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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to ensure that profitable companies do not benefit from significant corporate welfare in the context of supports being made available in the July stimulus. [16314/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: My question relates to the upcoming July stimulus. In particular, how does the Minister intend to avoid giving large amounts of corporate welfare to profitable corporations? There are already profitable companies benefiting from the temporary wage subsidy scheme. One example is Aramark, which employs cleaners in Galway University Hospital. The company is benefiting from the temporary wage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: There are multiple companies in receipt of substantial State assistance in the form of the temporary wage subsidy scheme which are mistreating their workers. Dublin Airport Authority is attempting to lay off 1,000 workers and to replace them with agency staff. That is a State-owned company. Aer Lingus and Ryanair have also been attacking their workers. Does the Minister not agree that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will take to stop banks charging interest on Covid-19 mortgage breaks. [16311/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Acting Chairman. I want to ask about the banks and the rip-off that is currently going on of the 160.000 people who availed of a mortgage break. The banks, obviously, originally lied and stated that they had to charge interest before it was revealed that they did not have to. They have been choosing to charge interest costing a married couple on average over €6,000. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: What the Minister is actually saying is he will not do anything about this rip-off. He is saying that what is being done is good enough and people should be happy about it. He is saying that there is nothing he can do about a cost of more than €6,000 a year for a couple in which one or both have lost their jobs and who are facing a crisis situation and he is not even looking to do...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apple Escrow Account (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: The problem with basing a big portion of one's economic strategy on being one of the world's top ten tax havens, according to a paper produced by the IMF, is that it is not only immoral but also is completely unsustainable because ultimately, Ireland Inc. cannot win this race to the bottom. It can be outbid by a tax rate of 0.004% or 0.003%. The only winners in this race to the bottom that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apple Escrow Account (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to respond to the ruling of the General Court of the European Union in regard to a case (details supplied) which was due on 15 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apple Escrow Account (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: The Apple tax ruling is being portrayed as some sort of victory for Ireland. It is a strange victory where we do not get the €14.3 billion currently sitting in an escrow account. That money is to be added on to Apple's massive cash pile and we cannot use it for housing provision, creating green jobs and avoiding climate catastrophe. I saw coverage of the Minister at a press...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apple Escrow Account (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree that the grounds upon which the court found in favour of Ireland and Apple were very narrow? It did not find that Apple was not availing of a 0.0005% tax rate. It did not find that Ireland was not a tax haven. It simply found that the tax rulings which were available to Apple did not constitute state aid because they could have been available to other companies as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commercial Rates (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance if highly profitable companies will be excluded from the suspension of rates. [16310/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax on net wealth exceeding €1 million in order to fund public investment. [16312/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legal Costs (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent on a case (details supplied) to date. [16313/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (16 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reopen the redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in schools and require it to act in accordance with the recommendations from a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16376/20]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (15 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: The headlines read "Ireland wins appeal in €13 billion Apple tax case". It is some victory when one of the richest corporations in the world gets to hang on to €14.1 billion and add it to a cash pile of over $100 billion. That money is not available to tackle the problems that exist here, where one in four people is unemployed, 10,000 people are homeless and we need urgently...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: Page 119 of the programme for Government contains a promise for political reform. That promise appears, at the very least, a little aspirational now. I have a simple question for the Taoiseach. If The Sunday Timeshad not published the story about the Garda report last Sunday, is it not the case that the Taoiseach would not have asked Deputy Cowen to answer questions in the Dáil? Is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

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Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Paul Murphy: This controversy is not over. The Taoiseach has sacked Deputy Cowen to try to draw a line under it and he is spinning furiously about what he knew in an attempt to evade responsibility. However, the essence of the matter is very clear and it will come out. The Taoiseach colluded with the then Minister to keep vital information from the Dáil. They relied on legal threats to keep that...