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Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: If, when the original Act was passed, we had included the need for a report within six months of commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Act, we would be in a different situation now because presumably the issue would have been spotted six months in rather than three years in and it could have been rectified rather than the delay that we have. That is the purpose of inserting these kinds of...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: I will share my time with Deputy Bríd Smith. I welcome the Bill. It is very late but I welcome it on behalf of the LGBTQ+ parents who will have their rights as parents acknowledged and those of their children as a consequence. Serious questions need to be answered about why this legislation has taken three years. I can accept that technical mistakes can happen and so on, but for a...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: We support the Bill. We support providing carers with access to medical cards but it is peanuts compared with the extent of unpaid labour of the estimated 360,000 carers, as Deputy Penrose said. For that reason we support both the amendments that seek to widen access and seek to widen what carers would be entitled to. All of it pales into insignificance compared with the unpaid labour of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: What dates did the Chairman mention regarding the second module?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Is the Chairman suggesting that we pick a number of meetings within that timeframe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Will each of the modules be one meeting or a couple?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: They will be distinct modules over a period of days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Yes. I thank the Chairman.

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Other Questions: European Semester Process (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's country specific recommendations in relation to aggressive tax planning, pension reforms and healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30979/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Avoidance (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Diarmaid Ferriter put it well in The Irish Timeswhen he said that if the Department of Finance were to be believed, there must be an awful lot of eejits slaving away on academic research projects relating to tax. The approach of the Department and the Government is simply to deny report after report based on facts which illustrate Ireland's role as a corporate tax haven. Let us deal with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Avoidance (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Butter would not melt in the Minister's mouth. These companies are simply super-productive and it is all down to the workers. That is not true and the Minister knows it. I am defensive of those workers who work in multinational corporations. I am defensive of their terms and conditions and I am defensive of their ability to be productive, but I do not buy the idea that they are 16 times...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Avoidance (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a recent study (details supplied) which has concluded that Ireland is the world's largest tax haven; the measures he will take to close tax loopholes and stop aggressive tax planning in view of the fact this is one of many studies with similar findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31054/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Avoidance (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: I ask the Minister to recognise the writing on the wall and to accept the reality that Ireland is a major corporate conduit tax haven. I ask him to accept the points made in the paper, "The Missing Profits of Nations", which outlines that Ireland had the greatest amount of corporate profits shifted through it in the world - some $106 billion in 2015, which was more than all the countries of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultations being held with trade unions in the banking sector on the banking remuneration review; his views on the need for a distinction between the pay of senior management and low and middle income bank staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30980/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Recognition (10 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation is planned to provide for union recognition in view of a dispute at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26607/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: This is a classic case of "if I were you, I would not start from here" because, although I am against discrimination on the basis of religion, to which this measure amounts, I support minority rights. The requirement for religious discrimination in order to protect minority rights arises from our sectarian school system. Does the Minister agree that this points to the need for a wholesale...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Does the Minister agree that we will not be able to guarantee the provision of objective sex education to students unless we deal with the religious ethos exemption in education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: I hope the Minister takes my point on board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Would it surprise Mr. Curtis and Dr. Gormley to learn that in a survey of school students conducted by the Irish Second–Level Students Union students were asked to rate their experience of relationships and sexuality education on a scale of one to five, with one being terrible and five being excellent, and that approximately 45% rated it at one, with 25% or so rating it at two or...