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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if the unemployment benefits paid to former staff of the EU institutions under article 29(a) staff regulations of officials of the European Communities are subjected to PRSI and USC in view of the fact they are on unemployment benefit which is normally exempted when paid by the State; if those persons in receipt of this EU unemployment benefit can avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (13 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide a consultant to deal with chronic fatigue syndrome; if plans are in place to open a HSE clinic or unit specialising in the illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40044/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for Cheeverstown House each year for the past five years; if the funding model has changed in this period; if additional funds have been provided to fund renovations to respite care wards since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/16]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am afraid there is nobody on any island who has the right to vote for me. I am sure they would if they could. We support this Bill. We welcome the fact that the Government said it will not oppose it and that it agrees with it. I hope it will be implemented as soon as possible. What is at stake is equality and democratic rights. In this day and age, when it is not necessary to have...

Topical Issues Debate: EU Issues (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I have zero confidence that the political establishment across Europe will learn any of the lessons from this. As stated by Wolfgang Münchau:Some revolutions could have been avoided if the old guard had only refrained from provocation. There is no proof of a "let them eat cake" incident. But this is the kind of thing Marie Antoinette could have said. It rings true. The Bourbons were...

Topical Issues Debate: EU Issues (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: It has been a very bad year for the political establishment in Europe. Former Prime Minister, David Cameron, is gone as a result of the impact of the result of the referendum on Brexit. President Francois Hollande will be gone as a result of his unpopularity as he is unable to stand even for the primary of the Parti Socialiste in France. Now, Prime Minister Renzi, the fresh-faced figure...

Other Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he received an invitation to the United Nations climate change conference in Marrakesh in the second week of November 2016. [36040/16]

Other Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I understand the Minister attended the climate change conference in Marrakesh, COP 22. I ask him for a report of what happened there. I understand afterwards the Minister promised to set out a roadmap to transition to a low-carbon economy. I ask him to outline how that will happen.

Other Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: This is the No. 1 crisis of humanity. It threatens our planet and all of our people. Some 150,000 people die every year linked to climate change. What will be different this time? Last year the Taoiseach went to Paris and told the world Ireland was committed to addressing climate change. He said, "I hope that we are serious about putting in place a legally binding agreement on climate...

Other Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: For many of us it is horrifying that the world's most important political post is about to be held by a climate-change denier, Donald Trump, who has threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement, pull out of the UN Framework on Climate Change, and has promised to increase fossil fuel production and as part of that drive, fracking. Did the Minister have discussions with any US...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I am sorry for missing the presentation but I have it in front of me. Obviously Mr. Hession stated neither the Minister for Finance nor the Government had taken a position on a CCCTB at this point. That might be formally true, but one does not get a sense of enthusiasm for the CCCTB from the witnesses or the Government. Is that a fair comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Is that because essentially Ireland is a corporate tax haven because the Government and the Department of Finance are well aware that corporations book profits in Ireland that are not made in Ireland because of CCCTB would cut across some of that activity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: If Ireland is not a tax haven how is it that the top ten companies in Ireland between 2008 and 2012 paid 24% of corporation tax, presumably generating 24% of corporation profits and are responsible for less than 1% of employment? The Revenue Commissioners have provided a table showing that each worker of that 1% is associated with €7.7 million worth of corporation tax which if they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: That is the point I am making here, which relates to the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB. Profits are being booked in Ireland and tax is being paid on them at a relatively low level that is unlikely to have been made here. Are workers at the top ten companies in Ireland really making €62 million in profit a year for their companies or, and this is precisely what in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: There is a real debate to be had about how to apportion it absolutely and the balance between labour assets and sales, that is a fair point. It is also, however, clear that companies are able to take advantage of the fact that there is no common way of assessing corporation tax. I get the impression that Revenue and the Department of Finance have not made any assessment of the impact this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: I do not know which report referred to the potential FDI loss of 4.6%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Was that on everything or just the €750 million plus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: That is not the witnesses' analysis so they can take it or not. How does the argument that Ireland is not a tax haven tally with the idea that if we come up with a common consolidated corporate tax base, FDI will drop by almost 5%? If corporations are not here to avoid paying taxes why, if we have a different way of allocating taxes across Europe and where they are paid, would FDI drop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: It will be the same anywhere in the EU. That is the point. They will be the same sort of activities, no matter where they set themselves up, or they will pay on the same base.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Paul Murphy: Why then would FDI fall?