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Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: He did not indicate that any review or meetings about this had taken place. We know now that there was a series of meetings, including one he attended because of that concern. The list goes on of parliamentary questions and stonewalling by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan. All of the facts had to be dragged from the Minister. Is that not a cover-up?

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: The only conclusion that can be drawn is that the Minister, Deputy Noonan, deliberately misled the Dáil. Did he also mislead the Taoiseach or did he inform the Taoiseach of his concerns? The Taoiseach has been unclear about that in his answers. Forget about the promissory notes, as we are talking about the Minister's concerns relating to Siteserv. Was there a Chinese wall in effect?...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: Painted outside the Ministry for Truth in George Orwell's "1984" are the three slogans of the ruling party: War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; and Ignorance is Strength. Does the Taoiseach have any plans to paint slogans outside Government Buildings? If he does, perhaps he could add two more slogans to those three classics, namely, Competent is Compromise; and Independent is Dependent. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (28 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the death in the Mediterranean of migrants from Africa travelling to Europe by boat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (28 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers in Luxembourg on 20 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (28 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the case of a person (details supplied) with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers in Luxembourg on 20 April 2015. [16225/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (23 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on emergency accommodation by his Department and local authorities to tackle the immediate homelessness crisis in the four Dublin local authorities in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (23 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any discussions he has had with Irish Water regarding a large volume of non-payment of water charges; if he has a contingency plan in place should there be a large amount of non-payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15774/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (23 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with reference to the pledges and commitments provided by the Irish Government during the election to the United Nations Human Rights Council (details supplied), in which the Government committed to the expeditious ratification the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, if her Department had assessed the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (23 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the financial difficulties faced by many sufferers of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, due to the additional financial burden of paying for medicines and treatment, if his Department has given consideration to including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on the prescribed list of conditions under the long-term illness scheme; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. In 2014, AIB made a pre-tax profit of €1.1 billion. How much corporation tax did it pay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: Obviously the shareholder is not likely to be the State for much longer. The 2014 accounts list the deferred taxation as an asset of €3.5 billion, and it is now listed as €3.24 billion. This is accumulated losses made from the transfer of loans to NAMA, as far as I know in particular, and in general-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: Page 220 of the report states that assuming a sustainable return on equity, it will take in excess of 20 years for the deferred tax asset to be utilised. Does this mean AIB will not pay any corporation tax for 20 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: Does it not strike Mr. Bourke as obscene that the banks, and it is not just AIB which at least is in State ownership, made huge losses and those losses are now counted as assets on the balance sheet for which the State will pay again through not receiving corporation tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: If AIB is privatised in one or two years time, the fact it made losses previously will mean it will not pay corporation tax for an extended period. Is it also the case that prior to budget 2014, the bank could only use half of it each year and write-down half of the profits? It paid some corporation tax each year before the budget changes in 2014.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: I am making a more general point which applies to all the banks, which includes those banks which are overwhelmingly privatised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: With regard to privatisation, is it the case that AIB is in effect being fattened up and prepared for privatisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: How does Mr. Duffy explain the increase in the number of write-downs and the amount of write-down? In 2013 it was €1 billion and in 2014, when privatisation was being prepared for, it was €4.5 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: With regard to privatisation, we know that Goldman Sachs is advising for free, out of the goodness of its heart. How is the process going with regard to Goldman Sachs co-operating with AIB and looking at the assets and liabilities? Do guarantees exist that it does not receive information that would be profitable to it in other circumstances such as advising clients and everything else?

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Apr 2015)

Paul Murphy: Will the Government apply pressure on Mondelez to ensure that workers get all of the information and resources they are looking for from the point of view of putting forward an alternative plan? It seems to me that the problem is contained within the Minister of State's response in that there appears to be an acceptance that jobs will be lost. The inter-agency group set up by the Minister,...