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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: "This trade deal is a double whammy for the planet: it will exacerbate deforestation and encourage the production of big, dirty cars. This might just be the EU's worst trade agreement for the climate". That is the view of Perrine Fournier, a campaigner with the forestry NGO, Fern. Every time these free trade agreements, FTAs, are negotiated, the real character of the European Union is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: I agree that it is not good enough. The Minister of State has expressed his deep concern at the issues that have been highlighted. However, those issues have been highlighted for years and it should not take an RTÉ exposé to make people aware or suddenly make the Government concerned. I have a letter here from 2016 that outlines these precise issues, which the ISPCA, Dogstrust...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: Every year, the Minister comes to the House when we raise objections in respect of public funding of €16 million per year for the greyhound industry. Every year, the Minister has responded by saying what an important role the industry plays in our social, cultural and sporting landscape. A small number of Deputies have been consistently raising the issues highlighted in the "RTÉ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that the Civil Defence could be prevented from assisting at community events due to issues relating to the licence from the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and assurances from his Department; if all steps are being taken to avoid same taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: 706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish Water treats householders as if they are businesses and charges them for water they use in their property if the householder has a rainwater harvesting system which they rely on exclusively for agricultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28153/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: A concern that tax justice activists and academics have about double taxation agreements is that they often do not function to avoid double taxation but instead function to, in effect, enable double non-taxation, for corporations to avoid paying tax here when they would have to but also to avoid paying tax in another country because that country does not tax that activity in that way. Does...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister think that there were problems, potential flaws or loopholes in the generation of double taxation agreements that were signed in the late 1960s and early 1970s? The agreement with Switzerland was signed in 1966 and the agreement with the Netherlands was signed in 1969. The Minister is attempting to rectify some of those issues here. Are similar issues present in other...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: The mismatch to which the Minister refers is only operable where there is a double taxation agreement as it is the agreement that enables the mismatch to be abused. Can the Minister comment on that? I appreciate that the Minister will not comment on specific cases but he might comment on the country. As Deputy Bruton said, the Goodman Group is reported in the papers today as having made...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: It is interesting that the four countries we are discussing, namely, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland, are all in the top seven of what Oxfam described as corporate tax havens. Luxembourg was at No. 7 and Ireland at No. 6, while the Netherlands were third and Switzerland fourth. We have spoken on a number of occasions about whether Ireland is or is not a tax haven. The...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: It sounds like he gives a similar kind of speech to the ones given by the Government in Ireland, by saying that this needs to be tackled internationally and so on. Would the Minister agree that Switzerland is a corporate tax haven? Some 30% of Fortune 500 companies have operations in Switzerland. It is a relatively small country and one can presume the companies are there to avail of a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Double Taxation Relief Orders 2019, Swiss Confederation and Kingdom of the Netherlands (2 Jul 2019)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister believe a place must be a tropical island to be a corporate tax haven? Does he accept that any European country is a tax haven?

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: Sure that is grand.

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Deputy is correct. They should be paid properly.

European Union Battle Group: Motion (27 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: Every time we discuss battle groups or their equivalents in this House, the establishment parties wince in embarrassment at the name "battle groups" and try to explain away and justify the fact that Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party will vote in favour of Irish participation in a German-led battle group by saying there is nothing to see here because it is all humanitarian. What...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach speaks about respect in the Dáil in order to divert attention from the blatant lack of respect shown by the Government for low paid and overworked health service workers. He speaks about photo opportunities in order to divert attention from the real experiences of those who were on the picket line this morning. I spoke to some of them and witnessed their righteous anger...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: I will pose some very clear questions to the Taoiseach in order that there will be no mistaking them. I will set out the logic of the workers, which is foolproof. Does the Taoiseach accept the outcome of the job evaluation? If he does, I presume he also accepts that the workers are being underpaid for the work they do. If he accepts that the workers are being underpaid for the work they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: The amount in question is €16 million.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: The Taoiseach should pay the staff.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Crime Prevention (26 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to protect taxi drivers from violence in the course of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27051/19]

Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (25 Jun 2019)

Paul Murphy: Does Deputy Burton read the books or just the book reviews?