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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with Secretary for State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8821/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister report on his recent meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Brokenshire? In particular, I am interested in the points the Taoiseach mentioned during Leaders' Questions that the Minister would be raising with Mr. Brokenshire, that is, undercover British police officers operating in Ireland and the call to extend the Pitchford inquiry to include...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy might be the only one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Right2Water yesterday clarified that they oppose any excessive usage charges. The witness may envisage an excessive usage charge that is about conservation as opposed to revenue-raising, and may possibly lose money. However, such an excessive usage charge could be a Trojan horse for broader charges. There could be pressure to raise revenue, reduce allowances and increase prices. What is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: I would like the figure of how many people owed something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is okay.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the most recent postponement of the trial in Egypt of a person (details supplied) and contacts his officials have had with the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the appropriateness of the planned visit by senior members of the Government to the President of the United States of America in view of the recent positions taken by the US President on immigration, human rights, foreign affairs and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8764/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (22 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to a sports club (details supplied) to allow the upgrade of its pitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8931/17]

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the report into the activities of an undercover British police officer (details supplied) received by her Department from the Garda Commissioner in 2011; if she will publish the report currently being compiled on that issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7625/17]

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Will the Minister publish the 2011 report of the Garda Commissioner, to which she has previously referred? Will she publish the report which is currently being compiled on the issue? Will the current report examine all 116 undercover operators and agents identified through the process in Britain, to see which ones operated in Ireland and which may have violated human rights here?

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: This is a question of human rights and the right to privacy. The Minister seems to be suggesting that it is okay for undercover police agents to come here and be involved in police protest, even though this guy brought over the protestors with whom he was protesting. Sarah Hampton, one of the victims-----

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: I am not wandering off at all.

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: She writes, "I find it shocking that via my solicitor ... I have informed the Minister of Justice about such issues via legal letters dated 17 May 2016 and again on 20 December 2016, yet to date I have received no reply although both letters were even reported in the media." Why has the Minister not replied to Sarah Hampton on the various concerns she has raised?

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: What precisely is the rule in this case?

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is the most arbitrary and unfair-----

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: People are named all the time.

Other Questions: Garda Reports (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: We cannot hide behind the bluster of the Acting Chairman. She says:I have many unanswered questions regarding Ireland. I want to know if Irish authorities knew what [the man in question] was doing, and I want details about his operations in Ireland. That is reasonable, considering his experience. She also asks:- Did you allow him to develop intimate relationships with women in your...

Other Questions: Policing Issues (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Government has requested the extension of the Pitchford inquiry to include the activities of the British undercover police while here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7624/17]

Other Questions: Policing Issues (16 Feb 2017)

Paul Murphy: Last week on Leaders' Question, I raised with the Taoiseach the work of the four British undercover police officers whom we know of who operated in this State. They are Mark Kennedy, Jim Boyling, Mark Jenner and John Dines. I raised the need for the Irish Government to join the Scottish, German and Northern Irish Governments in seeking the extension of the Pitchford inquiry to include the...