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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential properties purchased by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new residential property units constructed by real estate investment trusts by county in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form. [32244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units by type, such as, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are owned by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units by type, that is, house, apartment, flat and so on, that are leased from private entities by each local authority in each of the years 1991 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [32246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [32316/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Many ISME members pay workers less than €350 a week because many of them are employing people for less than a 40-hour week, there are significant numbers of precarious temporary contracts and so on. As it happens, my partner was the organising director for the 15 Now campaign in Seattle. She would certainly dispute some of what Mr. McDonnell has said about the impact that had in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: We do not, but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: No. That is what the OECD says when you look at a particular area of taxation. When you take taxation in the round, it is not the case. But could I just get confirmation? Mr. McDonnell is saying he sacked someone for taking too many sick days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: If that person is out there, he or she is entitled to sue Mr. McDonnell for unfair dismissal. You are not entitled legally to sack somebody because of how many sick days he or she takes. That is not a grounds for dismissal. As to where this gets paid for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: No problem. I will come back for a second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Could I ask Dr. Bambrick to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Dr. Bambrick. My final points are for Mr. McDonnell. His submission states SMEs now need "a bailout with recovery funds ... on favourable terms of at least €15 billion to reboot the recovery of society and our economy". I am not necessarily opposed to his suggestion but I would have to see the details of what such bailouts would look like. He also mentioned that two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. McDonnell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will start with Mr. McDonnell in regard to the call for an accelerated cut in the PUP. Previous speakers have gone over the evidence, or lack thereof, of the case he is making, that ISME's members are finding it difficult to get workers as a consequence of people being on the PUP. Is the other side of that equation not an admission that some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reactivation of Economy Following Pandemic Restrictions: Discussion (16 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: I will return to sick pay with Mr. McDonnell. We were talking about who is going to pay for this. He spoke about low rates of employees' PRSI. We could make the choice to improve workers' conditions but then someone has to pay. How about we make the choice that employers' PRSI should rise, considering that we have the lowest employers' PRSI in all of Europe? Part of developing a proper...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Yesterday, the Taoiseach was quoted in The Irish Timesas stating that the leaving certificate is fair but does not measure the breadth of a person's ability. We could debate this. The Taoiseach is using a very narrow definition of what is fair and unfair. Yesterday, there was another story in The Irish Timeson something that even in this narrow definition appears to be very unfair for a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [31401/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Five years ago, after Clerys left its workers high and dry, the Duffy Cahill report proposed a series of measures to prevent such an occurrence from being repeated. Five years of delay meant the Debenhams workers were left without legal protection when their company did the same to them. The promise was always that the Government would eventually take action. Last week, the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [29784/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (15 Jun 2021)

Paul Murphy: Did the Taoiseach discuss the Delta variant with the Prime Minister? Despite the vaccination programme in the UK being well advanced, the spread of this variant has forced the Government there to delay the reopening. When I raised this issue in the House three weeks ago, we had 70 cases of the Delta variant here and now we have 130-plus cases. There is a real danger of it getting out of...