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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: We have now had five proposals essentially based around study, information and data. Some of the information is financial, while some relates to more technical elements. Are we going to come together with something to provide the information we all seem to believe is required one way or another?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: An econometric analysis is a little different from an impact assessment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: It is an analysis of data which we also need. I will withdraw the amendment with a view to retabling it on Report Stage. I would like a response from the Minister. Is he talking about an econometric analysis? I could conduct an assessment quickly, as I am sure loads of other members could.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Then I will leave the amendment stand. I am just trying to be helpful.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Before the meeting concludes, it would be very helpful if the Minister or his officials would provide an explanatory note on the very long and complex amendment on IREF before the next meeting. It is very long and given the length of this evening's discussion on relatively short amendments, it would be very helpful to get an explanation of it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: It is pages long.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Otherwise, we could be here for months.

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I have pretty much the exact same question - Question No. 14 - which is why I wanted to take the opportunity to comment. I do not really understand why the Department of Finance is dragging its feet so much. I know that under the programme for Government, it has been transferred from the Department of Finance to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the investigation of the establishment of a local public bank network here as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33939/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for the credit union movement here of the decision by the Central Bank to seek the appointment of provisional liquidators to a credit union (details supplied); the discussions his Department has had with the Irish League of Credit Unions and Credit Union Development Association regarding this development; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Provision (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank, EIB, and other Departments to establish an off-balance sheet special purpose vehicle to draw down funding from the EIB to facilitate large scale mixed social and private residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33940/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had discussions with the Central Bank regarding mortgage deposit requirements for prospective first-time buyers seeking to purchase their home who cannot save a sufficient deposit due to rising residential rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's work with the Revenue Commissioners in tackling the tax evasion uncovered in the Panama papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33936/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of projects here supported by the European Investment Bank specifically in relation to housing, education, health and broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34091/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport have received initial recommendations following a review of rising motor insurance compensation; the status on the review of policy in the insurance sector, which his Department is currently undertaking in consultation with the Central Bank; the reforms he is considering to tackle the problem of motor...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he is currently considering to ensure that mortgage holders and tenants and SMEs who have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds are fully protected; if he is considering extending the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding which has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he has satisfied himself with the current rates of interest being charged to borrowers through the fund; if he is reviewing the operation of the mechanisms through which credit is accessed from the fund; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion expressed by the Dutch Minister of Finance and the chairman of the eurozone finance Ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that European Union finance Ministers are concerned that the European Commission is not applying budget laws in the same way to large and small countries and is undermining confidence in the rules; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the further preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34096/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed medium term tax strategy document; if it will be presented to the Houses of the Oireachtas by July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/16]