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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: Does the Minister not accept that money is being shifted from lines and programmes that were non-conditional, like cohesion funds and rural development funds, into lines and programmes that are conditional? I accept that rural development funds are conditional in terms of rural development criteria but they are non-conditional in terms of austerity or reform measures. Under the reform...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes, but not of this sort.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes, but only since the crisis. That is new.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes, but only since the time I was a member of the European Parliament, which is five years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: I would absolutely demand that Irish taxpayers' funds, or funds from any European taxpayers, are not linked to demanding so-called structural reforms which will make life worse for ordinary people. Cohesion funds should be going to areas that need them from the point of view of cohesion and regional development and so forth. That is what the funds should be used for and not as a tool to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: I am not in favour of us asking other countries to reduce their minimum wage, to privatise their public services, to introduce water charges and so on. I am not supportive of the idea that just because we got beaten on some of those issues, but not on them all, we should be seeking to be a part of that and would use our experience to expedite a race to the bottom in terms of economic policies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: No because that has not been the case with most EU funding until recently, in terms of it being tied to neoliberal economic policies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: I may accept it but that does not mean I support it, which is what the Minister is implying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: We will not agree, ideologically, on whether this is a good thing but let us try to have a common assessment of what is happening here. I think a majority would agree with me that the models of conditionality used, for example, in Greece and Cyprus, were not a good idea. The so-called structural reform support programme will be rebranded as a technical support instrument and effectively,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: The Minister just said it was a good thing a minute ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: The model of the troika or the model of conditionality-----
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: 682. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 19 April 2018, the details regarding the circumstances of the entry of a person (details supplied) into State care, including their transfer to St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: 684. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing medical cards to those with spinal cord injuries in view of the long-term and varied consequences of spinal cord injuries; if the matter will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24662/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: 1079. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the proposed upgrade of the N81 from Hollywood Cross to Tallaght, bypassing Blessington, has been suspended; his plans to improve the road in view of the large number of fatalities on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24848/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: 1223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was targeted for inclusion in the JobPath scheme run by a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24652/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (12 Jun 2018)
Paul Murphy: 1305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a review of tenants' rights is required, in view of the details of the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24871/18]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)
Paul Murphy: I raise the legislation for the provision of abortion and in particular the need for access for people in the North. That need has been highlighted by events in Belfast in the last few minutes, where the PSNI has intervened to confiscate abortion pills and a drone that was due to be used for the distribution of abortion pills by ROSA, for Reproductive rights, against Oppression, Sexism...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)
Paul Murphy: Yes, on the legislation for the provision of abortion.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2018)
Paul Murphy: He said they were homeless.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Committee Stage (31 May 2018)
Paul Murphy: In the unavoidable absence of the Chairman, I will chair the meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. This is important because not doing so can cause serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. This Bill was referred to the select committee by order of the Dáil of 3 May 2018. I welcome the Minister of...