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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Irish Red Cross Funding (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 634. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with the Irish Red Cross in terms of funding operations domestically. [2670/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Commissioner, Mr. Moscovici, to our committee. I will start by making a political point. As a former Member of Parliament and a former Minister, the Commissioner will take a reading from this meeting of the Irish Parliament's Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, and Taoiseach today. The mood thus far is one of a degree of scepticism about this proposal because too...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Okay, because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I have only made one or two points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Corporate Taxation and Investment and Growth Strategies: Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (24 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The Commissioner's answer was quite comprehensive, too.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00020/16 from Mr. Desmond Lafferty which is entitled, "Negotiating Norms". The petitioner has engaged on a number of occasions with the Ombudsman and former Ministers of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is not satisfied with the outcome of this engagement to date and in his new petition is requesting the following: that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The proposal is agreed by the members. In discussing the petition, it is clear there are pure market forces driving the cost of driving lessons. One has some sympathy for the plight of the individual driver in this instance because of the cost of the lessons. The committee has articulated a view but is limited in its scope. If the members wish to comment, they are welcome to do so.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: We have agreed a course of action in respect of the petition. The next petition for consideration is petition No. P00029/16 in the name of Mr Oisín Tuohey, entitled "Reduce Maximum Working Week to 40 hours". The petitioner seeks to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 to reduce the maximum average working week for many employees to 40 hours per week. It is currently at 48...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Members are unanimous in their view that there is a role for the committee. There was a legitimate expectation in our interaction with the working group of committee Chairmen that its role would be expanded, that it would not seek to duplicate the work of other committees but would work to complement it. If an issue of public policy arose at this committee, for instance, it was to liaise...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: The key point is that we are not trying to invade the pitches of others, so to speak, but we are trying to complement the work of other committees. We could play a very relevant role in that respect.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: With those wise words, the committee stands adjourned.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payments under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme for a person (details supplied). [3629/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason and status for a young person (details supplied) who has yet to receive a date for an ASD assessment despite HSE officials admitting that another assessment is needed for the person. [4163/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff-employed in early intervention in County Cork, the expertise and geographical location of each; and the number of private sector contractors required to fill HSE staff shortfalls [4364/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Commissioner. On 19 December our Department of Finance issued a statement setting out some clear and unambiguous views relating to the ruling or interpretation of the Commission. I will quote from the statement in the context of the various entities, including Apple Inc., Apple Sales International and Apple Operations Europe. I am trying to distil this for people who may not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: Okay. In the Commission's contention, where is the intellectual property generated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: How does the Commissioner respond to the view that Apple's intellectual property licences to the Irish branches of Apple Operations Europe and Apple Sales International are not consistent with Irish law? That is the view of our Department of Finance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: I would like to return to the issue of tax liability. The Commission has not been silent on the question of whether other member states or other countries have a call on the magical figure of €13 billion. What are the modalities the Commission is proposing for Ireland to set up a system for other countries to come calling for that €13 billion or a portion of it? I would like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: European Commissioner for Competition (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Sherlock: She is too good for Deputy Murphy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Sherlock: 252. To ask the Minister for Health when the group clinical director for women and child health will be appointed for the South-South West Hospitals Group, SSWHG; if that person will have a separate budget line from the Cork University Hospital for the provision of maternity and gynaecology services; if there will be a clear governance protocol relating to that appointment; and if that person...