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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I will start with a question towards which Dr. McQuinn was pointing. Let us say that Britain exits on the Johnson deal and opens negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US. I was a member of the trade committee of the European Parliament. We know the kind of trade agreement the US would seek to do. It would have the outlines of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: That speaks to my point that we should view the hardness of borders as something that can change over time as regulatory standards diverge. If Britain were to leave the EU on, say 1 January 2022, at that point in time standards between Britain and the EU would be quite similar. However, they would diverge over the course of the next five or ten years. What impact would that have on our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I have a few further questions. The ESRI forecasts different drops in GDP as a result of a deal, no deal, or various other options or deals. Have the witnesses calculated how that fall would impact our debt-to-GDP ratio or whether it would have any impact on future public spending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Dr. McQuinn. Our guests have highlighted that, for example, the increase in grocery prices has hit those on lower incomes substantially harder because of the percentage of their incomes they spend on those products. Similarly, 1.2 million workers on incomes of €30,000 or less will be affected by that. Certain groups of workers in the agricultural sector and other sectors will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (28 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank our guests.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing my time with Deputy Barry. There is an horrendous housing crisis. It is a crisis of massive unaffordability. Half a million young people are stuck at home unable to afford to move out. We are aware that over 10,000 people are homeless. This is a significant understatement because of the cooking of the books by the Minister. There are those who face rent increases, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to guarantee that 10% of agricultural land is reserved for forestry to increase the overall forest cover here, which is below the EU average. [49011/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (27 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recommendation made by the Youth Assembly to invest in hemp farming and assist farmers in the transition towards more sustainable agricultural practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49010/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a general practitioner service is provided in Fettercairn, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [48837/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all communities have local access to general practitioner services. [48838/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Expulsions (26 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates of expulsion in a school (details supplied); and the way in which they compare to rates nationally. [48710/19]

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: I find it very difficult to listen to the Government repeat its excuses about the very worst aspects of child homelessness. 3 o’clock We hear them regularly at this stage. This is presented as a terrible natural disaster, which everyone is working very hard to try to sort it. That obscures the reality that this is an unnatural disaster, one that has been created by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste did not even attempt to answer the question. It relates to whether, despite his talk of not targeting anybody, he agrees with the decision of his Fine Gael colleagues, together with their colleagues in Fianna Fáil and the Green Party, to increase council rents for individuals in the South Dublin County Council area. These are individuals on low and fixed incomes whom...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: No, because the Tánaiste has reframed what social housing is. He believes that giving money to private landlords amounts to providing social housing. How many local authority houses is he building? People are right to be angry. There are over 65,000 people in a Facebook group organising for the protest on 5 December. They are ordinary people. They are not organised in any...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is €600 per year for a pensioner.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: They voted to increase the rent.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: How many local authority houses?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: Reference has been made to the possibility that Dublin City Council will decide to increase rents for council tenants. South Dublin County Council has already decided to do this. I want to ask the Tánaiste about what is quite an outrageous decision by his party, Fine Gael, together with Fianna Fáil and the Green Party, to support an increase in rents. There has been a cruel...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (21 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a continued delay in the access to medication for patients with multiple sclerosis in view of the fact that there are a new drugs recently available and accessible in other EU countries, for example, siponimod; the steps he will take to expedite access of such drugs for patients; and the timeframe for same. [48467/19]