Results 8,981-9,000 of 11,956 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: In ten days, on St. Patrick's Day, the Taoiseach is scheduled to experience the vice-like grip of Donald Trump. I take it he has been doing his hand exercises.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: When it seemed safe that Donald Trump would not be elected, the Taoiseach's predecessor, Deputy Enda Kenny, described his comments as racist and dangerous. Over a year later, it is absolutely clear that it is not only his comments but that Donald Trump himself is racist, sexist and dangerous. His big and beautiful wall, which he continues to push as a means to whip up racist sentiment, has...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: He is the ugly face of a capitalist system devoted to maximising profit at any cost. The best thing the Taoiseach could do would be to refuse to meet him, refuse to allow his racist, anti-immigrant policies to be greenwashed with a bowl of shamrock. The Taoiseach's response will be predictable - he will not do it.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I remind him of the commitments he made repeatedly when we have raised these issues over the course of the past year, namely, that he would raise them in the US in March.

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: March is here. Will the Taoiseach represent the views of ordinary people in this country and explain that there are those who oppose Donald Trump's attacks on the environment, disagree with his anti-immigrant rhetoric and are appalled by his aggressive nationalist stance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: There is obviously a lot of discussion around how big the MFF will be, but just as important a question is the balance of spending within the MFF. From the Commission communication to the Parliament and the Council, the Commission reflection paper on the future of EU finances causes me to fear that the direction of spending points to the type of Europe that unfortunately we have. It points...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: By how much?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: If the budget spent on defence tripled from the previous MFF to this time, would the Commission advocate something like a tripling again because that is what the figures seem to add up to, a substantial further increase in defence spending at an EU level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: Can the Commissioner justify to citizens of Europe, including citizens in Ireland who contribute to this EU budget, why their money should be spent on weapons that are designed to kill people as opposed to being invested in health, education and infrastructure? Can the Commissioner justify that as a moral and political choice by the Commission to advocate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I am not so sure but I appreciate the Commissioner's honesty which is often lacking from the Irish Government in this respect about the direction in which Europe is going. The Commissioner is aware that in the past MFF, in this MFF, hundreds of millions of euros through defence security research spending has ended up with Israeli corporations such as Elbit and other Israeli armament...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: I have been to Brussels. I was a member of the European Parliament. I made these arguments and I will be concrete. Elbit received an EU contribution of over €400,000 for its participation in the FLYSEC project which integrates new technologies on video surveillance, intelligent remote image processing and biometrics combined with big data analysis, open source intelligence and crowd...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Paul Murphy: But a national conflict the EU is funding one side of in terms of armaments companies. It seems again that the direction that this is going goes further in the direction of the so-called "Juncker investment plan", the European Fund for Strategic Investment. The Commission envisages more money would be allocated to that in the coming MFF. Could the Commissioner confirm that? The language...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: Millions of people in Anglo Irish Bank?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Government reportedly will support the Fianna Fáil Private Members' Bill extending some rights to those who have their loans sold to vulture funds, a testament to the pressure they feel from the public. We support the Bill as well. However, regulation is not enough and must not be used as political cover to allow the sale of these loan books to vultures. Ultimately, a regulated...

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach does not want to answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: As the Taoiseach has only 20 seconds left, he is nearly there.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The programme for Government commits to "Improving the lives of people with disabilities". It states, "we will support people with disabilities in maximising their potential, by removing barriers which impact on access to services, education, work or healthcare". How does that tally with the points raised by Deputy Seamus Healy during Leaders' Questions about the massive and rising waiting...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach said that "welfare cheats cheat us all" in a campaign now universally recognised as having been based on false figures which his own Department questioned. He cynically used public money to enhance his appeal to Fine Gael members. That campaign may now be largely forgotten but the agenda behind it remains. It was more than just a dog whistle campaign for votes. It was part...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: It is like Deputy Enda Kenny is back. The Taoiseach managed not to answer the question at all. Instead he attacked something which I did not say and then went on an ideological attack about Venezuela. I think he might have even referenced Colombia and Greece.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2018)

Paul Murphy: Let us go back to the question. The question is on the Government's JobPath scheme, which has failed in its stated aim of getting jobs for people. That is what the facts now demonstrate. Only 18% of participants get jobs, which is no higher than the rate for people who do not have access to JobPath. These companies have been accused of fraud in Britain. What is the Taoiseach doing to...