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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The concern I would have is that if we have over time to decrease our reliance on all this corporation tax, we are then asking the consumers of the Irish State to find €8 billion of corporate, excise and carbon taxes and other consumption taxes. At the moment, we are getting these because we are adding the value and having 8,000 or 10,000 people working in Apple, over 2,000 in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: From our perspective, if it is €2.2 billion across the whole of the EU and we are currently collecting about €8 billion in Ireland, it would still be a drop in the ocean in terms of what is available. Has Dr. Djankov done any estimate as to how much global taxation is potentially out there that is not collected? If it was taxed even at a medium-sized rate of 15% or so globally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: A sum of €2.2 billion is not small, but €2.2 trillion is a lot more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Dr. Djankov. This is a very interesting report. When will the part of the report that is under embargo be released and when will it be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Dr. Djankov for his work on this report, which is very interesting. We look forward to it. We need to tackle Ministers and the Departments on how they are educating young people to prepare them for the future.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: If amendment No. 57 is agreed to, amendment No. 58 cannot be moved. It has already been discussed with amendment No. 13.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am sure they exist.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 60 cannot now be moved because amendment No. 59 has been agreed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 64 cannot be moved because amendment No. 63 has already been agreed.

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The next speaker is Senator Dolan. I ask the Senator to move amendment No. 1, which will need to be seconded by another Senator.

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Leader to continue, without interruption, please.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Harbour Authorities (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The next matter is in the name of Senator Victor Boyhan. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy David Stanton, who will speak on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. Harbours are not the Minister of State's usual brief.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Harbour Authorities (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State and I thank Senator Boyhan for raising this important matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to bring the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to the House to discuss a matter of grave urgency. I understand that last night the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, signed an order consenting to the necessary statutory instrument to transfer Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council....

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I will respond when the Leader has finished.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: No. I apologise for having had to step out for a few minutes but I heard from my colleagues in this respect. I do not seek to divide the House and I do not propose an amendment to the Order of Business very often. However, there is a very pressing and urgent nature to this matter. I would hope the Minister will not sign the order for transfer before he comes into this House because he...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: My grandmother was from Strokestown and I support that too.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: And sign it as quick as he can, but anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I accept that and the Leader's bona fides on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Yes.