Results 6,321-6,340 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Mr. O'Brien said the KPMG report points to an effective rate of 12.2%.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Can either witness reconcile the difference between those two figures?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Mr. O'Brien began by talking about the issue of residence and the management and control test. He said it would be open to us to add a second feature to residence - that any company incorporated here would be deemed to be resident here. What effect would this have?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Taft's point is that effective rate of tax is not so much the issue - as he sees it, the issue is that Ireland is a conduit for a global tax avoidance scheme where multinationals are concerned. I ask him to give his view as to how that is working and what the country can do to change that domestically. What role can we play in terms of any unilateral changes in order to have an impact?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: What is Mr. Taft advocating? Is it the union's position to advocate an increase in the headline rate?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Mr. O'Brien referred to the UK situation a number of times and its improving offering of corporation tax, with a decrease in the headline rate and the patent box initiative. In his view as a practitioner, has the UK become more competitive than Ireland with regard to corporation tax? Is this beginning to have an impact on investment decisions?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Mr. Taft said that people are marketing Ireland abroad as the place where companies can pay 2% tax. He referred to taxation, legal and perhaps accountancy firms who are involved in this marketing. Is there any evidence of this?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Please do. It is important for us to read it. There has been reputational damage to Ireland as a result of the House of Commons hearings and the US Senate hearings. Mr. O'Brien is of the view that the commentary has been unfair because it has been based on a false premise and that the 2% effective rate has been put out there. What can we do, apart from explaining our position to all the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Will Mr. O'Brien comment on the issues of transfer pricing, intellectual property and royalty payments, and Ireland being a link in the chain whereby profits are shifted to jurisdictions where there effectively is no corporation tax? Is there action that can be taken in this regard?

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (29 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: I am glad to have the opportunity on behalf of Fianna Fáil to speak to Second Stage of this Bill and to state at the outset that we welcome the broad thrust of this Bill and will be supporting its passage on Second Stage and will be considering appropriate amendments on Committee Stage. As the Minister of State knows, on a number of occasions, I have raised the issue of the lengthy...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: It has been a very difficult week for the Tánaiste and on behalf of Fianna Fáil I would like to extend best wishes to him and his family. Politics is a tough business. It has been a hard few days and we wish the Tánaiste well personally. I know he is not retiring from politics per se. The Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Brian Purcell, appeared...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: The truth is the truth, whether it is told to the Fennelly commission, the Oireachtas committee or the Members of this House and the people. The truth does not change. There is no impediment, legal or otherwise, preventing Mr. Purcell or the Taoiseach from coming before the parliamentary committee or this House and providing answers as to what exactly happened and what led to the forced...

Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: The Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013 passed Second Stage in January but we are still awaiting the commencement of Committee Stage. The Bill is designed to extend betting duty to online transactions, but the delay in enacting it is costing the State millions of euro. When will Committee Stage be taken and when will the Bill be passed? If the Tánaiste does not have an answer in that...

Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: Committee Stage has not yet commenced.

Order of Business (29 May 2014)

Michael McGrath: That is the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (4 Jun 2014)

Michael McGrath: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any investigations that have been undertaken into the collapse of Custom House Capital; if he is concerned at the failings of the regulatory system exposed in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (4 Jun 2014)

Michael McGrath: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff vacancies, by function, currently in the Central Bank of Ireland; the efforts that have been made to fill these posts; the reason they remain unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23934/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Jun 2014)

Michael McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the progress that has been made in securing a permanent site for a new school building (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (4 Jun 2014)

Michael McGrath: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the locations at which the Intreo integrated jobseeker service is currently available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23933/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: European Parliament Elections (4 Jun 2014)

Michael McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of European Parliament elections, if a presiding officer at a polling station has discretion to allow a person to vote even if there is an 'L' next to their name on the electoral register but they provide evidence, such as a passport, that they are an Irish citizen; and if he will make a statement on the...