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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: Maybe the witnesses can come back to us with the relevant figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: The Deputy is delaying his own meeting now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: There is a queue outside the door.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I thank Ms Boate and Mr. Donohoe for their attendance.

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I join the previous speaker in his view in public private partnerships and link it with the failure rate and cost of projects already delivered. I will focus on the SME sector. A considerable number of these public private partnerships exclude the SME sector in this country and as a result, the bigger players in the market are awarded contracts because smaller businesses cannot meet the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: We will begin our meeting. I propose that we go into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: We are now dealing with engagement on EU proposals for the taxation of the digital economy and other matters. I welcome Mr. Brian Hayes, MEP, and Mr. Matt Carthy, MEP. I advise that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: Mr. Hayes better mention Leo because he has mentioned most things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: When Mr. Carthy mentions "a safe pair of hands", is he referring to himself? Is he making an announcement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I have a few questions. First, the purpose of the meeting is the digital tax and the question of tax harmonisation. The committee will deal with that next week and then we will issue our report which I presume will be debated in the Dáil. We will bring forward the views of the committee in that. I oppose digital taxation or tax harmonisation. Each state has its own obligations and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I do not mind asking them for a greater amount of tax in this country. I would not have minded if the Government had gone to those big companies during the recession and asked them to give us a little more or had taxed them more, instead of ignoring it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I am talking about the issue of tax harmonisation across Europe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I put it to both witnesses again-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: I would say to both Mr. Hayes and Mr. Carthy that when legislation is proposed in this House and it smacks of anything to do with banking, regulation or whatever, it goes to the ECB for its views and it reports back to us. Here we have a banking scandal in, separately, Ulster Bank and, collectively, all of the other banks and the ECB tells us it is not within its remit and that it is within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: What would Mr. Carthy do with Mr. Jonathan Sugarman?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: What can be done to assist Mr. Jonathan Sugarman who seems to be the only one who told the truth? It can be said his life has been destroyed by the fact that the Central Bank of Ireland did not respond and does not seem to care about the fact that there was more than one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: To which one is Mr. Hayes referring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: That of Mr. Jonathan Sugarman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

John McGuinness: It has closed it down.