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Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: We can only judge the Minister's intentions by her actions, which are reflected in the amendment before us. That amendment is to delete the right of part-time employees to get surplus hours that become available. That is a choice by the Minister and from that we must conclude that she is opposed to the inclusion of that provision. Now she tries to present her opposition to the provision as...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: Everyone except the workers.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: IBEC must have contacted the Deputy.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: That is not what the Deputy said a few minutes ago.

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Paul Murphy: I will be brief because I am anxious that we proceed with this important Bill. I must say, however, that the Government's amendment is quite outrageous. If it passes, which will obviously depend on the position Fianna Fáil adopts, it will legitimise and encourage the use of hours as a means of control and intimidation and as a means of enhancing exploitation of part-time workers. That...

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

Paul Murphy: Within six months.

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...