Results 11,481-11,500 of 12,400 for speaker:Paul Murphy

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

Paul Murphy: Yes. Fine Gael patted the Minister on the back.

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

Paul Murphy: I speak through the Chair, as is appropriate.

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

Paul Murphy: The difference is that the Labour Party has broken its electoral mandate. That is something Labour Party members have a problem with in terms of Syriza, that its members are trying to stick to their electoral mandate and apparently that is not how things are done. I wish to respond to some of the points made by Deputies opposite in terms of the cohort of militant protesters - the mob...

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

Paul Murphy: -----and that the non-payment network in which I am involved, the We Won't Pay campaign, and the Right2Water campaign, are made up of anti-water charges campaigners, protesters, ordinary people involved in their local communities who have all regard for rule and reason. They are people who have been pinned to their collar and in some cases cannot afford to pay the water charges and in other...

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

Paul Murphy: Will the Deputy's mob make them pay it?

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

Paul Murphy: What is the Minister's response?

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

Paul Murphy: It is not as easy as reading the ESB meter.

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

Paul Murphy: Was that not Fine Gael?

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

Paul Murphy: That is unparliamentary language. I think he referred to me as a terrorist.

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

Paul Murphy: I think he just referred to terrorists in the House.

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

Paul Murphy: Will the Deputy please withdraw the statement about terrorists?

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

Paul Murphy: I was repeatedly referred to as ISIS. The Deputy, I think, is referring to me as a terrorist.

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

Paul Murphy: Is that unparliamentary? I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: I do not have a mob. Will the Deputy withdraw the statement?

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

Paul Murphy: Has the Deputy even read the amendments?

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

Paul Murphy: That is not in the amendments.

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

Paul Murphy: With this set of amendments, in particular Amendment No. 21, we are getting to the heart of the Government’s way of doing business, and why it is in effect ramming a new legislation through an existing Bill that has nothing to do with water charges. The approach can be summed up in the word “bullying”. The Bill is about scaremongering and using certain tactics to push...

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

Paul Murphy: Okay. That is fine. Is the Minister in a position to give us the figures about the levels of payment of water charges? He has the figures.