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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. That was a cop-out by the Taoiseach. Last week's details of a so-called rental protection Bill suggested this would be a plan to stop the double rent hikes many tenants are facing in the next month, but the details of the plan fail to address the actual scale of the problem. Hundreds of thousands of tenants are living in fear of rent hikes of €150 or...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. [31406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions in place to require a primary tenderer to ensure that a contractor to whom a contract is awarded by that primary tenderer pays any sub-contractor in full for work undertaken and completed satisfactorily by any such sub-contractor; if there is a public register of defaulting contractors; the procedures for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact airlines specifically an airline (details supplied) to require it to provide free of charge rescheduling of flights scheduled prior to 19 July 2021 to dates after 19 July 2021 when international travel restrictions have been lifted. [32314/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential properties purchased by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new residential property units constructed by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units by type, such as, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are owned by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units by type, that is, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are leased from private entities by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [32316/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Many ISME members pay workers less than €350 a week because many of them are employing people for less than a 40-hour week, there are significant numbers of precarious temporary contracts and so on. As it happens, my partner was the organising director for the 15 Now campaign in Seattle. She would certainly dispute some of what Mr. McDonnell has said about the impact that had in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: We do not, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: No. That is what the OECD says when you look at a particular area of taxation. When you take taxation in the round, it is not the case. But could I just get confirmation? Mr. McDonnell is saying he sacked someone for taking too many sick days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: If that person is out there, he or she is entitled to sue Mr. McDonnell for unfair dismissal. You are not entitled legally to sack somebody because of how many sick days he or she takes. That is not a grounds for dismissal. As to where this gets paid for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: No problem. I will come back for a second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Could I ask Dr. Bambrick to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Dr. Bambrick. My final points are for Mr. McDonnell. His submission states SMEs now need "a bailout with recovery funds ... on favourable terms of at least €15 billion to reboot the recovery of society and our economy". I am not necessarily opposed to his suggestion but I would have to see the details of what such bailouts would look like. He also mentioned that two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. McDonnell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will start with Mr. McDonnell in regard to the call for an accelerated cut in the PUP. Previous speakers have gone over the evidence, or lack thereof, of the case he is making, that ISME's members are finding it difficult to get workers as a consequence of people being on the PUP. Is the other side of that equation not an admission that some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will return to sick pay with Mr. McDonnell. We were talking about who is going to pay for this. He spoke about low rates of employees' PRSI. We could make the choice to improve workers' conditions but then someone has to pay. How about we make the choice that employers' PRSI should rise, considering that we have the lowest employers' PRSI in all of Europe? Part of developing a proper...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Taoiseach was quoted in The Irish Timesas stating that the leaving certificate is fair but does not measure the breadth of a person's ability. We could debate this. The Taoiseach is using a very narrow definition of what is fair and unfair. Yesterday, there was another story in The Irish Timeson something that even in this narrow definition appears to be very unfair for a...