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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: The Minister is arguing against the Bill on the basis that competition will resolve it. That is what the Minister argued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I am arguing it because it is nonsense and I do not think the Minister believes it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: It is nonsense because there is no evidence of a causative link between the publication of the Bill and the drop of 10% in share prices.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I understand why people buy shares.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: That is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I will make a broader point to Deputy Michael McGrath. We support the Bill. We supported the Sinn Féin Bill previously. We think it would potentially give some element of relief to mortgage holders. It does not deal with the fundamentals. The approach in the Bill is to say the issue was market failure whereas the market is the failure in this circumstance. The fundamental problem...
- Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or his Department has advised other Departments regarding the restoration of pay and conditions with the ASTI trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30840/16]
- Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I welcome the ASTI's strike ballot. It is showing the way for all workers, in particular new entrants in the public sector, through its actions. The first strike day will be next Thursday.
- Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: We discussed some of this issue on the previous question. The fact remains that, even with the agreement of the INTO and TUI, significant pay inequality and discrimination against new entrants persist. This is why the strike is going ahead regardless of whether the Minister likes it, that is, unless there is a resolution and the Government concedes on the key issue of pay equality. Will...
- Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I return to my question on strike breaking and the attempt to recruit parents into same against striking teachers. If that is what the Government favours and has approved, how does that marry with any idea of being open to negotiation, the importance of dialogue, etc.? It appears to be part of a pattern of behaviour to try to undermine the ASTI because it has stood up in the face of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I do not call it progress when a person who is on a "deal" salary on the first point of the scale will receive €33,000 per year whereas somebody who qualified pre-2011 will receive €39,000. That is a continuation of pay discrimination and it is why it is right that people are fighting against what is happening. The teachers, the Luas workers and the gardaí are showing...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider ending the pay inequality by restoring a common pay scale for all public sector workers and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31006/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: Equal pay for equal work is meant to be a basic principle that nobody would dispute. In that case, how can the Minister and Government stand over a situation of real pay inequality in our public sector? For example, new entrants to teaching could be €170,000 or more worse off over a career on the basis of when they entered the workforce.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: The Lansdowne Road agreement is evidence of how it cannot be used to tackle issues of concern. This is why ASTI is right and is to be saluted for the actions it is taking. It is an act of intergenerational solidarity among teachers, almost 80% of whom voted for strike action. The majority of them are not affected by this but they understand that people must stand together if they are to...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach wants it to apply provisionally.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: I will share time with Deputy Boyd Barrett - five minutes each. The free trade agenda of right-wing governments, including this one, and the European Commission, has run into massive public opposition. As a member of the trade committee of the European Parliament for three years, I campaigned against CETA. We employed what we referred to as a Dracula strategy to try to bring what was...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: Deputy Martin should join us.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: When does the Government intend to bring forward the social welfare Bill? Does the Taoiseach intend to stand over and implement the proposed further victimisation of, and discrimination against, young unemployed people, especially those under 25 who, instead of getting the fiver promised to everybody will get, as detailed in the budget documentation, €2.70? They are expected to live...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)
Paul Murphy: What about the discrimination against young people?