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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: -----it is also making profit based on what people are pooling into the Tote if they are betting from the UK.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: When Mr. Neilan spoke about exporting the Irish model to other countries to which he travelled, is that the model he is talking about exporting?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Who in the greyhound industry is heading that on our side?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: That person is working for the board full-time at present to get that done.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: For what length of time is that contact. Is it part of this five-year plan?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Is this the person who is leading up areas such as Expinet and other such companies?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Are the 30 contracts this person will be helping to deliver contracts with 30 different countries or are they-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Each is operating in different markets.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: The other area I wanted to touch on briefly was the pension issue. Has that been discussed?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Can we request a copy of the report to the Department on how the board managed the pension liability? The witnesses' statement indicated that the board submitted an independent report to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine outlining a number of options to resolve the deficit in the pension scheme. Would it be possible to get a copy of that report?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: The witnesses' statement indicates that €3.337 million of the increased contingent liability is as a result of changes in actuarial assumptions on risks associated with the scheme. Was that discussed?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: What were those risks or what was the change?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. I apologise for going into this now when it has been discussed.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Thank you, Chairman.

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: We often sit late into the evening in this House and when we finish our work I like to go home and have a few beers and look at my iPad. I am watching the American version of "The Office" at the moment. Invariably, because we get out of here so late, there are no beers in my fridge and I cannot go to the off-licence to get any. Are people trying to tell me that if the off-licence were open...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 October, if he will be publishing a new roster in 2014; if the current roster will be amended in any way before a new roster is brought in; if any additions can be made to the existing roster; and if not what those persons interested in participating in observation missions...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason those paying the property tax for 2014 using a credit or debit card cannot pay the tax in the year in which it is due; and if he will consider extending the deadline for such payments to the end of January 2014 or later. [47786/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the reduced 9% VAT rate to the entertainment industry. [47787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a situation regarding a decision by the Revenue Commissioners on the levying of VAT retrospectively (details supplied). [47790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies Dividends (12 Nov 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the NewEra strategy, if he has devised a strategy for the payment of dividends by State-owned companies to the Exchequer for the next five years. [47785/13]