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Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: The Government and the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, had their very best Malcolm Tuckers working on their presentation of the new water charges regime. Their master plan was to decide to appeal to "reasonable" people, and I guess the logic emanates from the feeling of who would not think of themselves as reasonable. I am accused of being a kidnapper by the Taoiseach, a ringleader by the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: They want not to have their child benefit cut.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Like the bin services.

Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: It heard what it wanted to hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: No bricks were thrown.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make agency staff in the public sector permanent staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43891/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as agency staff in the hospitals and Health Service Executive. [43889/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the grades agency staff in the hospitals and Health Service Executive are filling while covering maternity leave and long-term sick leave; and the number of agency staff at each grade. [43890/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fully utilise the educational facilities at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44174/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: On pay levels at the top of the AIB, I note that while they are within the Government's pay cap, they are set at its outer limit. Is it justified to pay staff almost €500,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I will start with the massive decline in the number of staff over the past six or seven years. What percentage of this decline is attributable to outsourcing? I accept that Mr. Duffy may not be able to give me a precise calculation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: In the context of the answer given to Question No. 13, can Mr. Duffy give details of the functions that have been outsourced in the past 12 months? Are there currently bidding processes open for the outsourcing of other services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Pensions do not necessarily transfer. The kind of pension one would have in AIB would not compare with that in a small outsourced place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Are there bidding processes currently open?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Would AIB take any lesson from Ulster Bank and the maximum fine imposed on it yesterday? Does AIB accept there is a lesson to be learned in terms of the outsourcing of IT services and the offshore setting of jobs, particularly in terms of IT services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Is AIB planning to outsource a larger portion of its IT than is currently outsourced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Have any jobs in the IT or other areas been transferred off-shore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Where there is outsourcing, does AIB give a commitment that workers will have the right of redeployment or redundancy if they do not wish to transfer to the new entity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: AIB (13 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, I spoke to a worker in a bank branch in Dublin who said his job was outsourced. Basically, he said he had the choice of going over to the company in question, Noonan's, or redundancy. He had no choice of redeployment within AIB.