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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: I welcome Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: When he is replying to Deputy Pearse Doherty and Deputy Boyd Barrett, can the Minister of State provide an example of who these funds typically represent and who they are?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State said they came into Ireland in 2013.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Is it possible for the Minister of State to get the detailed information for which members have asked?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Does the Minister of State accept the description of some of the funds as vulture funds?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: I am not forgetting anything. I am not forgetting what they have done to the country and those who live in it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: If that is what we are talking about, we need to know what we are talking about. If that is what we are voting on, we need to know what we are voting on.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Although the Minister of State wants to press the amendment, members require further information on exactly what is being discussed. That is my interpretation of what members are saying to the Minister of State. It may be better to withdraw the amendment for the moment and come back to it. If the Minister of State is referencing about vulture funds and we have had much discussion of how...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: I will allow Deputies Burton and Michael McGrath to come in on this issue before I call the Minister of State to reply.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: I will allow Deputy Paul Murphy to contribute before the Minister of State responds.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: I ask the Deputies to allow the Minister of State to respond. I will bring them back in again.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Can we go into private session?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Let us hear it now and the Deputy can decide after that. Is that agreed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: That is fine. However, there is an amendment before us. Unless the Minister of State is going to withdraw the amendment to allow us to examine the note, there is a problem. Perhaps we can go into private session, listen to the explanation from the officials, request the Minister of State or the officials to provide the note, if necessary, thereafter and request the Minister of State to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Let us hear the explanation in private. If it is required, the Deputy can press the Minister of State after our private briefing. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 22 to 25, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: PwC is probably listening to the Deputy right now, so I am sure-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: We are dealing with amendment No. 23, which concerns a different topic, so if Deputy Burton wants to provide-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State will come back to the Deputy with the information.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: The Minister of State said he does not know but will get the information for us.