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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: I thank the MEPs for coming before the committee. It is good to have this engagement with our ECON MEPs. I wish to focus on the issue of digital taxation. I will start by putting the issue in a broader context because this definitely takes place in a broader context. There are two fundamental aspects to this broader context. The first is an increasing tension between the US and the EU....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: That was the easy question. I will give both witnesses a hard one. First, there is an echo in what Mr. Hayes is saying about the digital tax, albeit it is not exactly the same thing, of the Government's approach to digital taxation, CCCTB and so on. The Government acknowledges that there is a problem and a danger of reputational damage and it has to be seen to do something. As such, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Government often has an open view on such things. It has the threat of a veto and it hangs there, delaying the matter, until-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: Does the witness agree that country by country reporting should be public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: Does he agree transfer pricing should be two-way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: I must ask Mr. Carthy a hard question. I have read the paper he referred to on the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB, and I agree with it. The paper calls for a harder and more effective CCCTB, in reality, and I am for that. I do not have any illusions about where the European Commission is coming from and that it is seriously interested in tackling tax evasion for the benefit...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste has not helped the campaign much in here himself.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Schengen Agreement (24 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Schengen visa waiver for Ukrainians will be extended to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/18]

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: We are happy to support this Bill, which is a good one. It is a bit nauseating to listen to the Government and Deputy Eugene Murphy jump through hoops to explain their rationale. They must have a special department that writes these speeches to come up with explanations for opposing Bills that are perfectly simple and which obviously should be supported. The root cause was pointed out,...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Minister was talking to a lobbyist.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: I was otherwise engaged when the last committee discussion took place. I thank Deputy Pringle and Trócaire for their work on the Bill. It is one of the most important Bills to come before the Dáil this term. To be blunt, the Minister of State's response is disappointing. It is fair enough to wrap it up in the pose of wanting to engage and being willing to engage further. Let us...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: It is a fossil fuel. It is not clean. It is a fossil fuel. It might not be quite as dirty as oil but it is not somewhere in between renewable energy and fossil fuels. It is not the position that wind energy and wave energy are on one side, oil energy on the opposite side and gas somewhere in the middle. It is a fossil fuel by any definition of what a fossil fuel is. The only reasonable...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: No.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: If there is not agreement, the Government will not give a money message. That is my question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Duel Divestment Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Committee Stage (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State is saying he has not required a money message and he will not be requiring a money message regardless of whether we reach agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); his views in relation to their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16530/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (19 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the appointment of a full time consultant for the sleep clinic in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; when this appointment can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/18]

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: Then vote for it.

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputy Bríd Smith at ten minutes apiece. When we announced that we were introducing this Bill, we were inundated with school students contacting us about the backward nature of the education they had received. I will cite a few examples to give a picture of how large a problem it is this country is facing....

Topical Issue Debate: Syrian Conflict (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste is at pains to emphasise that Ireland has not supported military action, but that is mealy-mouthed in the sense that he has said he understands it. He made a clear, unreserved condemnation of the particularly callous attack on civilians using chemical weapons. I agree with the Tánaiste in that regard and I join him in making that unreserved condemnation, no matter who...