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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ms McVeigh spoke earlier about the cost to customers and potential job losses arising out of the introduction of an FTT. Will she expand on that? Can she indicate, for instance, in a worst case scenario, where such a tax were imposed on us - I realise it would not actually happen that way - what level of job losses could we potentially see?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am sure Ms McVeigh understands that we are concerned here with trying to weigh up the rationale for the introduction of a financial transaction tax. We would like to be able to quantify the number of jobs that could potentially be at risk versus the potential gains. Every move one makes in any budgetary situation has pros and cons. It is a question of weighing them up and making a value...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is there a variance among the 11 member states in which an FTT is already in operation in terms of the types of institutions covered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am asking that question in reference to the 11 countries which have already introduced an FTT. Is there a variance between what is happening in France and Italy, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is it the intention to analyse that data when they become available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We are trying to obtain a sense of the validity or otherwise of imposing such a tax and the likely impact on different member states. If we were in possession of that data, perhaps we might arrive at a better judgment in respect of this matter. Will the Department and the Revenue Commissioners be analysing the data on a member state basis to obtain a comparison? If the answer is in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Transaction Tax: Discussion with Department of Finance (2 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It would be useful for the committee to revisit this evolving issue.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: You do not have one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: SOLAS: Discussion with Chairman Designate (9 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome Mr. Delaney to the meeting. SOLAS is charged under the recently enacted legislation with the responsibility of rolling out a national literacy strategy. I mention this because the committee has had a discussion about the dynamics of adult learning and adult literacy in Ireland. That was reinforced by the results published yesterday by the Programme for International Assessment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which I found interesting. My interest in compiling a report on this partly arose because the question of special needs assistants, SNAs, arises at budget time and is then forgotten about. We need to have a discussion about the role of SNAs beyond budgetary corrections. I hope in a few years time we will not be speaking about budgetary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: My question is for the Chairman. Are we going to seek more submissions from the public and from different groups and what dates are the meetings on those submissions? What period of time is being allowed for the acceptance of submissions from interested groups?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that will be filled by the recent competition for administrative officers in the Civil Service. [42806/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency Establishment (15 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current budget for the establishment of the child and family support agency 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43552/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (22 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason patients of sleep apnea cannot claim relief on electricity, in a similar way to patients on dialysis, for the use of their respirator which is a nightly requirement for those suffering from said illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44193/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for the presentation, and much of what I was going to say has already been ably put forward by colleagues on the committee. It is great to see such a uniformity of views around the issues at hand. I welcome the general scheme of the Bill and there is much to recommend it. Much of it is broadly welcome but it comes around to the same issues, and I may reiterate what...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise the topic with my colleagues and I thank the Minister for Justice and Equality for being here in person. I think the Minister will agree with all of us that this is an unbelievably appalling scenario that has played out in front of our eyes in the past number of days. In the short amount of time allotted to me, I wish to...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I understand that my time is short and my colleagues want to come in. My two points relate to the independent nature of the investigation but also the responsibility of journalistic and political representatives to whom I may refer afterwards who are at the heart of this racism that is at the heart of this problem.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not a member of the Roma community, but if I was, I would not trust anyone at the moment - the Garda, the HSE, any politician and certainly not a journalist, particularly as I would have been portrayed in recent months as some sort of subspecies, demanding of Irish society that the worst be thought of me. This is why it is so crucial that we get this investigation right. If we want the...