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Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: I do. I also understand-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will put my question. What consolation prize is the Taoiseach going to give the Labour Party for enthusiastically hammering the final nails in its coffin? Will the party take the chance? Will the Taoiseach take the chance of voting for the Private Members' motion by the anti-austerity alliance tonight to abolish water charges?

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall and that is the situation facing the Government. It is in that moment between pride and a fall. Faced with a huge protest on Saturday and the prospect of a massive boycott, all talk of listening has been forgotten and replaced by a high-handed, arrogant and bullying approach. The Minister for the Environment, Community and...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will finish on this point. Was Elizabeth Arnett of Irish Water not correct when she said this morning that there would be no penalties in the case of the first four bills? People can, therefore, refuse to pay, without penalty until after the next general election. They can join the group that will bin their bills outside the Dáil on 18 April. This campaign will sink water charges,...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach says the promised Bill will be introduced in the next few weeks. On 3 February he told us it would be published "in the next couple of weeks". The next time we raise the issue will we be told that it will be introduced in the next couple of months and then the next few months? This is a Bill that never appears because the Government wants to use it to scare people, but the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: How many have signed up? The only consistent message we hear is that lots of people have signed up. On Monday morning the Minister told us that 1.23 million had signed up, an increase of 130,000 in the past four weeks. Last night we heard the figure of 1.23 million, which was an increase of 120,000 in the past seven weeks. The Government's motion refers to a figure of 1.237 million...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: What are the accurate figures? My final supplementary question is-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take following the opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice maintaining the State is in breach of European working time directives in relation to medical doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12322/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the attack on persons at a museum in Tunis, Tunisia. [12323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (25 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the open letter from over 900 scientists to the Government (details supplied); her plans for the successor to the strategy for science, technology and innovation 2006 to 2013; and her further views on increasing funding for basic research across all scientific disciplines. [12292/15]

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: No, they do not. That is ridiculous. Is the Minister announcing the introduction of a new tax?

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 8 o’clock It is a microcosm of a system in which things operate for the 1% against the interests of the 99% and where power is concentrated economically, in the media and politically in an extremely small number of hands. Out of the movement against water charges comes the potential to utterly change politics in Ireland. It has already changed politics significantly but this...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: Government spokespersons have not failed in recent months when presented with cameras or microphones to express their full confidence in the fact that people will accept and pay the water charges and that the protest movement is a diminishing minority. They have constantly been confident in their words, but actions speak more loudly. Their actions in recent months, particularly the past 24...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is a microcosm of the way our society-----

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is a microcosm.

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

Paul Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 14 January 2015, the measures and procedures in place, and research done, to ensure the research and capability development engaged in by the Defence Forces is not used in violation of human rights; if he will provide details of the companies the Defence Forces have co-operated with in doing research; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the remaining vacancies on the interim board of the Office of Public Procurement will be filled; the criteria for selecting appointees; and when legislation setting up the board on a permanent basis will be expected. [11948/15]

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

Paul Murphy: 406. To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel on exchange with the United Kingdom defence forces, as per the Memorandum of Understanding signed recently with the United Kingdom, may participate in overseas missions that have not been approved by Dáil Éireann, in conditions additional to the current circumstances where overseas deployments of not more...

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

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Defence the legal conditions under which Defence Forces personnel on exchange with the British military, as per the Memorandum of Understanding recently signed with the United Kingdom, will operate, that is, if they will be subject to the normal laws and regulations governing the overseas deployment and military operations of the Irish Defence Forces, or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Mar 2015)

Paul Murphy: 580. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 14 January 2015 and subsequent correspondence (details supplied) detailing the absence of a lack of reply from the Health Service Executive concerning the treatment of a person, his views on the procedure of referring parliamentary questions to the executive for direct reply; and if he will make a statement on...