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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is more or less what I was getting at, namely, lack of demand for a variety of reasons, but central to it being unemployment and also wage depression over a period of time, and the race to the bottom that exists within the eurozone in particular, on which Germany was first out of the blocks. We see it in terms of the contradiction between the core and the periphery of the eurozone at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is a version of a trickle-down effect. Is it not the case that the overwhelming effect of QE, let us say in the United States, which is the most recent example in a similar type economy, although obviously there are some differences, is an asset price bubble, and that very little of it trickled down? Are there any examples where QE had a demonstrative, significant effect on inflation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I would like to explore the question of a euro exit by Greece. The idea that a good deal for the Greek people will be done is ruled out and so there are two options remaining, which is a bad deal that contains a commitment to discuss something in terms of debt but slightly further down the line and austerity measures. If these are the two options open to Syriza and the Greek Government they...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister accepts that the number of deaths has decreased since Operation Mare Nostrum was re-instated. It is a search and rescue operation as opposed to an emphasis on border control, which characterised Operation Triton. Does the Minister therefore agree that the cancellation of Operation Mare Nostrum was likely responsible for the deaths of migrants attempting to enter the European...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: Did the Irish Government intervene at the time of the debate around Operation Mare Nostrum to say search and rescue operations should be maintained? The smugglers are obviously dealers in death and should be condemned, but they are not the essential reason people are travelling. People are travelling because they are in conditions of extreme poverty, are desperate and are trying to enter...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on discussions with her counterparts in the European Union regarding the situation facing migrants entering the European Union via the Mediterranean. [27089/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Border Controls (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister to report on discussions with her European colleagues on the circumstances facing migrants attempting to enter the European Union via the Mediterranean. I ask the question in the context of the thousands of deaths among those trying to enter the EU, as well as the report on the RTE programme "This Week" broadcast on Sunday last, which obtained a briefing document setting...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is correct to say that the standard of accommodation and the manner in which asylum seekers are treated varies across Europe. In parts of Europe, people are literally in prison camps. We have something that approximates in some respects to open prison camps. While our conditions are not as bad as those in some other parts of Europe, we should not compare ourselves to the very worst...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the independent working group report on asylum seekers that, among other issues, recommends the provision of residency to those who are over five years in direct provision centres and an increase in the weekly allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27088/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: What are the Minister's views on the report of the independent working group on direct provision, which is damning and contains limited recommendations on the provision of residency to those who have been more than five years in direct provision and on an increase in the weekly allowance? Does the Government intend to take on board these recommendations and make those changes?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Direct Provision System (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. Does she agree that the current situation is inhumane and intolerable, as described accurately by the Minister of State? I am sure that she has visited the centres where conditions are inhumane and intolerable. People have no individuality or freedom over what they do in their lives and are dependent on their centres to provide food that may not be of sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revise the fee charged for a naturalisation certificate; her views that the fee is a barrier to citizens from other European Union states becoming Irish citizens in view of the fact they do not have to renew visas at cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the passage of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 through Dáil Committee Stage, her views on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if she will report on the work of her Department on the Interdepartmental Committee dealing with the Convention's ratification;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Religious Discrimination (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the rights of non-religious and minority faith persons, specifically in the context of a recent review of that issue by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. [27075/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans on the passage of a marriage equality Bill through Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27074/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the online appointment system for Garda National Immigration Bureau, promised for the end of the first quarter of 2015, will be brought on stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27072/15]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: In these amendments we are dealing with the other Bill being rammed through in the pre-existing Bill that has nothing to do with water charges or waste. It is a substantial piece of work which deserves its own process of scrutiny, not the 40 minutes we have been allocated, after which it will be law. The Government is dealing with the fruits of bin charges and the privatisation of waste...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: They have missed the deadline.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: I had already booked.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is not what I said.