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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: In regard to couriers, I understand there was a meeting in 1997 with representatives of the courier industry who were seeking to have couriers in general classified as self-employed as opposed to employees. In this area, the Revenue Commissioners did not have to wait for someone to present. Rather, it had pre-discussed the issue with the industry's employers. I draw the witnesses'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Where does the idea of treating them all as self-employed in the interests of uniformity come from? How can it be justified? I understand that there is no such thing as test cases in the sense that every case has to be examined individually because the circumstances are individual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Cody.

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am sharing time with Deputy Gino Kenny. I wish to congratulate Senator Black on bringing the Bill forward in the Seanad and thank all those outside the Oireachtas who campaigned for it. If passed, far from being a principled voice in the wilderness as the Tánaiste contended, it would represent a very important signal internationally as part of a global movement of solidarity...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Just keep going.

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle please offer the Taoiseach a chance to respond?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach has said all that already.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Can we hear the answer? The Taoiseach has said he wants to answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach has said he wants to answer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (22 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: 418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a change in legislation to provide for the presumption of opt-in in relation to organ donation; if same will receive consideration in the upcoming human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2679/19]

Ráitis ó Cheannairí na bPáirtithe agus na nGrúpaí - Statements from Party and Group Leaders (21 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain." So James Connolly warned us and, unfortunately, when we look at the gross inequalities in our society today, the housing crisis, low pay and precarity, he is vindicated. The revolution he stood for remains...

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Does the Government lock up Irish people?

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I agree with the Minister's final comment, if nothing else. Unfortunately, the debate in 2004 was not based on fact, reason or logic; it was based on ideology. I am not saying that those who voted for a change in our citizenship laws in 2004 were racist. Certainly, the vast majority of those who voted thus were not racist. However, I contend that the arguments used by the establishment...

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: Fine Gael is worse than Fianna Fáil in 2004.

Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Restoration of Birthright Citizenship) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." A number of people who are affected by this issue are on their way to the Gallery. I will start by giving an example. As the law currently stands, two children could be born tomorrow side by side in a hospital. They could go to the same crèche, the same school, have the same group of friends and the same interests socially,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is a capitalist system.

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: We are completely against the ratification of the status of forces agreement. We are against the process of militarisation which is happening across the European Union. We are against the integration of Ireland with NATO through the process of the so-called Partnership for Peace. These agreements are designed to facilitate the further process of militarisation. That is the truth. The...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Paul Murphy: I express the full support of Solidarity and the Socialist Party with the nurses' strike. Our amendment makes it extremely clear that the House should support the pay claims of these staff as the best immediate step we can take to deal with the general crisis in our public hospitals. This is about pay equality and parity for an extremely underpaid group of workers. In our opinion, it is...