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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: In his answers to Deputy Doherty, Professor Farrell spoke about the role the Oireachtas might have played in the lead-up to the crisis and whether it played a contributory role. He mentioned it took its eye off the ball. Was it not more than this? A bad budgetary decision is ultimately made by Parliament. Is this not where ultimate responsibility then rests for decisions taken by government?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Will Professor Farrell weight this blame? Are they equally responsible or is one more responsible than the other?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: When it comes to issues such as budgetary decisions, is it possible to distinguish between the Government and the Dáil?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Professor Farrell believes it is possible to distinguish between the two and he can see a clear line.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: When it comes to the budgetary process, Professor Farrell examined other jurisdictions. Does he believe the process here is unusual in that the decision is taken by the Government, and once it is taken it is debated by the Parliament? Is this sequence of events unusual vis-à-visother parliaments?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Has Professor Farrell seen any significant changes to our budgetary process since the pre-crisis and crisis period?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: We know from the pre-crisis period that there was extraordinary access on the part of the banks to senior political figures. When we look at that context, does access necessarily mean influence in policy decision making? If we think it does, are we talking about limiting access or just monitoring it?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Would good design mean limiting access or just monitoring it more effectively?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: In respect of the lobbying Bill, does Professor Hardiman think it is important that where an informal contact is made, there is a requirement that this be noted and published? It is coming back to this idea of a small society and people bumping into people, people knowing each other, meeting someone at the golf course and something getting raised in that context.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: In respect of the idea of creating an environment for competition among ideas, is the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, which Professor Hardiman mentioned previously, an example of how one creates that environment or could it be seen as an example of creating another agency or voice that may or may not be listened to?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: Coming back to the idea of institutional design and looking back to the pre-crisis years, does Professor Hardiman think that the Oireachtas was designed in a way that meant it could effectively oversee Government action or did it merely come down to the way it was used?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: At point 4 of the professor's letter of 12 February, the Official Report of 15 January, he notes that he has not attempted to correct inaccuracies or clarify ambiguities in the Official Report of what was certainly a very complex and fast-moving conversation. What inaccuracies is he talking about?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: So is the professor happy now that he has clarified everything that he wanted to clarify from the Official Report of 15 January?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the standard rate of tax was decreased to 19% and the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person, and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes. [10968/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the standard rate of tax was decreased to 18% and the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples with one income and married couples with two incomes. [10969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer,in terms of revenue foregone if pay-as-you-earn workers, and self-employed persons were treated equally for tax purposes on incomes up to €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000, all for a single person. [10970/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if pay-as-you-earn workers and self-employed persons were treated equally for tax purposes up to an income of €34,800, for a single person. [10971/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if 80,000 fewer persons were paying universal social charge at the lower rates. [10972/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if the top rate of universal social charge for self-employed persons was abolished. [10973/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Mar 2015)

Eoghan Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in terms of revenue foregone if changes were introduced, that is, the standard rate of tax was decreased to 19% and the higher rate of tax was decreased to 39%; the entry point to the higher rate was increased by €1,000 to €34,800 for a single person and by a similar amount for one-parent families, married couples...