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Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am afraid there is nobody on any island who has the right to vote for me. I am sure they would if they could. We support this Bill. We welcome the fact that the Government said it will not oppose it and that it agrees with it. I hope it will be implemented as soon as possible. What is at stake is equality and democratic rights. In this day and age, when it is not necessary to have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the roll-out of unstaffed libraries; his further views on the important role of library staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38738/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am sorry for missing the presentation but I have it in front of me. Obviously Mr. Hession stated neither the Minister for Finance nor the Government had taken a position on a CCCTB at this point. That might be formally true, but one does not get a sense of enthusiasm for the CCCTB from the witnesses or the Government. Is that a fair comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Is that because essentially Ireland is a corporate tax haven because the Government and the Department of Finance are well aware that corporations book profits in Ireland that are not made in Ireland because of CCCTB would cut across some of that activity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: If Ireland is not a tax haven how is it that the top ten companies in Ireland between 2008 and 2012 paid 24% of corporation tax, presumably generating 24% of corporation profits and are responsible for less than 1% of employment? The Revenue Commissioners have provided a table showing that each worker of that 1% is associated with €7.7 million worth of corporation tax which if they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: That is the point I am making here, which relates to the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB. Profits are being booked in Ireland and tax is being paid on them at a relatively low level that is unlikely to have been made here. Are workers at the top ten companies in Ireland really making €62 million in profit a year for their companies or, and this is precisely what in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: There is a real debate to be had about how to apportion it absolutely and the balance between labour assets and sales, that is a fair point. It is also, however, clear that companies are able to take advantage of the fact that there is no common way of assessing corporation tax. I get the impression that Revenue and the Department of Finance have not made any assessment of the impact this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I do not know which report referred to the potential FDI loss of 4.6%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Was that on everything or just the €750 million plus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: That is not the witnesses' analysis so they can take it or not. How does the argument that Ireland is not a tax haven tally with the idea that if we come up with a common consolidated corporate tax base, FDI will drop by almost 5%? If corporations are not here to avoid paying taxes why, if we have a different way of allocating taxes across Europe and where they are paid, would FDI drop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: It will be the same anywhere in the EU. That is the point. They will be the same sort of activities, no matter where they set themselves up, or they will pay on the same base.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Why then would FDI fall?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: It has nothing to do with the rate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Even Brazil believes Ireland is a tax haven but that is a debate we can have. Tax competition is harmful for public services and for tax revenue across the world. The only winners from the ideology of tax competition are the corporations that get away with not paying tax. If there were CCCTB, with a threshold of €750 million plus or an arrangement right across the board, would it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Zuijdendorp for his presentation. The Commission issued a fact sheet entitled Questions and Answers on the package of corporate tax reforms on 25 October 2016. That document argues that a common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB, will "reduce harmful tax competition". Does Mr. Zuijdendorp regard Ireland as one of the EU states that is engaged in harmful tax competition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Regarding the limiting of the proposals to company groups with turnover in excess of €750 million, what percentage of total profits in the EU does that capture and what is the rationale for it? If the rationale is transactional costs and so forth for smaller companies that cannot avail of this kind of tax avoidance in any event, why would some opt to engage in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: What has been the engagement with the Irish authorities on this so far? The witnesses said that it would send a very important signal if Ireland were to constructively engage on this file. Is there a suggestion there that Ireland has not constructively engaged on the file thus far?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for Cheeverstown House each year for the past five years; if the funding model has changed in this period; if additional funds have been provided to fund renovations to respite care wards since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Capabilities (13 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the European Commission's proposals for a common EU military research and development fund and common military procurement fund; his further views on the use of EU institutions for military purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39831/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Security Strategy (13 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the establishment of a joint EU military headquarters; his further views on the increased militarisation of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39832/16]