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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We have resumed in public session. I call Senator Burke to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Senator O'Donnell has a very brief final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking and Financial Regulation: Discussion with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman (13 Apr 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Sugarman for coming before the committee today. I thank all of his supporters, as well as Mr. Eamonn Blaney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I ask Mr. Nick Ashmore to make his opening statement and then we can have cross-questioning of the two witnesses jointly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Ashmore and call on Deputy McGrath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I know Mr. McDowell is under a little bit of time pressure but I hope he is available for a couple of more questions. A number of the bank's projects tend to be cross-Border inter-country projects, such as motorways and bridges. In Ireland's case we are not able to tap into this potential in the same way as other countries because we are an island. Pre-Brexit or without Brexit we might have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: If such funding was allocated, was ever used to finance regional airports, Dublin airport or ports? Particularly in the context of Brexit, we need to strengthen our connections with the continent of Europe. With customs and various barriers, potentially using the land bridge to continental Europe that is the UK may be more difficult. I hope not. We may need better capacity to go directly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: In terms of the impact of Brexit, Mr. McDowell referenced that 90% of lending is to the EU and that 160 countries in total have received money from the EIB. Obviously the relationship the EIB may have in future with the United Kingdom as a country depends on how Brexit pans out. How does it work out that it is 90%? What is the barrier to lending more or not lending? Is it that EU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: By Europe does Mr. McDowell mean the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: As a shareholder is it entitled to any refund? Is there a mechanism in terms of money it has invested in the EIB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The factual legal position is it is accepted the UK is leaving but there is no mechanism for it to leave. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: On that interesting note I thank the witnesses for their attendance this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The committee is now resumed in public session. This is item 8, session B: scrutiny of EU legislative proposal COM(2017) 114 - Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics amending Regulation (EC) No. 184/2005 and repealing ten legal acts in the field of business statistics. I welcome the director general of the Central Statistics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Dalton for his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I do not mean to cut across but Mr. Dalton mentioned Revenue earlier. Do the companies give the data to Revenue or directly to the CSO? Is the large cases unit situated within Revenue or within the CSO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: What are the penalties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: They are not very significant punishments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I do not believe I have ever heard representatives of the CSO say they are extremely concerned - a very strong term - about the mandatory exchange of confidential identifiable enterprise-level data. The committee will need to meet in private session to discuss our approach to that. Other than the burden being released from the MNCs, from the Commission's perspective what is the great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Does the CSO believe it will do the opposite?