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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Would Mr. McCabe like to make any remark?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: If Deputies Kevin Humphreys and Higgins do not mind, I will let Senator Barrett comment first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Mr. Keegan's submission called for support for Irish exporters to major markets in the United States, Switzerland and Japan. Why were these three countries identified as opposed to others? The submission also called for urgent reform of the legal professional privilege rules and the tax appeals system. What problems are being encountered in these areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: All BRIC countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: How long has the CCAB-I been in existence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: On Senator Barrett’s comment, did the CCAB-I ever do a review of its role in the banking crash? There were comments on the big four which audited and signed off on the accounts of the banks? Everybody is blamed. The previous Government has paid its price. There has been reputational damage to the regulator and the Central Bank. Has the CCAB-I ever done any internal report on what...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: To whom did CCAB-I make these recommendations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Who has asked CCAB-I to suspend activity? Was it the Garda Síochána or the Competition Authority?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Deputy Sean Fleming is saying that if the accountants construct it and the lawyers sell it, they have privilege.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I would appreciate if Mr. Keegan could get back to us on that other issue. Deputy Higgins raised the issue of insulation and saving energy in households. Building regulations have been around for a while and one of the issues we heard about in this morning's submissions was that the building regulations were not enforced and that is part of the problem. This relates not just to the Priory...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I am not sure what the committee could do. Decisions on excise are very much for the Minister for Finance. We do not like the idea of minimum pricing. If shops that sell food were not allowed to sell alcohol, how realistic would that be in regard to making an impact on alcohol consumption?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: As it is approaching 5.30 p.m., we will conclude. I thank Mr. Keegan, Mr. Dillon, Mr. McAuley, Mr. O'Connor and Mr. McCabe for their submissions and their participation in today's discussions. If they have detected a certain amount of fatigue from the members it is as a result of us having been here since 9.45 a.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I welcome Ms Orla Barry and Ms Caroline McGrath of Mental Health Reform; Dr. Matthew Sadlier and Ms Vanessa Hetherington of the Irish Medical Organisation; Ms Kathleen O'Meara of the Irish Cancer Society; and Mr. Chris Macey of the Irish Heart Foundation. Members have been circulated with the submissions received and a summary paper in advance of the meeting. Each group will make a brief...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I must interrupt you. I am keeping to the five-minute time slots.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: We are limited enough in the time we have left in this slot, due to the late start. I would like each party spokesperson to stick to seven minutes. I call first on Deputy Dooley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy's time is up. I now call on Deputy McDonald.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: As there are only three and half minutes in this slot, I will start with Mr. Macey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: It might be the Competition Authority we need to speak to on this matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I refer to the issue which Deputy Humphreys has raised this morning. Deputy Ó Ríordáin and I tabled an amendment to last year's Finance Bill on this issue. Deputy Timmy Dooley and Deputy Pearse Doherty also spoke on this during the debate on the Finance Bill. Ms Kathleen O'Meara subsequently met officials in the Department of Finance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: It would be helpful if Ms O'Meara could provide the committee with a briefing note on the current position for circulation to committee members.