Results 1,101-1,120 of 1,212 for speaker:Dara Murphy

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. As my colleague said, it was extraordinary to see the Fianna Fáil Party scaremongering through the summer, as it has been doing.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: It specifically stated a figure of €300 and is continuing to do so. In the last programme for Government, which we all now acknowledge was one of the greatest acts of fiction ever written, it committed to addressing the issue. All it delivered during its time in government was the loss of our sovereignty and the destruction of our economy. That said, I compliment the Minister, Deputy...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: Fianna Fáil Ministers did not attend meetings they were supposed to attend when they were in government. Deputy Martin should not forget that.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: No.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: Our reputation is being restored by the Taoiseach and his Ministers.

Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: It was damaged when Deputy Martin was in government.

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who work at polling stations could be taken from the live register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37821/11]

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion and on the Government amendment to it. Since the Government has taken control of the country - which was so badly let down by the previous Administration - its primary ambition has been to restore economic sovereignty and to create a nation of which our children and their children can be proud and in which they can grow up and prosper. I have...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: -----a rate of £13 applies in respect of the second and subsequent child. This equates to half the rate paid in respect of such children in the Republic.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: It is also the case in the North that if the income of a household is above £41,000, children's allowance is not paid. It is extremely rich of Sinn Féin to table this motion when in the country in which it is in power-----

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: -----namely, Northern Ireland-----

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: -----teachers will be going on strike tomorrow and-----

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: -----where only half the rate which obtains in the Republic in respect of second and subsequent children is paid. I suggest that since Sinn Féin is a single organisation, it should focus its attention on the jurisdiction in which it is in government.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: In this House, it should have the maturity to acknowledge that we would be obliged to half child benefit in order that the rate which applies in Northern Ireland would obtain here.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: I hope Sinn Féin will achieve an increase in the rate of children's allowance payable in Northern Ireland because it was elected to govern in that jurisdiction.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: It is a measure of 14 years of Fianna Fáil Government.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: It is the truth.

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (29 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: And the year before.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding given per annum to the veteran groups ONE and IUNVA over the past three years; his plan to recognise the Irish Legion Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36721/11]

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2011)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I must admit I got a fright a minute ago when I heard the Deputy opposite calling for the establishment of a contract between GPs and the State, even though we are here to speak about the contract that already exists, which we are seeking to amend. I am not exactly sure what he was talking about but, as the French would say, plus ça change -...