Results 11,961-11,980 of 12,356 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (24 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 17 February 2015 to outline the work his Department will do to advertise the supplementary electoral register to new citizens, citizens who have turned 18 years of age and those who may have moved address in the run-up to the deadlines for entry on the supplementary register...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies and procedures that exist for the arrest of minors, in particular the measures taken to ensure the use of force is proportionate, the questioning and length of detention is age-appropriate, and their education routine is not disrupted. [7112/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Representations (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and location of representations made to the State's embassies and consulates, between 9 and 16 February 2015, seeking an end to the arrest of those who attended a protest in Jobstown in Tallaght, Dublin 24 in November 2014. [7442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Statistics (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if annual statistics are still compiled by his Department, on the ranges of mortgage loan terms, and loan-to-value ranges, as was done until 2008; if so, the reason they are no longer published on his Department's website; and if not, the reason a decision was taken to stop collecting this information. [7443/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seanad Elections (19 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of correspondence from the Chancellor of the National University of Ireland to graduates (details supplied), stating that it is unlikely there will be a single university constituency before the next general election to Seanad Éireann, if he, or officials in his Department, have informed the National...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Security and Defence Co-operation (18 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Defence the content of, and the obligations on, the Defence Forces, arising from the recently signed memorandum of understanding on security and defence co-operation with the United Kingdom; his views of its implications for the Government's policy of military neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Defence the resources deployed by the Irish Defence Forces in Afghanistan, including troop numbers; the missions they are engaged in; and details of the other forces with which they are co-operating. [6897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 Feb 2015)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the refusal of the Embassy of Ireland to the United Kingdom to accept a letter of protest on 11 February 2015, regarding the way protestors in the Tallaght area of Dublin were being arrested, while there was a Russia Today camera crew present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7399/15]

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]