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Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: What protests is the Taoiseach on about?

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is not true.

Other Questions: Beef Exports (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister used the phrase the distant past but one does not have to go back to 1987 to find questionable practices happening in a plant owned by this company. Two years ago, it was implicated in the horsemeat scandal. It should be recognised that the man in question was previously at the centre of a nexus relationship between agribusiness and politicians. If one reads the beef tribunal...

Other Questions: Beef Exports (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: I am not making any new allegations about anybody. These are known facts. It is also a known fact that this man is now the biggest beef exporter to the US but the Minister does not have a problem with this. He does not believe this could cause damage to other beef exporters who do not have murky questions over their previous business practices, not just in the distant past but more recently.

Other Questions: Beef Exports (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Why? I do not export beef or horsemeat for that matter.

Other Questions: Beef Exports (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding the possible future effects on the reputation of Irish beef, arising from the involvement of a company (details supplied), as the first major distributor of Irish beef in America. [6680/15]

Other Questions: Beef Exports (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Do the Minister and his Department have concerns about possible future effects on the reputation of Irish beef arising from the involvement of Larry Goodman's company, ABP Food Group, as the first major distributor of Irish beef in America?

Other Questions: Beef Exports (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: No, I share in the view that it is welcome that Irish beef exporters can export to the United States. However, the question is whether it is in no way problematic that at present, regardless of whether one likes it, the face of those exports is a man who was in charge of a company that previously was found by a tribunal to have been repackaging meat, meat by-products and offal from all over...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Agreements (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the risk of the Irish ban on hormone-treated beef being undermined by the transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement; and his views on the quality of food standards in view of the negotiations on the agreement. [6679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the measures to protect the well-being of animals engaged in hare coursing in view of live hare coursing now being a criminal offence in the United Kingdom and much of the rest of Europe; his views on the continued practice of live hare coursing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6711/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the measures undertaken by his Department, including the numbers of site visits and other inspections carried out on dog pounds run by local authorities, private institutions and charities, to ensure animals are cared for in a manner compliant with the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; his views on the matter of animal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the work of his Department in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) who is detained in Egypt following the release of other detainees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6746/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 411. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in eastern Ukraine; and if he supports military assistance to the Ukrainian Government. [6747/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (17 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extensively advertise the supplement to the register of electors, prior to the upcoming referenda on presidential age and marriage equality; his views on the extension of the deadlines to facilitate prospective voters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Irish Prisoners Abroad (12 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste made the complaint.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: Many of them boycotted it because the Tánaiste was coming.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (12 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on progress on negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; his views of reported opposition to the investment state dispute settlement mechanism from the French and German Governments (details supplied) and the results of the European Commission's public consultation on TTIP in which the...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: When will the criminal justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill be brought before the House? Will it include any provisions concerning political policing?