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Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Any measure that enhances the rights and conditions of workers is welcome. This Bill, we are told, will restore the system of registered employment agreements that was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in three sectors, namely, construction, forestry and meat processing. The Bill establishes a system for sectoral orders that can define pay and conditions in areas of the...

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: The Anti-Austerity Alliance is happy to support this Bill as an attempt to curb the gross profiteering of the banks. The rip-off of the bank bailout has been laid bare for all to see in recent weeks in particular as has the inequity of that bailout, where we see how the banks have treated the victims of austerity, those in mortgage difficulty due to unemployment and pay cuts, who are being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Anti-Bullying Procedures (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will issue a circular on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and homophobic bullying in educational institutions, in view of the support in the recent referendum for marriage equality for persons with these orientations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22031/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the date for the publication of the annual report on Ireland's interaction with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; and when it, and the 2014 report, will be published on the Department of Finance website. [22607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to South Africa. [22602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 20 May 2015. [22603/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Certificate of Irish Heritage (10 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of certificates of Irish heritage that were issued in 2014 and in 2015 to date. [22604/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any meetings he had with his Department's officials and Irish Water on prospective legislation on water services. [22332/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the Focus Ireland report on family homelessness in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22331/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to make patients aware of their right to avail of publically funded health care in other European Union and European Economic Area states under Directive 2011/24/EU; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Irish patients who have availed of this mechanism in other states, by year, since the directive came into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I thank Professor McHale for the presentation. I want to take up where Deputy Boyd Barrett left off concerning water charges and the EUROSTAT test being off-balance sheet. The test is that over 50% of the revenue comes from market sources in effect. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Based on figures from the stability programme update and from the Department of Finance, Professor McHale is estimating that €500 million is down as revenue, domestic and non-domestic charges, and €400 million is support from the local government fund and the Exchequer. Would it be correct to say that Irish Water would fail the off-balance sheet market test if the total revenue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Only billable revenue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: If one company in the whole country pays, and no one else paid, it would still pass the test because it is only billable revenue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Is that a formal note or assessment by EUROSTAT on how it will assess it? Where did Professor McHale get that information? I do not mean to put him on the spot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Yes. That is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Okay. That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: That is interesting because if that had not been the case, and if the support from the Exchequer was counted, one could then do the figures based on that. For example, one could estimate a 50% rate of non-payment and the domestic water charges would result in Irish Water failing the EUROSTAT test. Therefore, it is obviously extremely important how that is calculated. Another issue in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: Let us take 2014, for example. If one looks at the figures in mid-2014 and the different factors that make up GDP, all of them - personal consumption, Government expenditure, gross fixed capital formation and exports - with the exception of net exports, were lower at that point in mid-2014 than they were pre-crisis. The exception was gross exports which were miles above net exports.