Results 41-60 of 1,212 for speaker:Dara Murphy

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (11 Apr 2017)

Dara Murphy: Will the Deputy forward that correspondence to me?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (11 Apr 2017)

Dara Murphy: The position is that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has direct legal effect and does not require to be transposed into national law. It does however contain a number of Articles which provide Member States with a limited margin of flexibility, mainly in respect of the public sector. Work is ongoing in the Department of Justice and Equality on the development of a General...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (30 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: The position is that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has direct legal effect and does not therefore require to be transposed into national law. The Regulation does however contains a number of Articles which provide Member States with a limited margin of flexibility, mainly in respect of the public sector. Work is ongoing in my Department on the preparation of a General Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (30 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: According to the "purpose limitation" principle set out in Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal data should be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes. However, paragraph 1(b) provides that further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest,...

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: The Ceann Comhairle has been very engaged in the case of Ibrahim Halawa. I understand that Ibrahim will once again be back in court in the next number of days.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: Yes, tomorrow, 22 March. He has been moved back to prison, having spent four weeks in hospital. While this process has been entirely unsatisfactory, we believe the recent hearings in the case have, in general, been more substantive than previously. This may indicate that the trial is finally under way in earnest. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is expressing a cautious...

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: I will deal with that.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: Many, quite rightly, would now acknowledge that those who scripted Article 50 did not envisage that any member state would be leaving. Article 50 certainly has its limitations. We now have the date from the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, as to when they will trigger Article 50. There will be two processes. It goes back to the question that Deputy Eamon Ryan asked about the...

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: People Before Profit has the same position.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: This is a lot like Farage.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: This is how Farage conducts himself in this department.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Dara Murphy: Hear, hear.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Dara Murphy: In reading the motion and the amendments for this evening's Private Members' business one would have to say that we all agree upon an enormous amount of the content of both. We had a very constructive meeting of the Committee on European Union Affairs today. Again, representatives from Fianna Fáil were there. Deputies Haughey and Crowe were present. To date, we have demonstrated two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (15 Feb 2017)

Dara Murphy: Thank you, Chairman, for your expression of thanks. I acknowledge the strong diplomatic presence at the meeting. I also thank you, Chairman, for your recent assistance in providing a pair for me which was very important and also for the excellent job you did two weeks ago when virtually every committee member was in Brussels. I am more than happy to answer questions and make my statement,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (15 Feb 2017)

Dara Murphy: I have a little time. I thank the committee members for their questions and kind words. I will take the comments in the order that committee members have spoken. There is some overlap although not a great deal. Senator Craughwell asked questions about the process and our priorities. The process of the divorce, so to speak, has four key pillars. We must be satisfied at this stage that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (15 Feb 2017)

Dara Murphy: I am pleased to restate what the Taoiseach and others have stated on a number of occasions. The UK is out of the Single Market and has a new customs arrangement. These will present difficulties but they are not ours. The UK will have to look very seriously at the implications. Deputy Durkan said there were concerns relevant to the island of Ireland, and that is true, but we need to...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Murphy: On the issue of the UNHCR commentary and access to the camps, if it is in order, I will provide Deputy Crowe a separate note on the specific response to that. I note the Ceann Comhairle and a cross-party group visited Ibrahim Halawa. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Flanagan, is just joining me. This has been the issue most raised by the Minister over recent years....

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Murphy: I just spoke to the Minister, Deputy Flanagan. He has raised this issue on two occasions with Ms Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. He is satisfied with her engagement, but also with that of the chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Elmar Brok MEP. We would be interested to hear specifically if...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Murphy: We will follow through. As I say, the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, has made it clear and tells me he is satisfied with the response from Ms Federica Mogherini and from the committee of the Parliament. I will answer some other questions before I get to my remarks. With respect to trade and the importance of the UK market vis-à-vismarkets globally, I want to give some statistics about...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Dara Murphy: As the Deputy knows, a delegation from the committee of which he is a member will accompany me to Brussels the week after next to meet many of the key decision makers on Brexit. I absolutely assure the Deputy that we are completely aware of the importance of Brussels in these discussions. We are in daily contact with our permanent representative to the EU, Mr. Declan Kelleher, who requested...