Results 9,541-9,560 of 11,956 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have not been here for the past ten weeks.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Deputy very much. I have been subject to prosecution alongside six other protestors for false imprisonment. I am back now and there is something very important to be learned from what happened in court. It has serious ramifications for others who might seek to exercise their right to protest. Will the Taoiseach bring forward legislation to establish a public inquiry into the...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: There has been a bit of an attempt to laugh at the notion of a conspiracy. A conspiracy is a secret plan by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: Allow me to give just one simple example, although I could give many. Three gardaí up to the rank of superintendent under oath stated that I had said, "Will we keep her here all night?" when I said no such thing.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: One can speak about the frailty of human memory for one or even for two but for three gardaí to hear something that was not uttered-----

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Paul Murphy: That is why we need a public inquiry. It is up to the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commemorative Events (20 Jun 2017)

Paul Murphy: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of the lumper schools project to schools to increase the knowledge and awareness of the Great Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 662. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made in relation to the adjustment of the post award value of public service pensions referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 2 March 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 772. To ask the Minister for Health his views on nursing students on work placements not being paid; if he will consider a review of this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19585/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joyriding Offences (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 1326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the phenomenon of older, uninsured and untaxed cars being bought by persons who then use the car to joy ride; if he will consider reforms to the car ownership registration process to frustrate this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (2 May 2017)

Paul Murphy: 1431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to parliamentary question No. 830 of 7 March 2017, if she will answer the question referred to in her reply in view of additional information (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19503/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: All of those things have been done, yet Ibrahim remains in prison and his condition is worsening. That is first and foremost what the question is about. I appreciate the fact that a doctor was sent to examine him but then we have to use the evidence of the visit to put extra pressure on the Egyptian authorities and, if possible, to use the evidence in the court case to say that he should be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on contacts he and his officials have had with the Egyptian authorities regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised the person's medical condition with the authorities and sought his release on these grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18698/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: I was part, with other Deputies, of a delegation to visit Ibrahim Halawa at the start of January. His situation was not good then: he was holding up but clearly desperate. Three months have since passed, another three court adjournments have taken place and, reportedly, his health has taken a significant turn for the worse. He is reportedly in a wheelchair, has been without consciousness...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: I join the Minister in condemning the terrorist attacks on the Coptic churches in Egypt. It is not surprising that more hours have gone into this case than others because Mr. Halawa has been in prison for three and a half years. The latest technical file produced for the Egyptian court would seem to confirm the fact that there is no evidence against him of anything other than protesting....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (11 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the general strike and mass demonstrations in French Guiana with the French authorities which has been organised against poor public services, the cost of living, mass unemployment and lack of investment in infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18318/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (11 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views of the attempts by the President of Paraguay to extend his term and the movement of opposition to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: 446. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on increasing pensions of retired public servants in line with the pay rises being implemented for serving public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/17]

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: Correct.

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2017)

Paul Murphy: We have always paid for it.