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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The point was well made in first part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the delegation wish to deal with the remaining questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. Hogan mentioned that one of the objectives is to stop the growth of certain towns. Earlier he mentioned County Meath, which is a concern for many people who live in County Meath. I imagine the objective was adopted because a few satellites towns located on the edge of Dublin have grown at a rapid rate. Logic dictates that one should curtail the growth of those towns, to a certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Would there be a directive to zone less land in the Ratoath area to prevent that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Deputy has two minutes left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Deputy Danny Healy-Rae want to come in with a question? I just wish to say that we are now entering the fifth hour of this meeting and we have work to do yet in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no need to respond to these comments as they are statements. It was stated by Deputy Ó Cuív that many people want to live in Meath. That is the truth. It is a fine county. However, there are a lot of people living in Meath who do not want to live there. That is because they cannot get housing in Dublin as it is too costly. We need to go up vertically in the very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: We will now consider COM (2017) 166, proposal for a Council decision establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union with regard to proposals for amendments to the appendices to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals with a view to the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The EU policy clerk has assisted us with this and it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (24 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Regarding correspondence item No. 292 and due to the fishing discussion we had on April 26, I wish to read something very briefly into the record. There have been a number of press releases and letters issued by fishing organisations since our discussions at this committee on 26 April 2017. One statement by the Killybegs fishermen's organisations quotes me correctly in places but misquotes...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Measures (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 377. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of her Department’s communications with the European Commission regarding proposed changes to sections of the Wildlife Acts described in the Heritage Bill 2016 [25363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include rail fares from Enfield, County Meath, in the commuter belt fare area (details supplied). [25357/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Consultations (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultations that have taken place with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the Heritage Bill 2016 and the road safety aspects of same. [25361/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The challenge for an opposition TD is to focus on the problems without doing us down. That is the difficulty because we obviously want to make sure that we have a positive message to send. The truth is that in so many areas and especially in the greater Dublin area we are currently at infrastructure capacity, whether it is housing, transport, hospitals, education etc. Two years ago we had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the exposure of the Irish economy and the financial element of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: When the Brexit process and discussion started, the pitch was made that the UK wanted to stay within the passporting facility. It seems that this has receded somewhat and it is likely that the UK will look for an equivalence agreement of some sort. What would that look like and how would it affect Brexit for Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontaím go huile is go hiomlán leis an bhfinné mar gheall ar infheistíocht. That is one of the areas of joint agreement between IBEC and Sinn Féin. Dr. Regan mentioned that one of the threats is that the UK would nearly become the Switzerland of the north-west Atlantic. If that is the case, strategically, it would be logical for the UK to seek to lock the EU and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: If I could just interrupt, particularly as these deliberations are going to be brought to an end very shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. The witnesses mentioned tax. I would be a very strong advocate for tax justice, which is really important. One of the major difficulties around the world is that push against tax justice. This State's reliance on corporation tax as part of our competitive advantage is a difficulty for us and leaves us overexposed in this space. We need to develop our other competitive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: To a certain extent, it would be an attack on some elements of our economic model. One of the things that struck me about Dr. Regan's evidence was that the Franco-German strategic alliance is seeking even further integration. Dr. Regan mentioned budgetary offices and so forth. There is a strong feeling throughout Europe that the EU is already over-reaching and that this has led to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: It is taken for granted that the same rules apply in all EU countries regarding the treatment of these potential firms, but rules have interpretation and interpretation leaves space. How do we manage consistency in interpretation across the rules everywhere given that some states have communicated differentials in treatment in the future?