Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals.

4:55 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I have not had an opportunity to consider this. Other major transaction centres have introduced financial transaction taxes. I have not had an opportunity to examine those in Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Mumbai or Taipei, which have fairly new financial markets. They are raising approximately $23 billion per year. Has Ms McVeigh's team had an opportunity to examine these taxes considering how new they are in global trading?