Results 1-20 of 32 for speaker:Conor Murphy

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2025)

Conor Murphy: I express my condemnation of the racially motivated violent scenes that we have seen in Ballymena over the last couple of nights. It is very clear that rather than let the justice system run its course and deal with accusations of sexual assault and attempted rape, others have used them to stir up racial hatred in Ballymena and attack very vulnerable communities who are making a significant...

Seanad: Ireland's Economic Outlook: Statements (28 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister and apologise for not being here for his opening statement. Like many other Members here, I am juggling committee responsibilities with speaking in the House. In that regard, I know we will have an opportunity to speak to him at the committee later on today. I have had an opportunity to read his remarks and I just wanted to make a few remarks in response to them. ...

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements (28 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister. I am speed reading through the Minister's statement to try to respond to a few points on it. We had a similar conversation with the Minister for Finance this morning relating to the economic outlook statement and there is quite a lot of overlap in the issues that apply and a recognition that things do need to change and there are vulnerabilities. We were less than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I have two brief questions. I apologise for missing the Minister's opening statement but I was in the Chamber with his colleague, the Minister, Deputy Burke. With regard to restrictions on moving projects forward, the Minister talked about the unemployment levels being so-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I am happy to let the questions go if the Cathaoirleach wants to bring the meeting to a conclusion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I had considered two questions but, given the vote that has just taken place, I will dispense with the second one. My question relates to what the Minister outlined in response to a previous question about the ability to ramp up investment in infrastructure. I believe it was Deputy McGreehan who asked the question. The Minister mentioned that there is a very low level of unemployment and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Economy in the Year to Date: Minister for Finance (28 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I recently had the opportunity to visit a factory in my area outside Newry and into south Armagh. It makes modular units for building. It is doing an enormous amount of trade south of the Border. Particularly considering the housing challenge, that approach allows for a higher level of productivity. It is a different way of building. People are preparing the units in a factory one mile...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an gCathaoirleach. I am looking forward to working with everybody here on the work that the committee has outlined. Technically, I am a returning member because I was a Member of Parliament and served on the committee many years ago. A number of important areas of ongoing work have been outlined which we look forward to getting our teeth into. This past...

Seanad: Public Procurement: Statements (22 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State. It is an area I had some opportunity to deal with in a previous role that I had, when I was responsible for procurement in the Department of Finance in the North. Of course, one of the first considerations is value for money, as the Minister of State mentioned. We need to make sure that the system is not delivering inefficiencies. In that regard, an...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, agus comhghairdeas leat. Like others I am very much looking forward to the work of the committee. In my previous post before I became a Senator, I was economy minister north of the Border. I had a very good working relationship with the Minister, Deputy Burke, in that regard and look forward to continuing to work with him. As others have pointed out,...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I apologise for missing some of Mr. McDonagh's evidence to the committee. Like Senator Casey, I was trying to follow from upstairs. If some of the questions relating to the housing tsar role were already answered, Mr. McDonagh has my apologies.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I heard that at the start and appreciate Mr. McDonagh's candour on some of these matters. Is it Mr. McDonagh's contention that he had no discussion about potential salary when he allowed his name to go forward, regardless of where that might salary might end up, and that he did not have any discussion with anyone else inside the political system apart from the Minister for housing? Had he...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: There was no discussion and Mr. McDonagh was not aware of what the salary might entail up until that point where he decided not to let his name go forward. When he discussed this with the Minister and allowed his name to go forward at that point, he was not aware of what the salary might entail.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: It was a significant leap of faith for Mr. McDonagh to allow his name to go forward, not knowing what the outcome would be. I thank him for his evidence.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: Some years ago at the citizens assembly, there was a strong recommendation that the Government give consideration to introducing voting rights in presidential elections for Irish citizens north of the Border and potentially throughout the Irish diaspora. The Government at the time undertook to legislate to do that but it failed to do so in the last mandate. It has not appeared in the...

Seanad: Higher Education: Motion (7 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister. I had the opportunity to hear him speak at Queen's University Belfast a number of weeks ago. I welcome his positive attitude in dealing with my former colleagues in the Department for the Economy and the current Minister, Caoimhe Archibald. I welcome the motion put before us today. One area it mentions is greater collaboration between North and South. The Minister...

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: With permission, I will share time with Senator Andrews.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: If I stray over time, the Chair might warn me, given that the clock is not working.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State's presence here today and his statement celebrating Europe Day. Senator O'Loughlin correctly paid tribute to John Hume and his role in the European Union over many years. Many others from the North have done so since. It points to a tinge of regret that we must have in celebrating Europe Day that the part of the island he represented is no longer in the...

Seanad: Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Murphy: I welcome the Minister of State. As we see an increase in the digitalisation of services in banking and finance, it is important that the Government keeps pace with this with legislation and regulation. There is no doubt that digital banking reduces the carbon footprint of journeys necessarily made to bank branches to do business and it is convenient for those who are competent in using...