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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Very good. We will move on to programme A - administration and collections of taxes, duties and frontier management. Are there any comments or questions on subhead A1 - pay administration? No. Are there any comments or questions on subhead A2 - non-pay administration? No. Are there any comments or questions on the key outputs, context and impact indicators under this programme?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I want to finish this section and Deputy McGrath wishes to speak. We are going around in circles.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy, we will not deal with conspiracy theories, just with facts.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In that explanation I ask if the Minister might clarify that the current international debate has no connection whatsoever with the 12.5% corporation tax rate in this country. Even if we had a corporation tax rate of 51% it would not have any connection with the current debate about international taxation measures.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy, we have a ten-minute schedule for this discussion. I will ask the Deputy to conclude. I note that the UK has Jersey, the Isle of Man and Guernsey so there are more tax havens in the United Kingdom than I can count.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: For the sake of propriety and good parliamentary practice, I ask members to desist from making random value judgments based on speculation. I will desist from using the term, "uninformed speculation". People in employment in this country are very concerned about the current debate and speculation is not positive. This committee has taken on the task of examining this issue. I ask that...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Is that because of a cyclical decline at this time of the year or does it reflect an actual decrease in comparison with last year?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The reason I am asking is that if the VAT intake is more or less in line with where the Minister thinks it should be, given that the budget is being brought forward to October, is there an expectation that the VAT return for the fourth quarter might be up as a consequence of consumer sentiment in the retail sector around the time of the budget?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy McGrath should take it that it is too early to say.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: We must conclude at this point as we are already a half an hour over schedule. In regard to Vote 9, subhead A2, administration - pay, are there are any comments or questions? No. Any questions or comments on the key outputs, context and impact indicators and appropriations-in-aid? No. Vote 10 relates to the Office of the Appeal Commissioners and is detailed on pages 38 to 40 in the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Message to Dáil (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2013: Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance; Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The next item concerns the Department of the Taoiseach Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and the Irish Financial Services Centre Clearing House Group. I welcome Mr. Martin Fraser, Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach, who is accompanied by Mr. John Shaw, Ms Pauline Kiernan and Ms Michelle McKiernan. Mr. Fraser will make some opening remarks which will be followed by a question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: That was only circulated to select committee members so I will ask the clerk to issue it to the full committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: We can deal with IFSC Clearing House Group issues at the same time if the Deputy so wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I concur with Deputy Fleming's comments on the committees. It was an error at the start of the Administration to configure the committees in the way chosen. Prior to chairing this committee I chaired the environment committee which, in its initial manifestation, had transport, arts, sport and tourism under its remit. It was dealing with three Ministers and six Ministers of State at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Are these 13 meetings of the group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy will be allowed back in again later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Excuse me for interrupting, Deputy Humphreys, but can I check something? If the Taoiseach's office is not providing secretariat support to these subgroups, does that mean the office is then blind to what is happening at those meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Who represents the Taoiseach's office at the meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Are they providing a written report on the proceedings to the Taoiseach's office?