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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: What is the EU average threshold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: According to the figures that are online, the mode is €5 million. Approximately 12 states have a threshold of €5 million, including Germany, which is not subject to a very small market, as well as Austria, Belgium, and other states with large economies. Why does it make sense for Ireland to increase its threshold to €8 million when the likes of Germany are staying at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: If a multinational corporation wanted to offer a security of €7 million and operate throughout the EU, could it do so in any country it wanted or would it have to do it in the country in which it is based?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: If the corporation was looking for €7 million in Austria, it would have to issue a prospectus, but it does not want to issue one. Can it do so in Ireland to avoid doing that, and take advantage that way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: Is any of this about competing for companies to come here to offer securities here by virtue of having a higher threshold? Does that dynamic exist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Tax Appeals) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Gilvarry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach represents the 1% - the elites, the landlords, the developers, the bankers and the bondholders.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: I am sure he could have waited two minutes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: For the second time, while the paramedics pack the Gallery, the Taoiseach is not here. This time he chose not to be here by leaving the minute he heard what the question was about.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: Why does the Taoiseach and Government, particularly the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, continue to play hardball with these workers? Why do they continue to endorse the union-busting tactics of the HSE? Why do they continue to refuse to deal with the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, and NASRA? What are they scared of when it comes to workers being allowed to be represented by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (14 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: 425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to differentiating between minor faults and major faults in the taxi suitability test such as with the NCT in circumstances in which a minor fault such as a blown bulb would not require a full retest and associated charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (14 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: 467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare appeals office will release details of the test cases that it uses in terms of the determination of bogus self-employment; if it will release the legal advice on the use of test cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20390/19]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: I want to speak in support of amendment No. 13 and the other progressive amendments from the Labour Party and Deputy Broughan in this grouping. Even in the media in recent weeks it is clear that we are seeing an avalanche of evictions. Some of those are threatened in The Exchange Hall in Tallaght in my constituency, an issue I have raised a number of times with the Minister. They are due...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: That is great. If we just did that, we would definitely have water charges now, because as far as I can remember, Fianna Fáil was in favour of water charges until the protest movement forced-----

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Paul Murphy: We will see whether Fianna Fáil has changed its position on any of these matters or whether it will take another protest movement to put it under pressure. I suspect it will take a protest movement and, therefore, I encourage people to come out on 18 May.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Tánaiste referred to shocks in the system but what about the shock to the families of Natalia, Ian, Cherie and the others I spoke about earlier? What kind of shock to their systems is acceptable? What does he suggest that they do? The logic of this Government is laid bare by the Tánaiste's answer and by the front page of today's Irish Independent. That logic is that we need...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Paul Murphy: I will read a newspaper quote to the Tánaiste. Ms Cherie Ellorig, a Filipino woman who lives in an apartment in Exchange Hall, just around the corner from Tallaght Hospital where she is a nurse, states:I got my notice [to quit] in the first week of March and it was so shocking. For weeks after I got the letter I was so stressed. I can't concentrate on my work. I can't eat or sleep....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Paul Murphy: That is fine.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Paul Murphy: That is fine and I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. A Programme for a Partnership Government refers to the introduction of universal healthcare. How does that tally with the news that the VHI will provide access to new cancer drugs that will not be available for public patients? Does the Taoiseach agree that the very notion of two-tier cancer treatment is horrific? Does he also agree that...