Results 12,301-12,320 of 12,356 for speaker:Paul Murphy
- Other Questions: VAT Exemptions (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: What will be the cost to the Exchequer of the proposal to put on a legislative basis the decision to exempt green fees and membership fees in member-owned and non-profit making golf clubs from VAT? Regardless of the decision of the European Court of Justice in the past year, does the Minister really think it is justified, in the context of a fourth regressive budget in a row, people being...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration taken by him, especially with regard the possibility of an increase in the speculative purchase of land, before making the proposal to end the 80% windfall tax on rezoned land. [41762/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data in tabular form of the number of houses and apartments that are in the possession of National Asset Management Agency that have been sold in the past 18 months, being rented, otherwise occupied and vacant; the total rental income on the units being rented or otherwise occupied. [42442/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on any talks or consultations that have taken place or are planned between him or his Department officials and the EU Commission or other EU member state Governments on the proposal for a knowledge box tax scheme for corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42446/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the measures that have been taken to extend the €100 tax credit for water charges to low paid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42447/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place by the Health Service Executive to have dialectical behavioural therapy available throughout all areas of the country. [42387/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding dialectical behaviour therapy in respect of a person (details supplied). [42388/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-ECOFIN Briefing: Minister for Finance (4 Nov 2014)
Paul Murphy: But the Labour Party is not----
- 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.