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Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I welcome the prospect of Ireland joining a range of other countries in recognising a Palestinian state. However, notwithstanding that recognition, the oppression of Palestinians will continue. Tomorrow people there will mourn the death of the Palestinian Minister, Ziad Abu Ein, whose death epitomises what Palestinian people face on a daily basis. The Minister was participating in a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted research on the impact the reduction in rent supplement levels has had on the level of homelessness in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47089/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has conducted an analysis of the cost and number of staff that will be required to administer the €100 water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47088/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sources of information Irish Water have used to compile name and address information for its customers. [47425/14]

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I have no confidence in this Government and will vote accordingly. I am sure the Members opposite will vote to express confidence in their own Government and this Dáil, elected in its majority based on false promises that have now been broken. So what? It should be very cold comfort for the Taoiseach. Right now right across the country, people are preparing in huge numbers to come to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, after moving from jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance to a carer's allowance, a person becomes ineligible for the telephone and fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46854/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in the Workplace (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies and procedures for staff of the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board on bullying and harassment in work; the way these policies are reviewed; and the procedures her Department has in place for any reviews of the policies. [46783/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in the Workplace (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the number of members of staff in the County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board who have made complaints of bullying and-or harassment against other members of staff and the number of these complainees who have been transferred to another section of the CDDETB following their complaint. [46784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the date on which domestic refuse charges were introduced; the date on which competition was introduced; and the date on which the service was fully privatised. [47064/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form with respect of each of the relevant local authorities, the amount each local authority charged when domestic refuse charges were first introduced; the dates and amounts of subsequent increases in the charges; and the current charges for domestic refuse collection. [47065/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: 427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average rents paid by local authorities on behalf of tenants of housing associations, as compared to the average rents paid by local authorities to for-profit private landlords, that is, through schemes such as the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme. [47066/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: This is not going to work. The Bill will not save water charges, the Labour Party or the Government. Whether the Minister knows it, what has happened in the past few months is more significant even than 100,000 people coming out onto the streets on 11 October. It is more significant than up to 200,000 people coming out three weeks later. It is even more significant than the hundreds of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I definitely see the argument for regulating the servicers, but why not do both? Who would lose if SPVs were regulated? To the extent that they engage in any of these activities, they would be subject to the regulations. If they do not engage in these activities, the regulations would not arise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: The Department could have done it the other way around and regulated certain activities of owners and servicers. A passive SPV will not break the code of conduct. It will not harass people itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: Is it not an anomaly that a person with a loan with a banking institution that outsources credit servicing can, if the owning institution is pre-existing, for example, Bank of Ireland, take a case against it but in another situation might have to pursue the servicer? It is potentially confusing for people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: There could be the further development of this approach, including by traditional financial institutions. For example, someone with a loan with AIB might have little interaction with the bank and instead deal with the servicer. Is it the case that the consumer should still go after AIB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: If what the witnesses are saying is correct and the servicer is key, it is an argument to redo all of this. A pre-existing institution like AIB might head in that direction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: My final question is on a somewhat separate matter. Many of us believe that the code of conduct is inadequate and not rigorously enforced. This legislation brings others under the Central Bank's code of conduct, which is for the Central Bank to enforce. In theory, the Dáil could give a legislative basis to something equivalent to the code of conduct. Nothing in how the Central Bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Paul Murphy: I am sure it does, but it could write a stricter code of conduct or what looked like a code of conduct but was actually legislation, thereby making it a crime not to do something.