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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: Yes, I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: Let us call a vote on one of the sections. Section 30 would be the best as it is substantial.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: I would like a vote called on section 31. Section 30 is just the interpretation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: The purpose of this, presumably, is to broaden the section to ensure that all forms of electronic gambling using Internet devices, telephones, tablets, etc., are included. The idea is to cover everything that the Government currently believes will apply.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: I move amendment No. 61: In page 52, after line 32, to insert the following: "54.The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this bill, bring a report on the second reduced rate of VAT of 9 per cent and additional revenue that could be raised by bringing this rate back to 13.5 per cent.". This proposal calls for a report on the reduced rate of VAT of 9% in the hospitality...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: I wish to press my amendment.

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: Some 86% of Irish people think corruption is a major problem in the country, while 70% think the Government is not doing enough to combat it. Some 30% of Irish companies believe they have lost out on a public contract due to corruption, which is shocking. One estimate put the annual cost of corruption at the outrageously high figure of €2.5 billion. Corruption is endemic in the...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: I do not think - do these people really-----

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: Let us quote from tribunals then. I think I am allowed to quote from tribunals.

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: On multiple occasions-----

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: Okay, I will talk in general terms.

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: People will know who I am talking about. People will know about a former Taoiseach who benefited to the amount of £8 million - Irish pounds - including £1.3 million from one prominent big business man in particular, Ministers who received multiple corrupt payments and a finance Minister who managed not to have a bank account and who did not truthfully account for the origins of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting time for treatment by the school age team for a person (details supplied) will be adjusted to take into account their appeal; if he will reply to questions on this matter not addressed by the HSE in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the threat to jobs in a company (details supplied) in his meetings with the British Government or leaders of the Northern Ireland parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (16 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of the jailing of members of the Catalan Government and other repressive measures with the Spanish ambassador or with the Spanish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (16 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review policy to allow flexibility for persons marginally over the income limits on eligibility to HAP to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48471/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States of America and in particular his meetings with representatives of a company (details supplied). [47860/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his invitation to President Donald Trump to visit here. [47861/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach's predecessor, famously and to his later embarrassment when he was elected, described the comments of Donald Trump as racist and dangerous. He has been in power for almost a year and the evidence has piled up that it is not just his comments which are racist and dangerous but that the man himself is racist, sexist and dangerous. Does the Taoiseach agree? In recent months he...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)

Paul Murphy: Four per cent.