Results 661-680 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: He is not present.
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: That was pointed out, too.
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: No other Senators have indicated a wish to contribute at this stage. I call Senator Nash to reply. He has five minutes.
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Convictions for Certain Sexual Offences (Apology and Exoneration) Bill 2016: Second Stage (1 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Deputy D'Arcy, we only have six minutes left and Senator Paddy Burke wants to come in as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I acknowledge that 11.30 a.m. was a deadline but if the Minister has time for a couple more questions, I myself have a couple. Reference was made in the meeting with the Commissioner about Irish authorities' perceived view that they were not receiving procedural fairness in their dealings with the Commission. Maybe the Minister could elaborate on that and on the process - how much...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is the Minister permitted to say if there was a figure in the Department or in the Government's view, if it was to be a negative response, of what it might have been?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Relatively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Everything is probably small relative to €13 billion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: There was a suggestion earlier that Governments over the years had issued these rulings. The Revenue issued these rulings. The Revenue Commissioners are independent of Government. Regardless of the political hue at the time, these were issued. I want the Minister to confirm such was the case and it was not Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael or Labour which was making these rulings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: But the individual rulings are-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: In terms of the reference to ASI and AOE, these were Irish registered but they were not resident for tax purposes. Do we have any indication as to where the board meetings were held for those companies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is it fair to say that the Commission said if it cannot be taxed in America it must be taxed in Ireland but the Minister's view is just because it is not taxed in America does not mean it should be taxed in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Finally, what has been the impact of this decision on Revenue's ability to provide tax rulings and certainty for business? Has there been any impact on potential business or business existing in the State, particularly from foreign multinationals? I asked the Commissioner about other cases and, as the Minister alluded to earlier, the Commissioner stated there were no other open files of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister. We extended our time by a few minutes and I thank the Minister for agreeing to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU State Aid Rules - Investigation into Preferential Tax Rulings: Minister for Finance and Office of the Revenue Commissioners (2 Feb 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I am sure we will have the Minister back in the committee at a relevant time.