Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Committee Stage

2:30 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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On this section, again going back to the timing of this, this infrastructure bank has been around for more than 12 months so it is not the case that we just had to weigh it up for 12 months. What was the final date by which we could have applied to be in the first round, the first wave, which would have made us a founder member? Can the Minister also inform me when his officials or his predecessor's officials recommended that we engage or sign up to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?