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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 826. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork referred to Cork University Hospital for orthopaedic treatment will be given an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We will proceed with No. 6 on the agenda, the interaction of Ireland's corporate income tax system with the rules and regimes in operation in other countries. I welcome Mr. Brian Keegan, director of taxation at Chartered Accountants Ireland, and Mr. Sorley McCaughey, head of policy and advocacy at Irish Christian Aid. The format of the meeting - the purpose of which is to discuss Ireland's...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: As a ten minute time limit was set for the opening addresses, I must ask Mr. McCaughey to wrap up. We can deal with some of the other matters during the question and answer session. If he is close to concluding, I will allow him to do so.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: To summarise where we are at and the purpose of this discussion, it is not purposeful for committee members to give their own opinions. The witnesses are before the sub-committee and we would like to hear their expert opinions on this matter. In laying out the reason we are doing this, I would use the analogy of football. We could talk to Manchester United or Chelsea about the offside...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: On the basis of what criteria do you make that statement?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: The delegates should feel free to contradict one another. That is the purpose in having them before the committee. Would Mr. McCaughey classify Ireland as a tax haven?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: That brings me to my next question. There is a lot of discussion at the G20, at OECD level and Europe-wide. I will revert to discussions in the United Kingdom and the Senate on the matter because one could argue that they are coming from a single or nationalistic perspective and that their commentary does not have a global context. We will deal with that matter later. In terms of the G20...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Is that taxation they pay as employees?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: When we wrap up, I will allow time to the delegates to make closing remarks rather than just end with responses from the last speaker. I will move on to remarks made in the House of Commons and the US Senate debates. I would like to hear the views and interpretations of the delegates. Mr. McCaughey and Mr. Keegan have referred to the fact that reputational damage can be due to perception...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: In Mr. McCaughey's view, there was a national self-interest there.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Who wishes to respond first?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: The Irish Government?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Before I bring in Deputy Boyd Barrett, I will round off something that was said. Believe it or not, I lived in Bermuda a long time ago, by the way, not as an accountant. I remember all the brass plates and noted that many of the accountants out there were Irish. Many senior staff in our own banking system have been trained out there. The issue, to which both Mr. Keegan and Mr. McCaughey...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: That is separate from a dividend. That is merely the share value.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: That is true.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We will not get into naming individuals, as stipulated in Standing Orders. The delegates may speak in a general context.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I thought Mr. McCaughey was going to name an individual CEO.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: It has to be segregated from tax evasion.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: Discussion (27 May 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Is that a question?