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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: That is fair enough. Perhaps Mr. Fraser will clarify it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Mr. Fraser should be able to see the concern about the imbalance of information that is being presented, especially to a finance committee. However, I know that I am under time constraints so I will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank Deputy Higgins for obtaining that information, which I could not get. Are the current subgroups dealing with asset management, banking, treasury funds, insurance and pension funds? Are those subgroups still in existence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: If one looks at the minutes for the meeting in January 2012-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I want to bring Mr. Fraser back to the Clearing House Group meeting on 17 January, which is the last meeting for which there are published minutes. In the context of my original concerns about minutes, documentation and presentations and taking on board the remarks of people like Mr. Michael Somers and Mr. John Bruton concerning heavy financial regulations and their effect, I ask Mr. Fraser...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Mr. Fraser actually chaired that meeting - not the subgroup but the main meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I did not mean to say that Mr. Fraser chaired the subgroup-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Yes, but a subgroup of the industry made a presentation to the Central Bank. The subgroup is part of the Clearing House Group. That is what I am saying. That is why we need to see the detail of the presentations and the documentation. If we are to have some form of oversight, we need to see what the subgroup is submitting to the Central Bank. It is a subgroup of the IFSC Clearing House Group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Yes, but if it is a subgroup then why ---

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: There is a misunderstanding of the Chairman's point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I will return to the agenda. I concur with Deputy Liam Twomey that Ireland is not a tax haven as we have clear laws and regulations in place. As Members of the Oireachtas, our role is to challenge at every opportunity and ensure rigour and transparency are applied. That is what the joint committee is doing today. There is a certain perception about the way in which the Irish Financial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Strategy Statement 2011-2014 and IFSC Clearing House Group: Discussion with Department of the Taoiseach (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: That is the normal way such matters are dealt with. I have chaired many meetings of subgroups and they submit their minutes to the committee proper.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I wish to share time with Deputies Seán Kyne and Eoghan Murphy. I thank the previous contributor. I wonder how far we would have got without that poster "Kangaroo Court - No Thanks". There has been a delay in carrying out a proper inquiry. The result of the referendum was unfortunate and if it had been otherwise, we would be much further down the road. I do not think the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been provided with information from an Garda Síochána on current members of the Oireachtas, both TDs and Senators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been provided with information from an Garda Síochána on current members of the Oireachtas; the law or regulation under which he is entitled to such information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24820/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: From the beginning of this I have been very clear about my concerns about civil liberties and the possibility that gardaí were collecting information about politicians and high profile individuals and passing it on to the Minister for Justice of the day and the Cabinet. I have said very clearly that the Minister was wrong in the way he used that information on "Prime Time" about Deputy...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I will conclude. I will vote confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality and I thank him for the amount of work and reforming legislation he has put through this House in the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (28 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new primary care centre for the Baggot St, Dublin 4 area which is promised in the 2013 Dublin Mid-Leinster Service Plan published by the Health Service Executive; if he will indicate if Baggot Street Hospital or a commercial office situated on Haddington Road, Dublin 4 is the intended location for this new health centre;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (29 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a recent cost benefit analysis of the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Retirements (29 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants in his Department that have left to go to work in the financial services sector here during the past year; of those, the number that would have had interactions with the IFSC Clearing House Group and associated sub-groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26078/13]