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Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We have dealt extensively with the general questions of the budget previously and, therefore, I do not intend to rehash them, except to say this is a budget for the 1%. It is a small-state budget. This budget will not resolve any of the crises facing people in this country. Something very interesting was said yesterday by Deputy Michael McGrath. He said that the bedrock of our...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of the judicial reviews against the Ombudsman have been settled on terms favourable to the applicants, including their costs being paid; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that there is a backlog of complaints before the in house complaints procedure that have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary statements issued by two election observation research missions that were in attendance at the independence referendum in Catalonia held on 1 October 2017; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a number of Irish election roster observers took place on these missions; if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements in place whereby his Department provided funding to an organisation (details supplied) to support the deployment of Irish election observers; if it will be extended to a unit of a university (details supplied) that is planning an election observation mission to Somaliland and that would use funding to deploy additional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 26 July 2017, the number of late applications received to join the current election roster; the reason these three particular late applications were admitted to the process in view of the fact that this was explicitly ruled out in the public call; the level at which this decision was made to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the workings of the election observation roster operated by his Department in view of concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 26 July 2017, if the election consultant observer who had the volunteer grant written off had to provide vouchers to account for the grant; if the details of the grant scheme will be published in order to ensure accountability and transparency in the operation of this grant scheme; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of the members of the election observation roster; the date that each was appointed or reappointed; the number of missions completed by each member since 2013; if he has satisfied himself that all members of the roster are suitable for deployment overseas; the mechanism to appoint replacement members to fill vacancies on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding an uneven distribution of opportunities for election observers on the roster with some still waiting for their first mission while others have been awarded two or more missions; his plans to prioritise members that have not been on missions in 2017; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of training provided to election observers by his Department in 2013; the reason it was felt necessary to train the observers at that time; the cost of the training; the persons that were eligible to attend this training; the names of the persons; the expenses or allowances they were paid to attend the course; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if civil servants who partake in election observations are entitled to the higher remuneration; the arrangement for expenses paid to such civil servants; if they are higher or lower than those given to other Irish election observers deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45178/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if 25% of the marks were awarded to those who claimed fluency in Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese; the reason such an emphasis was placed on these languages in view of the fact the majority of election missions are conducted through English; the number of missions each year since 2010 that required observers to have Arabic,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (25 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who took sick leave in the period between 15 November and 22 November 2014 in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds available to local authorities via the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure programme or other relevant programmes to fund the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44759/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process whereby the funds from the social housing investment programme, social housing current expenditure programme or other relevant programmes are allocated to local authorities to fund the construction of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44760/17]

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I am sure the Minister is well aware, having visited direct provision centres and met children who live there, of the particularly vulnerable position that they are in. What measures has he taken to address their situation? Are there are any plans to introduce increased payments for children living in direct provision?

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree that the conditions these children face are horrific? Their parents are not allowed to work and they do not have cooking facilities or live in an ordinary family environment. They are being institutionalised from a young age, potentially for quite a long time. According to the 2015 HIQA report, 14% of children have been referred to child protection services compared...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Governor and his colleagues for attending today's meeting. The explanation given for the system-wide issue was that it was an issue of culture. It was suggested that culture explains how 11 different banks pushed people off tracker mortgages or did not allow people back on to tracker mortgages. Unless culture operates like telepathy, that is not really a full explanation. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I still think it is a stretch that it would happen in the different banks in the same period of time. The witnesses might come back on that. Even accepting the point about culture or that culture is an important element of this, which I think it is, what does it say about the culture that operated then in the banks and does a different culture operate now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (19 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: That is precisely where I was going with the next question. Is it the case that the response of at least some of the more reticent banks demonstrates there is no significant change in culture? The interactions at the committee here have been very frustrating. It is like being on a treadmill. Last year, they came in and said it would be sorted by Christmas and the same is happening this...