and the need to respect...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (28 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the disqualification of legislators in Hong Kong with his Chinese counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (28 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the erosion of democratic rights in Hong Kong; the communications he has had with the Irish Consulate regarding the recent by-elections in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14202/18]

Government Response to Salisbury Attack: Statements (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: What is happening here, in my opinion, is extremely dangerous. Ireland is being bounced into joining a dangerous ratcheting up of tension on a world scale on the side of the UK, the US and NATO, with Russia on the other side. This is part of a process of undermining the nominal neutrality that Ireland is meant to have and it comes two weeks after a Fine Gael MEP paper calling for a...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: The reply is disappointing, which is unsurprising given that it is the same answer we got before. It does not grapple with the reality for this community of Citywest and Saggart. Saggart is the fastest growing urban town in the country and its population has increased by almost 50% since 2011. It is an area in which almost 1,785 new homes are being built and an increase in population of...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: The case has been outlined clearly. The bottom line is that the numbers speak for themselves. Ninety-six children from four existing national schools in Saggart and Citywest will need second-level places in 2019. As Deputy Eoin Ó Broin mentioned, five ASD classes will need a second-level school by 2020. By 2022, 568 children will need second-level places. The answer so far,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: Project Glas is a green light to destroy the lives of homeowners whose loans are included in this particular loan book sale. At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Taoiseach, last week, I and other Deputies asked representatives of Permanent TSB what would be their response if, in the process of formal consultation, the Government was to make...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: These mortgage holders have been subjected to a campaign to demean them as people who are not worthy of having mortgages or owning homes. A key part of this campaign was the Permanent TSB statement that some people have not engaged for more than seven years. When I asked the bank's representatives at the joint committee's meeting last week to indicate how many people have not engaged for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is not what I asked.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister to respond to my question, which I have already asked three times.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I have asked the Minister three times if he will use the formal consultation process to block this sale.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is supposed to answer questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Minister is not working to the rules.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I did not eat into anybody's time.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of his contacts with senior management of a bank (details supplied) in relation to the proposed sale of part of its loan book to vulture funds; his views on legislation to allow the Government block the sale of this loan book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14114/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Loan Books Purchasers (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: Permanent TSB came before the finance committee last week. The 75% State-owned bank indicated it intends to proceed with so-called Project Glas, which would have the consequence of about 18,000 families, including homeowners and renters, being thrown to the vultures whose only concern is short-term profit. Will the Minister use the formal consultation process to make it clear that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest report of the Cost of Insurance Working Group; if the role of profit of the insurance industry in increasing premiums has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the contacts he has had with the European Central Bank in relation to the regulation of the banks' number of distressed mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13663/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on mortgage write-downs for mortgage holders in view of the willingness of a bank (details supplied) to offer a discount on loans it transfers to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13664/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (27 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on the credit union sector, in particular with regard to tiered regulation and a review of levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13661/18]