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Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I have to say the Government is doing a great job for those it represents. The big five energy companies announced increased profits of €280 million in the past year. The big five food companies saw increased profits of €174 million in the past year. Irish Residential Properties REIT, the largest landlord in this country, saw profits increase to €67.5 million,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I suggest the Minister of State try speaking to some people who are not Ministers or Government backbenchers. It might help the perspective of the Government if he spoke to some ordinary people. The people I speak to are not terrified of an election — not at all. They would like to see an election and an historic opportunity to kick out Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to establish,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Deputy McDonald said that if Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael leads in government, it will not deliver. I agree.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: If Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are part of the Government, they will continue to represent the same interests: the developers, corporate landlords and big corporations. What we need to have and fight for is a left Government without Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. All those parties that say they are on the left should commit to that to rule out a coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Thatcher, Pinochet.

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I will use this opportunity to speak about the reality of the EU’s migration policy, which is not, unfortunately, in keeping with the image it would like to present to us: that of it being one concerned with humanitarianism and welcoming refugees fleeing war and persecution. Instead, it is a consistent record of racism, of Fortress Europe and of trying to keep people out. Often,...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, when questioned about this at Leaders' Questions , the Taoiseach said if we passed this Bill to reduce rents for ordinary people, there would be no landlords left in Ireland. Across the country, thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of people who are struggling to pay €2,000 or €2,500 of rent per month and others who live at home well into their late 20s or 30s because...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: All across the House. The vast majority of the landlords are on the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael side and among the Independents who voted with the Government. If those landlords absented themselves tonight, as they should, and said it is too much to do with them, will impact their income and that it is clearly inappropriate for them to vote, there is every chance this Bill would pass. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the United States congressional delegation. [36009/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Often, when US imperialism is criticised in here, the Taoiseach is quite sensitive about it, it might be fair to say. It appears he thinks the US is a force for good and for human rights and democracy around the world. In that context, I wonder if he saw the interview with John Bolton on CNN yesterday. John Bolton is a senior figure of the US political establishment, a former US Under...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: He was a Bush appointee before that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Tell that to the Yemenis.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister. [36010/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: It sounds like the discussion about solidarity with Ukraine took up a fair amount of time during the talks with Prime Minister Rutte. In that context, did the Taoiseach and the Prime Minister speak about the crucial issue of debt relief for Ukraine or are they happy for money to continue to flood out of Ukraine to pay for unsustainable and odious debts? Debt repayments this year amount to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the national reform programme for the European semester 2022 that was published by his Department in April 2022. [26005/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the growing crisis in education in Dublin, where many schools are reporting that teachers are leaving to find positions in other parts of the country because they cannot afford to rent or the price of buying homes in Dublin. One Dublin school has reported that six teachers have left to work outside of Dublin, where accommodation costs are not as high. Some...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Either we have proposals and they are terrible or we do not have proposals. It cannot be both.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: Is this not my amendment?

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I appreciate we have the same last name and it is a common name. It happens.

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Paul Murphy: I appreciate Deputy Catherine Murphy thinking on her feet and deciding she had no idea what this is so she had better withdraw it.