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- 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: 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: 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".
- 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]
- 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]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (29 Nov 2016)
Paul Murphy: 480. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 965 of 16 September 2016, if she will confirm that the 2016 event was the ninth annual famine commemoration, in view of the fact that the initial launch in 2008 included both local input and a formal State ceremony; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37609/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (29 Nov 2016)
Paul Murphy: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will investigate the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37593/16]
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: I am not sure whether the Tánaiste will be aware of the reports of horrific abuse of greyhounds in Macau, which does not have animal welfare laws or retirement programmes for greyhounds. As a consequence, there have been significant protests in this country and the Australian Government has banned the export of greyhounds to Macau. When does the Tánaiste expect to have the...
- Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: I thank Deputy Daly for bringing this Bill forward. We support it and, indeed, the call to ban solitary confinement altogether. In many circumstances it is a form of torture. The Government's response is very poor. It is unfortunate that it will not agree to support the Bill, but I will comment further on its response later. I will start with a quote from a man called Anthony Graves, who...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of genetic counsellors as outlined in the national rare disease plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37770/16]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: That is fine. I endorse everything the Chairman said. I thank the witnesses for their presentation. On question 20, which asked that Ulster Bank provide in tabular form the number of employees who are on levels of remuneration of upwards of €100,000 per annum, why was this question not answered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: I understand that but Mr. Mallon chose not to answer the question. Is that a fair comment? He chose to answer a different question and provide again information that is in the public domain when we asked a specific question about the number of employees. I presume the bank has this information but it believes it is not in its interest to release it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: Mr. Mallon is not suggesting that if Ulster Bank went beyond the legal requirements, it would create a legal difficulty because that is obviously not the case. Mr. Mallon would be within his rights to give us the information we seek.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: I am sure it would be easy to gather it if Ulster Bank wanted to do so. That is a matter for the witnesses to consider. In light of the discussion we had on small and medium enterprises and the treatment of people on tracker mortgages and some Ulster Bank staff who face redundancies, is it the case that Ulster Bank is embarrassed to show the extent of high pay among bank executives because...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: Mr. Mallon is not embarrassed by the figures available to us which show that three executive board members received more than €2.6 million between them in 2015, which is an average of €880,000 each, that five non-executive members received €360,000, which amounts to approximately €75,000 each, or that Mr. Mallon's predecessor was reported to be the highest paid...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: I will move on to the issue of tracker mortgages. I was a little confused by the response to a question posed by Deputy Pearse Doherty. Mr. Mallon stated the media reports that approximately 2,000 accounts were affected is largely accurate. He initially stated in response to Deputy Doherty's question that he did not know how many of these mortgage holders lost their homes. He stated he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Ulster Bank (1 Dec 2016)
Paul Murphy: Is Mr. Mallon saying that is the number who, in his analysis, lost their homes as a consequence of the bank's actions?