John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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We are now in public session. I welcome the Minister and his officials for our consideration of the Finance Bill 2016. It is proposed we conclude this session at approximately 11.15 a.m.

The committee will resume at 2 p.m. in Committee Room 2. We will suspend for Dáil votes during any of these meetings. In order to provide for the smooth running of the meeting, any Member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify the clerk now if he or she has not already done so. Second, divisions on the Bill will be taken as they arise. Third, members attending this meeting in accordance with Standing Order 95(3) should be aware that, pursuant to that Standing Order, he or she may move his or her amendment but cannot call for or participate in voting on that amendment.

I now intend to proceed to section 1 of the Bill.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I would like a clarification. The Chairman said the divisions will take place as they arise. Will they not take place at the end of the sections, as normal in committee?

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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There is no guillotine, so we will deal with them as they arise.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Okay.

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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We did not introduce an allocation of time motion, as would have been the custom in previous debates. However, to facilitate Deputies, if they would like an informal time motion, they can think about it and we can agree it, rather than proceeding by way of a formal time motion.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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It is fine. I asked out of curiosity more than anything else.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Shall we just proceed and see how it all plays out?

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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All right. That is fine.