Results 301-320 of 10,325 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: If we had had the new mechanism of accounting, it would not have dropped to that level.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the continued detention of Ibrahim Halawa, in particular the further postponement of his trial, and if he will report on the work of his Department on the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2665/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Controls (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place to ensure that technologies and research developed by companies and institutions based here that are involved with the research and development of military capabilities are not used in the violation of human rights; his views on Ireland’s compliance with the Arms Trade Treaty and EU regulations on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on measures taken to ensure that greyhounds bred for racing but not used for racing are not destroyed or mistreated; the number of incidents that have been investigated in 2011 to 2014, inclusive; if he will report on any investigations into destruction of identification of greyhounds; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any contact his Department has had with the Embassy of Israel to Ireland regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if he will report on any contact the Embassy of Ireland to Israel and the representative office in Palestine have had with Israeli authorities on this case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (22 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has examined the report of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the CIA's detention and interrogation programmes; if in view of this he has re-evaluated his opinion on the assurances of the US Government that no prisoners were transported through Irish territory; and in view of this report his views that it...

Other Questions: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken by her Department to ensure that subcontractors used on school construction programmes are compliant with legislation and agreements in place covering pay and conditions in the sector, and that RCT1 contracts are not abused to undermine workers' pay and conditions; her views on the strike taking place at a college among...

Other Questions: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: I apologise for missing my slot. I wish to ask the Minister about the measures taken by her Department to ensure that subcontractors used on school construction sites are in compliance with the law and agreements concerning pay and conditions, in particular the use of so-called bogus subcontracting to enable minimum wage and other legislation to be subverted, and that RCT1 contracts are not...

Other Questions: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: How long will this investigation take? The strike has been going on for almost four and a half months. The JJ Rhatigan company is not a minor company. It won about half of all the school building projects awarded in the previous phase. It is one of the top 100 companies in Ireland and one of the top builders in the country. We have evidence to suggest that workers on that site are being...

Other Questions: Schools Building Contractors (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: How long will the investigation take? On the point about the rate of pay, it is a simple matter of adding up the hours they have worked and the rate of pay and working it out in a simple mathematical equation, which gives the answer of €5 an hour. This is massive exploitation. Fourteen workers have been on strike for four and a half months in very difficult circumstances. This...

EU Association Agreement with Georgia: Motion (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: Right now there is a nightmare in Ukraine. That is clear and indisputable. Over 2,000 people have been killed in the conflict, which is currently escalating. Living standards are plummeting dramatically and GDP fell last year by 7.5%. Significant attacks have taken place on democratic rights and the Communist Party was banned. In the west of Ukraine under the Kiev Government there has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding the promised review of the waste management industry that was made by the Government during the Greyhound company strike in 2014 and its immediate aftermath. [3739/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority area of the number of new social homes that are targeted to be built by local authorities in 2015 and 2016; the number that are projected to be built by private developers under the proposed planning (No.1) Bill; and the number under public-private partnerships. [3740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seanad Reform (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1485 of 17 September 2014, the number of meetings of the technical working group on Seanad Éireann university constituencies that have taken place since 17 September 2014; and when the work of the technical working group will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seanad Elections (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted any research on the accuracy of the National University of Ireland and University of Dublin Seanad Éireann electoral registers; and if he will report on any interaction his Department may have had with these institutions regarding their electoral registers; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of inspections of building projects by building control officers, by county, since the introduction of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; and if he will report on the technical capacity of the building control management system to check calculations submitted. [3761/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that a change is required to the regulations relating to the definition of vintage cars so that there is a rolling 30-year age criteria rather than the current fixed date of pre-1980 vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3538/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (27 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 993 of 14 January 2015, if his Department has funding available for the opening of railway stations; the extent that private funding is relied upon for the opening of railway stations; his views on the matter of providing railway stations in communities that are less commercially attractive to...

Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Columbia and Peru: Motion (28 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: This is the second parliament in which I have debated this agreement. The European Parliament passed this free trade agreement more than two years ago against my opposition and - it should be noted - the opposition of all the Labour Party MEPs who voted against it. Those who voted in favour of it, particularly other Social Democrat MEPs, were influenced by the fig leaf that was on offer, in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (28 Jan 2015)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps taken on the issue of homeless since his meetings in December 2014 following the death of a person (details supplied). [3649/15]