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Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: A disgrace.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Maybe we should ask Sinn Féin.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Why were they afraid?

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: It is outrageous.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Why were there kangaroo courts?

Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: He never left the party.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: In addition to the point Deputy Shane Ross has made, it is very important that HSBC send the person who could most usefully address the committee. If the appropriate person is based in London, not Dublin, that is the person who should come before us. What struck me was that the Westminster public accounts committee had HSBC personnel before it recently and I know that they received a...

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Cody for coming before us. I congratulate Mr. Cody on his appointment. I found his testimony extremely interesting and I thank him for it. I appreciate that Mr. Cody may feel he is unable to answer some of the questions I wish to ask and I will understand if that is the case. If a person is a tax defaulter or if he or she has evaded tax, does Revenue...

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Does Revenue have the ability to observe the transfer of money out of the country? I presume transfers of this nature would be a possible indicator of someone trying to evade tax. Does Revenue have the ability to follow the money in order to determine what is happening or is the level of secrecy within the banks such that it cannot do so?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Has that been the case since the DIRT inquiry?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: So it is one of the long-term benefits which stemmed from that inquiry.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: On foot of Mr. Cody's answers to the questions posed by Deputy Costello, I would like to know whether it is the case that a greater level of compliance and co-operation was expected from the Swiss authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: So if Revenue has a suspicion about a particular individual, it can-----

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: So Revenue cannot ask for the Swiss authorities to check whether I have an account in a Swiss bank in which I am hiding money. I do not have such an account, by the way.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: That will be very useful. Mr. Cody has already answered my next question to some extent. Will he indicate, however, whether there is a case in favour of the EU putting in place huge trade embargos in respect of tax havens such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man and so forth? In regard to some of the tax havens, whether Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or the Isle of Man, is...

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Would it be helpful if there was a financial transaction tax on the flow of money from one jurisdiction to another?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: In regard to corporate bodies, are we losing out because of some of their practices in terms of tax evasion or avoidance?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I appreciate that it is a question that Mr. Cody may not be able to answer, but there appears to be considerable concern about this issue globally. It is not just an Irish question.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: If one goes back to the time of Christ, Zacchaeus and other tax collectors were hated, but we need to revise our opinion of tax collectors. They are doing vital work for this State.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (24 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: 166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is an update on the proposed Intreo office in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11216/15]