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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----incorrectly counts the profits of Irish-registered non-resident companies as Irish. What that means is that the study included the profits of American companies that are not tax-resident in Ireland-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The point is that we cannot tax profits that are properly attributable to other jurisdictions. The Deputy does not seem to believe the European Commission's report on taxation trends in the EU in 2013 which indicates an effective rate of 14.4% in Ireland, nor does he believe the PricewaterhouseCoopers report which shows an effective rate of 12.3% in Ireland. We are fully engaged. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: -----while the total amount of corporation tax payable on those profits was €4.2 billion. It depends on whom one wants to believe. I like the professors, the theorists and the academics but this is politics and it is about decisions. We are involved fully, openly and comprehensively in having an international response to the situation where multinational companies can use the...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is proposed to take No. 7, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions, and No. a19, statements on the reports of unlawful surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that No. 7 shall be decided without debate; there shall be no Topical Issues within the meaning of Standing Order 27(A); No.a19...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I expect it will be published in good time before May. The Deputy asked for a week-----
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I would say certainly the back end of March or certainly April, which it will have to be. A great deal of work has been done on it and it can be dealt with by way of discussion, conversation and statements in the House.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: We will have a debate on it in the House. That financial and business model will set out how the Government sees the costs applicable here are only in the interests of consumers. I assure the Deputy a great deal of work is going on. The Deputy might have a look at his own proposal to retain the 34 entities. All of those issues, including agreements for 12 years, are on the table in terms...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: That will all be part of that. The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance is due for publication in the next couple of weeks. I understand it is practically concluded. The implementation of the White Paper will not be able to be introduced until the start of the next Government.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It was never intended to introduce it in one period of office. There is a lot of preparation to be done. I expect the White Paper will be published in the next couple of weeks. People will have time for full consultation and plenty of analysis on it because there will be a lot involved.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The children and family relationship Bill will be taken this session. It is a complex Bill and it will require some consultation and debate in the House. In respect of the Magdalen laundries, I understand €2 million has been paid out. The indications were that there might be between 750 and 1,000 people but 600 have registered. I understand the women involved and their advocates...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It has been streamlined as far as it can be because there was a lot of talk about it at the outset. If the Deputy has particular cases where he believes there are obstructions or obstacles, he should bring them to the attention of the Minister and we will do what we can. The intention, genuinely, is that it is non-contentious, non-litigious, effective and in the interests of the women involved.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: To which Bill does the Deputy refer?
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I will discuss it with the Minister for Finance. It is scheduled for next year. In view of the Deputy's request, we will see what is the state of progress with the preparation of the Bill. The heads of the mediation Bill were cleared in February 2012. Quite a deal of work has been done on it. The Bill will be introduced later this year.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: It is at committee next week. We expect to roll out the local enterprise offices throughout all the local authorities in April.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The project will be the subject of a discussion at the North-South ministerial meeting that will take place in June. Clearly, it did not work on the last occasion. It is a tangible link between North and South. Three projects were not dealt with - the museum for €2 million, the Maze for €20 million and Narrow Water Bridge for €13 million. We need to see in what form...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is where it came from. When it was not possible for this to be pursued within the specified timescale, the money had to be either sent back or redirected. That is what is under way at the moment.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: The criminal justice Bill is due next year. As I have made clear here previously, when I spoke to members of the group, they informed me that their legal adviser was in a position to produce new evidence. My view was that if the legal adviser has new evidence, it should be produced. My understanding was that they intended to do that.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: I have heard a number of comments about this. Let us just leave it at that for the moment.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I would like to make an amendment to the Order of Business, to provide that Members may share time during the statements on the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Enda Kenny: That is a fair comment.