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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Is Mr. O'Sullivan saying that tenants are not evicted? I appreciate that it is voluntary but it is voluntary for the landlord as opposed to the tenant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: So Permanent TSB abides by the lease, lets the time run out and then the tenant is gone? I appreciate that as Permanent TSB is set up, it has commercial obligations and tries to maximise its profit etc., but from the perspective of being a primarily State-owned bank, it contributes to the housing crisis in doing so. A big source of people becoming homeless is eviction from tenancies,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Once a property that Permanent TSB possesses becomes vacant, how long will it remain vacant until somebody is living in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB and KBC Bank (28 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: My question is how long it is vacant rather than how long the tenant stays in it.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: I will split my speech in half. I will deal with the details of the Bill in the second half tomorrow and will deal now with the question of how far we have come in the debate on water charges. I remember very well when we would be met in here every day, and in the media, by Ministers from Fine Gael and the Labour Party who would tell us that everyone would have to pay their water charges...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Correct.

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is not a flawless answer.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Canada and his meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister in August 2017. [39677/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (27 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the rearranging of Cabinet Committees. [39676/17]

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: It is evident that there is a new sacred cow in Irish politics. The traditional sacred cow of the establishment has been our corporation tax rate. It could not be touched and was the cornerstone of anything good that happened in this country. The new sacred cow is the received wisdom among the political parties and political commentators that Brexit, by definition, is a bad thing for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Roman Catholic Church leaders on 31 August 2017. [39675/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: Did the Taoiseach take the opportunity to raise with the representatives of the Catholic Church the problem of discrimination against transgender and non-binary students in State-funded schools run by the Catholic Church and the lack of mandatory LGBTQ-positive education? This is obviously an issue for all schools, but it is particularly the case for the Catholic Church given its transphobic...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the exemption of Government securities where an owner is not ordinarily resident in Ireland, which is listed in a Revenue Commissioners' table called "Cost of Tax Allowances, Credits, Exemptions and Reliefs"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40569/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the help-to-buy scheme on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated increase in revenue that would result from an increase in the existing two bands of PRSI by 2%, discounting employer's PRSI paid from the public purse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40571/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (26 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated increase in revenue that would result from an increase in the current 8.5% rate of employer's PRSI to 10.5%, an increase of the 10.75% rate to 12.75% and the introduction of a new band for employers hiring employees on more than €100,000 of 19.75%; the further estimated increase in net revenue from this...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact the Government, in particular, has said it is difficult to make any other conclusion other than that the exclusion of these persons contributes to efforts to suppress scrutiny and criticism of Israeli policies in the West Bank. That is completely accurate and is, unfortunately, precisely what is happening. Will the Minister of State give us...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: We have already discussed this matter to some degree during Question Time. We know that on Saturday, 9 September, four Irish citizens, Elaine Daly, Fidelma Bonass, Joan Nolan and Stephen McCloskey, were deported from Tel Aviv in Israel. They were deported because they were organising and travelling with a delegation of 31 people, primarily Irish citizens, on an awareness-raising visit to...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: The conditions in which we saw Ibrahim in prison were harrowing for anyone to face, let alone a young man who was not involved in anything. He only participated in a protest. For him to withstand that is impressive and a testament to him. It should serve to raise interest in Irish society on repression and the oppression that exists in Egypt under el-Sisi and to raise a wider interest in...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on representations that he has made to secure the release of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a verdict in their trial in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/17]