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Other Questions: Rail Services Staff (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: We only got through ten questions today and I had both Question Nos. 11 and 12. We only got through ten because the Minister was, in fairness, trying to give full answers but was verbose in doing so.

Other Questions: Rail Services Staff (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: They have to be abided by then.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: A leopard clearly does not change its spots. The exchange between the Minister and Deputy Munster was quite revealing. We have a Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport who begrudges spending public money on developing public transport. I suspect I know the answer to my question, which is whether the Minister accepts responsibility for being obliged to intervene in the situation in Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: The reason the discussions at the WRC did not reach agreement was because the management proposal was extremely aggressive. In real terms, it was effectively a wage cut. There was an official nominal increase of 1.5%. However, there were 18 conditions attached, including a reduction in contract hours, accepting outsourcing, forced redeployment and freezing increments. We spoke to workers...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Let us put some facts on the table. Passenger numbers and revenue are at an all-time high in Irish Rail. However, due to cuts, it is spending all of the available money on track and engine maintenance. More people are using rail services. There is a very important ideological element which comes from the Government and Irish Rail management and the chief executive officer, CEO, Mr. David...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to take to protect the rights of a company's (details supplied) passengers that have been impacted by flight cancellations; if he will consider a review of regulations in the sector which include a protection for workers' rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42164/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (11 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the rights of Dublin Bus workers transferring into a company (details supplied) in view of the company's track record of industrial relations issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42165/17]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Intangible Assets (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Throw him out.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Yes.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: How to describe this budget? "Band-Aid budget" most correctly sums it up. Ten years of crisis and Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour Party austerity created gaping wounds in our society. Between them, they removed more than €100 billion in terms of cuts to public services and extra, unjust taxes. Those measures created insecurity, homelessness and poverty. Now the Government...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Fianna Fáil is also a right-wing party.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to tackle child poverty by increasing community based early intervention programmes. With one hour's notice the five full-time employees in Brookfield Youth and Community Centre, which provides precisely those vital services to the local community, were told last Friday that they were being made redundant and the not-for-profit company...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: They bravely occupied the centre and the community has rallied around. Would the Government agree that the council should intervene to ensure that the jobs and services are maintained?

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: No. I understand that the Business Committee has agreed to discuss scheduling a debate on the Catalan referendum at Thursday's meeting, with the debate to be held next week. That is too late. The referendum took place on Sunday. There were quite unprecedented scenes of police repression, attempts to shut down a referendum which was taking place, the stealing of ballot boxes and so on. Up...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I do not believe that is sufficient.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: The purpose of the meeting is to consider Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Republic of Kazakhstan) Order 2017, and Exchange of Information Relating to Tax Matters (Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) Order 2017. As the Order of the Dáil states the committee must report back to the House no later than 5 October, it is intended to conclude...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Minister. Deputy Doherty has indicated.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: I have a couple of questions. The Minister of State stated in his opening statement that "Ireland has signed 26 tax information exchange agreements, of which 25 are in effect."

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: To which agreement is the Minister of State referring?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (3 Oct 2017)

Paul Murphy: Has it been signed but is not "in effect"?