Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee.

10:00 am

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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It is an NGO. The documentation states that the production of the policy document was undertaken with the assistance of the European Union. One presumes this group has been around for quite some time and has access to funding through one of the funding streams. I agree that we should meet and see where an investigation, examination or discussion might go. I do not think there is a question mark around the bona fides of the group itself. As Deputy Ross said, the issues are very substantive and serious in respect of the Exchequer and the taxation regime. There should certainly be a meeting with a view to a session here if that is what we decide.