Results 461-480 of 1,212 for speaker:Dara Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (12 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an invalidity pension will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25017/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: It is totally broken as usual.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: A clear charge was made. I will not repeat the charge.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: My first question is to Mr. Lynch. The objective of this committee is an examination of where we are now, the BEPS process and where that might lead us. I welcome that Mr. Lynch believes that as a country we should embrace our open and transparent tax regime. He also mentioned that there are four areas about which we should be concerned. Perhaps he would elaborate on the issue of domestic...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: The same would apply in all small countries and not only Ireland.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: Mr. Kermode referred to the Commission's desire that there would be co-operation between tax systems and competition between tax systems. Obviously, there will be points where these bang up against each other. On the three cases being investigated, in respect of the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Ireland, as I understand it specific transactions rather than the companies concerned are being...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: Made by who?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: Rulings are normal parts of how companies large and small interact with revenue authorities throughout Europe. There are two types of rulings, namely, binding and non-binding. Which does the Commission prefer?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: Mr. Kermode mentioned the importance of confidentiality in the process and the impact of a ruling on a third party and so on. Why did the Commission name the three companies?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: So it is willing to name them but say no more because the case is confidential.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: I have one final question, if I may.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: Sinn Féin are anti-Apple even though it employs 4,500 people in Cork North-Central. The Sinn Féin Deputy appears to be quiet about that.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: I find that very hard to believe.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: The greatest damage to Ireland's reputation was caused by Sinn Féin commentary internationally reported.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: I welcome the delegates. My first question is to Dr. Raza, whose insight into these matters is very helpful. There is a consensus in Europe, and especially in countries like Ireland with small, open economies, that TTIP is unquestionably in our interest. Several of the points Dr. Raza has raised challenge those assumptions. Will he clarify whether his organisation is allied to any group...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: In the study, all the potential costs of TTIP are highlighted, and Dr. Raza accepts those figures are estimates. There is little emphasis on the potential benefits, other than an observation that the increase in growth will be small. Does Dr. Raza accept that because Europe has bounced along without any growth in recent years, an increase of anywhere between half a percentage point and one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: However, is that not what would actually happen in reality? Are we engaging in semantics here? Employment and investment create growth and spending. In regard to the example Dr. Raza cited of intra-EU trade being reduced by virtue of TTIP, the reality is that the extension of the Common Market did the exact opposite to what he is suggesting. There are many aspects of the Union that can be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (5 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence (details supplied), which suggest a difference in the rules for Ireland South, is accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24027/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Private Schools (4 Jun 2014)

Dara Murphy: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to language school closures to explain the financial bonding requirements for setting up these language schools. [23683/14]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2014)

Dara Murphy: This is the reintroduction of a Bill that Deputy Wallace introduced some time ago. Nobody would dispute that what was requested at the time, and did not happen, needed to have happened. After the local elections most of us, particularly on this side of the House, probably feel bruised from the experience, but perhaps it allows us to speak in more blunt terms than we have used in the past. ...