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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: The sister parties of Fine Gael's coalition partner, in the family of Socialists and Democrats, are also not left-wing any more, unfortunately. They pursue the same austerity policies as the centre-right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I regard the parties in the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left, GUE/NGL, in the European Parliament as being left-wing, as well as the parties within the European left. If one checks the record, just to defend the honour of the genuine left in Portugal, which Deputy Noonan has described as the extreme left, neither the Portuguese Communist Party nor the Left Bloc...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: No they did not, they were not in government. Let me move on. Private investment has also collapsed, more so in this country than elsewhere in Europe. It comes at a time when there are large cash mountains in Europe created by major corporations. There was an article recently in the Financial Timesabout a survey by Standard & Poor's saying that the top 2,000 listed corporations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: My next questions are more----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: But down 70% versus 2007.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I will move on. In terms of the financial transaction tax, FTT, am I correct in quoting the Minister as saying the Government decided not to go along with it on strong advice from the industry? Does that mean the Minister literally asked the IFSC and the Clearing House Group if they thought we should introduce the financial transaction tax, and they said "no", that it would be a bad idea?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I have a few detailed questions further to that with, I hope, easy enough answers. The Minister is suggesting that, first, he thinks it is reasonably likely that they will never come to an agreement on an FTT, even between----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: I am going to the next step and asking for clarification in order that we can get clarity. In terms of the current stages of discussion, is the Minister aware of how they are discussing collecting it? Are they talking about a central collection agency for the ten countries? The UK tried to take a legal challenge against enhanced co-operation being used for the FTT, and it was shot down by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: And in terms of how the money will be collected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: To start with the last ECOFIN meeting, there was a belated acknowledgement of the significance of the crisis in terms of the decline in investment, an issue which was missing from the debate for a period but is finally being recognised. That decline has been in both public and private investment, which is central to why we are seeing a continuation of the crisis and why it has been as deep...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: No it was not. Who was in the Portuguese Government at that time? The extreme left was not in the Portuguese Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: They are the facts. Neither the PCP nor the left bloc have ever been in government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Just to enlighten the Minister, I would not consider any of the governments in Europe to be left wing. Yes, the Labour Party's sister parties are in government and have been in government, but they are not left wing here or in Portugal or Greece.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: Why spend €500,000 installing water meters?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures that have so far been taken on the youth guarantee implementation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Initiative (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the awarding of JobPath contracts to private firms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41683/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Irish Water Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an agreement exists between her Department and Irish Water for the use of PPS numbers by Irish Water as outlined in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which governs the use of PPS numbers by specified bodies; if such an agreement is in place, the date this was agreed and the measures that were taken to ensure that Irish Water would use...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to maintain the walk-in Revenue Commissioners office in Tallaght, Dublin 24. [40988/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 23 September 2014 his views regarding the possible increase in buildings insurance premia given the increased cost in rebuilding homes due to charges for water usage while rebuilding or renovating buildings. [41221/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 381. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 16 October 2014 if he will report on his consideration of the feasibility of wage setting frameworks in the domestic waste sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41171/14]