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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: So that could come from either a reporter or the commercial manager?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not talking about whether a company might not be happy with the position, left or right of the page, or they did not get enough hits or sales, but where an advertiser has an actual problem with an editorial in the newspaper, and that view would have been conveyed to the witnesses on a couple of occasions at least.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: As an editor, was it ever conveyed to Mr. Vaughan by someone more senior in the newspaper?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Would the witness have thought it would have had a chilling effect?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Has the witness ever felt, in terms of his own practice, that it had any chilling effect on how he might proceed on a subject on any subsequent occasion?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: When it comes to publishing the newspaper each day and deciding the page layout, does Mr. Vaughan decide the position of adverts?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: I am just looking at an example from Sunday, 4 April 2004, supplied by the witness. There is a front page and the headline is "Mortgage holders at risk as debt soars". Directly below there is an advert for an interior design company offering a 15% discount.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: So it is an unfortunate coincidence.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: The Irish Examinerbrand is respected and trusted. It cannot carry just any advertising but must be conscious of what any message a total page might convey to someone. Is that considered when the witness goes to print? Does he look at a headline and an advert and worry about giving a mixed message to the public?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: It is a bit because I am talking about the overall impression the newspaper might give. At the end of the day, it is still a newspaper. It is a vehicle for presenting news, not for selling things. I am interested to know that the editorial takes primary position if such a conflict arises.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: It would not be a question of moving a story to suit an advertisement. If someone had booked a space on the bottom right hand corner of the front page, a great position that costs a lot of money-----

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Was that because the advertising did not fit with the editorial?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Irish Red Cross Governance (24 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Defence to set out his views on suspending the grant aid paid to the Irish Red Cross in view of renewed governance concerns in the organisation; if the grant will be suspended; and if he is satisfied with the internal operations of the organisation, and its commitment to reforming its own governance procedures. [11091/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will seek to increase funding for the Defence Forces for the period 2016 to 2020. [11459/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (24 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 693. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support scheme will be completed [11926/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 718. To ask the Minister for Health his views that State supports should be made available in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [12050/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the standard rate of tax was decreased to 19% and the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person, and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes. [10968/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the standard rate of tax was decreased to 18% and the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes. [10969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer,in terms of revenue foregone if pay-as-you-earn workers, and self-employed persons were treated equally for tax purposes on incomes up to €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000, all for a single person. [10970/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if pay-as-you-earn workers and self-employed persons were treated equally for tax purposes up to an income of €34,800, for a single person. [10971/15]