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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on providing the Revenue Commissioners with powers to tackle transfer pricing that artificially boosts the profits of the Irish subsidiaries of multinational corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24163/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (17 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the amount of the State funding to the Football Association of Ireland that is ring-fenced for junior leagues and on spending to develop the sport among young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (17 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the amount of the State funding to the Football Association of Ireland that is ring-fenced for the League of Ireland through prize money and grants to clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24207/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (17 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the conditions his Department puts on payments to the Football Association of Ireland and other sporting bodies when awarding grants from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (17 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the amount of State funding to the Football Association of Ireland in each of the past seven years. [24210/15]

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I intend to share time with Deputies Ruth Coppinger, Thomas Pringle and Catherine Murphy. It is now three and a half weeks since the tremendous result in the marriage equality referendum, which was heralded as a social revolution by the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, and others. More than 62% of those who cast a vote voted for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: It is good to see the Minister is convinced of the benefits of democracy and the right of governments to decide on fiscal policy, given his support for the fiscal treaty, the six-pack and the two-pack, which are all about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: No, but you do jail protestors because they go within 20 m of water meters being installed by the company of Denis O'Brien, a major donor to your party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: We do not need any lessons in democracy from you, I am afraid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: I will start with a question on Greece. I contend strongly that the negotiations from the point of view of the European institutions are not being carried out in a frame of mind consistent with negotiations between partners to achieve a mutually beneficial solution. They are being carried out to inflict humiliation on the Greek Government and the Greek people in order to send a message...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: It seems that the last paper from the Greek Government to the institutions was dismissed out of hand, despite the fact that it represented an attempt to sum up the negotiations and a compromise. In terms of the primary surplus, Syriza and the Greek Government have moved on a rise in value added tax, VAT, on postponing the rise in the minimum wage, collective bargaining, pensions and a whole...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: To go further on the question of our interests, earlier the Minister said he was against debt write-downs. Is that just debt write-downs for Greece or is the Minister against them for Ireland, if they were to be offered, or if we were to get them if we asked for them, or is it debt write-downs only for tremendously rich private individuals paid for by the taxpayer and not for the country?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: If Greece were to get a write-down on its debt, in whatever way, would that not be beneficial to us who still have a massive debt, still pay €7 billion a year in interest, a figure that will rise? Would it not be in our interest that there would be a European debt conference and a process of write-down of unsustainable debt? I do not understand how it is not in our interests that we...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 403. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the welfare of migrants who have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the crew of the LE Eithne. [23782/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 404. To ask the Minister for Defence the countries of origin of migrants who have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by the crew of the LE Eithne. [23783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naval Service Operations (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 412. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any migrants assisted by the crew of the LE Eithne in the Mediterranean Sea have claimed asylum under Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 644. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct a review of services for transgender people, with a view to increasing provision to meet demand, increase locations, and reduce costs for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23786/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 645. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the existence of a religious ethos in hospitals and other health services; his views that this has a negative impact on employment equality in healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23787/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 666. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent murder of a person (details supplied), if he plans to raise the case with the Colombian Government in the context of the new engagement with the Colombian Government that was promised when the Free Trade Agreement with Colombia was approved by Dáil Éireann, the steps the Irish Government will take to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 Jun 2015)

Paul Murphy: 667. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of cases (details supplied) and other cases known to the Irish and international authorities, his views that there is a systematic persecution against the trade union movement and the farmers’ movement, an increasing militarisation of many territories, questionable judicial and legal methods that do not meet the minimum...