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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Dr. Stewart, who has given us some very useful information. Is it a widely used practice of Russia to invest in shell or investment companies off shore? In what countries, is Russia known to invest most regularly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Have we the expertise in this country to track down possible offshore Russian investors in the shape of holding companies or perhaps financial funds that may well operate within the country? I am aware that there are several such funds operating legally in this country but what about those that are operating illegally? Is that an area that we need to look at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Would it be possible at European level to unveil the secrecy surrounding the whole Russian offshore investment in various countries or should this responsibility go to the IMF?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Assuming that the EU could take action, how long does Dr. Stewart believe that it would take the EU to put a structure in place to combat the activity of Russian offshore funds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Would it be possible to presume that they were Russian assets until proven otherwise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Dr. Stewart very much and I also thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I have one more question. Given the large number of companies operating under section 110 in this country and the possibility of multiple beneficial ownerships of those companies, is there a danger that they could become a threat to the financial stability of the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Use of Section 110 by Russian Firms: Dr. Jim Stewart (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Dr. Stewart.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank Ms Fantini for her presentation and the delegation is very welcome. How did use of the two titles and descriptions come about? Was it a result of European law, European generated law, the professionals or between the new and old professions here? I refer to the podiatrist as opposed to the chiropodist. Who asked to be moved up the line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: There is an obvious need to remove any confusion that might arise. However, it would be helpful if the committee knew who requested, organised and progressed this initially so that we now have two professional descriptions? We note that the older professional, which is the chiropodist, may or may not have the same qualifications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is it possible that some chiropodists may be told at a later stage that they no longer fit the description and, therefore, no longer have the necessary qualification and are no longer employable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Is there a disadvantage to using either title?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Are there any hidden obstacles that we might not know about at this stage in respect of registration? The first obstacle that is likely to arise is registration. Presumably, qualification is the first issue and whether the professional qualification has been achieved. I saw in some other areas that this did not work as smoothly as was intended. I am not referring to CORU's area. From...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Chiropody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: The witnesses have not been alerted to the existence of anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: In other words, in a transitionary period such as this normally one would be alerted by one or other organisation as to the difficulties it might present. There will be no such instance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of Title: Chiropodist) Regulations 2022 (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank our guests for the information they have published and made available to us. It is very important from the point of view of making that information available to the general public. I have a couple of brief questions. I know the witnesses have given this information already but, for comparison purposes, on a side-by-side basis, what is the total number of people currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: There are 20,000 sufferers receiving treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Elimination of Hepatitis C: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Fairly readily.