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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contacts his Department has had with trade unions regarding pay restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the demands by trade unions for increased pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36541/16]

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 88:In page 67, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “25. The Minister for Finance is to order a study to be carried out on methods to increase the corporation tax take from big business, including by doubling the rate of corporation tax for big business to 25 per cent and abolishing corporation tax breaks and is to report to the Dáil within six...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Minister of State has responded by saying there is nothing to see here, there are no tax loopholes and there is no need for us to have a study. We are talking here about things that were set up to be, and are, tax breaks and tax loopholes. It is not an accident that Ireland has the 15th largest international financial sector in the world. We are talking about Panama on the Liffey. The...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 79:In page 63, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“23. The Minister for Finance is to order a study to be carried out on methods of closing remaining loopholes and abolishing tax breaks currently availed of by equity funds, investment funds, financial vehicles and Real Estate Investment Trusts and is to report to the Dáil within six months of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government. [34862/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: The executive summary of the programme for Government states: "Our approach to governing will be clearly seen in how we address the issues of housing and homelessness". On that basis, would the Taoiseach agree that the approach of the Government to governing has been a disaster? One can compare the circumstances facing people dealing with the housing and homelessness crisis now to the...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 105:In page 99, line 19, to delete "May" and substitute "January".

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 107:In page 99, line 35, to delete "May" and substitute "January".

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 109:In page 100, line 9, to delete "May" and substitute "January".

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett and I have tabled amendments Nos. 105, 107 and 109, which are essentially identical to the amendments in the names of Deputies Pearse Doherty and Joan Burton. The first thing that comes to mind when we are discussing this stuff is why on earth there were penalty mitigation arrangements for tax defaulters in the first place. Why should people who are engaged in...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: 1 o’clock I move amendment No. 89:In page 67, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“25. The Minister for Finance is to report to the Dáil within six months of the enactment of this Act on the projected cost of property-related exemptions from Capital Gains Tax, including the Capital Gains Tax exemption for properties bought between 7 December 2011 and the...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: To be honest, I do not accept the connection of corporation tax with growth and jobs, etc., in the very clear way that the Minister would like to put it forward. Mr. Michael Burke, an economist in Britain who writes often enough about Ireland, did an amount of research on this, including the relationship between corporation tax rates and growth. He concluded there is no effective...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: The proof of the pudding is in the lack of an indigenous manufacturing and industrial base in this country. It is a failure. Brexit, Mr. Trump and a few international developments could come along and wipe out the entire strategy overnight. It is not a way to develop an economy in a sustainable way. Unfortunately, the chickens will come home to roost and I am not sure the Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent sixteenth postponement of the trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; the contacts his Department has had with the person and the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36308/16]

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: The Government's policy for a period of years has been to provide for reductions in the USC. The biggest benefits of the reductions, in the way the Government has provided for them, have gone to those earning more than €70,000. It has been part of reframing by the Government and Fianna Fáil what a middle income earner is, when the reality is that 93% of workers earn less than...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“2. The Minister for Finance is to order a study to be carried out into the impact of USC on ensuring a socially just distribution of income and is to report to the Dáil within six months of the enactment of this Act on the findings of the study.”. It has been put about that the universal...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I restate that we are only looking for a study. I agree with the point made by Deputy Pearse Doherty. If Fianna Fáil was to change its mind and we were to pass this amendment so that there was a study on this, I do not think there would be a run on the banks tomorrow morning. It gets to the heart of the difference in politics in this country. There are those who are happy to load...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: Deputy Michael McGrath summed it up in terms of the approach of the Government - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael - by saying we want to have an environment that is pro-investment and that it would send the wrong signals to even have a study about a millionaire's tax. In effect, what is contained in that statement is the core strategy of the establishment political parties in this country...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “CHAPTER 2 A Millionaire’s Tax on WealthStudy on Introduction of a Millionaire’s Tax on Wealth 2. The Minister for Finance is to order a study to be carried out on introducing a millionaire’s tax on net assets exceeding €1 million and is to report to the Dáil within...