Results 11,601-11,620 of 12,356 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date for the publication of the annual report on Ireland's interaction with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; and when it, and the 2014 report, will be published on the Department of Finance website. [22607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to South Africa. [22602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 20 May 2015. [22603/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Certificate of Irish Heritage (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of certificates of Irish heritage that were issued in 2014 and in 2015 to date. [22604/15]

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will conclude by saying the absence of Government backbench Deputies participating in this debate or even sitting in the Chamber at this hour is an illustration of the Government's interest in this issue and speaks volumes about the so-called "democratic revolution", which we have not had.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Noonan, stated that the Government was launching the commission due to issues of serious public concern, but we should first consider how we got here and some of the questions that arise as a result. The commission is not the result of the Minister's worry about public concerns. This commission has been dragged out of the Government. In fact, the Minister has...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide equality for employees of education, medical and other services under the direction of religious organisations.It is just over two weeks since the resounding "Yes" vote in the marriage equality referendum, a referendum which mobilised thousands of people who had not previously been engaged in politics, including young...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on his recent trade mission to Bahrain; his views on the European Union's strategic framework on human rights, which advocates promotion of human rights in trade and investment; and the way human rights were dealt with in his recent visit to Bahrain. [21262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on discussions with pharmaceutical companies regarding reducing the cost of drugs used in the health service. [21261/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 891. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on 24 May 2015. [21263/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans on building and opening a secondary school in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21232/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance with regard to fees that is available for a person entering third level for the first time who is on the back to education allowance, the course is a master's course and the person in question has not previously undertaken an undergraduate course. [21533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 1069. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the interest rate charged by the Housing Finance Agency for local authority loans has remained at 2.75% since 2012, while in the same period the Euribor rate, on which the Housing Finance Agency is supposed to determine the interest rate it charges, has fallen dramatically, being less than 0.6% for the past...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 1099. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to oblige banks which repossess properties that have sitting tenants to honour existing leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17577/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: I refer to some of the comments the Governor made to Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett on the power of the ECB. It is my considered opinion that in the time he has been on the governing council - I do not make a causal link - the power of the ECB has increased significantly in real terms. In terms of the role it has played in the crisis, this unelected institution has dictated policies to a range...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: That means that once a government was elected which insisted it would not go along with the troika agreement, the waiver was going to be withdrawn, although it took a certain amount of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: No, but it pushed the Greek banks into sole reliance on emergency liquidity assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: While I accept that they are, are they not being kept on a very short leash? The extensions given are minimal, with an upper limit of €200 million agreed to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Paul Murphy: The ECB is the point man for the European authorities in terms of the threats to-----