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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: How many years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: I find that hard to understand. The State Claims Agency's role is to represent the interests of the State in these cases. However, the State is not just concerned with pounds, shillings and pence; it should also be concerned with what kind of society we have. It is obvious in this case, and the State Claims Agency agrees, that if there had been a confidentiality agreement, it would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: I want to deal with the issue of mandatory open disclosure. The State Claims Agency made submissions to the Joint Committee on Health whenever it was considering this issue. Mr. Breen argued that a discretionary approach was the optimal approach in striking a balance between protecting patients and protecting medical practitioners. He argued against mandatory open disclosure. Why did he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Is it really too much to ask that medical professionals should be legally required to come clean with people where mistakes have been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Yes, but that has not worked. It did not happen in this case. For example, we do not know whether, if open disclosure had been mandatory, it would have happened.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: It might not have but there would have been a more easy route to remedy from Vicky Phelan's point of view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: In such circumstances, has Mr. Breen changed his opinion on the issue of mandatory disclosure? Has the State Claims Agency changed its position on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Breen.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the latest homeless figures; the councils that have discrepancies in their figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: I raise the very important issue of identity fraud. Does the Government have plans to introduce measures to deal with it in the Data Protection Bill? I am aware of the case of a constituent of mine, Mr. Adam Keane, who has been convicted of a driving offence, despite not being able to drive, in what appears to be a clear case of stolen identity. He faced a similar situation on two previous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (3 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to allow for the full utilisation of newly refurbished facilities at a location (details supplied) which are vital for the provision of respite care; when the funding will be provided; the status of discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19352/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (2 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is undertaking a review of the vehicle registration tax following recent European Court of Justice rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (2 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the disparity in services (details supplied); his plans to allocate more resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19283/18]

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Last year, when it emerged that the new national maternity hospital would be under the ownership of the Religious Sisters of Charity, there was outrage. The guidelines of this organisation state that the morning-after pill, IVF, vasectomy, sterilisation of women and abortion should be forbidden in their hospitals. There were demonstrations. Dr. Peter Boylan resigned from the board and more...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Everyone else got extra time.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: Everyone else got more than a minute extra.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the building of a permanent school structure at a school (details supplied); the reason the timeframes indicated to parents have not been kept to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18918/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: I thank the MEPs for coming before the committee. It is good to have this engagement with our ECON MEPs. I wish to focus on the issue of digital taxation. I will start by putting the issue in a broader context because this definitely takes place in a broader context. There are two fundamental aspects to this broader context. The first is an increasing tension between the US and the EU....