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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister is amending the definition in the Act of "proportion of carried interest derived from the relevant investment" by the substitution of "(including the State), or in the United Kingdom, of" for "(including in the State) of". Will he explain the import of that?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Is that reciprocated by the UK authorities for investments in this State? Why are we doing it?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Am I to understand that capital investment in the United Kingdom would accrue tax benefits here? Is that what the Minister of State is saying?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Would an Irish investor who wants to spend money in the United Kingdom get a tax benefit from that?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Minister of State confirm that this is in conformity with the withdrawal agreement negotiated last year?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: We had a very general debate on Second Stage. The Minister might remind us exactly of the intent behind section 12.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Regarding the amendment, because of the nature of the Second Stage debate-----

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: -----we had a general overview without much time to delve into the specifics of every single section. That is what we are about here. For clarity and to have it on the record, I ask the Minister of State to explain the import of the amendment to the Companies Act that is being proposed in section 12. The section states, "Part 17 of the Companies Act 2014 is to be amended by the insertion...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I have two questions. One, what is the relevance of this section to Brexit? Second, what will be the situation after it is passed?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: On insurance, section 46 amends the Act of 1997 by the insertion of "or to a person authorised to transact insurance business by the authority in the United Kingdom charged by law with the duty of supervising such persons" after "5 November 2002". Could the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Fleming, explain the import of that section?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: On this grouping of amendments, if the Long Title got any longer it would be a Bill in its own right. As to the amendment to include the United Kingdom in the current provisions of defamation, is that provision being reciprocated? Will European Union citizens have the same rights in the United Kingdom as the Government is conferring on the United Kingdom citizens here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on Future of Europe and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus gabhaim míle buíochas leis as ucht an mhéid atá ráite aige. I will divert slightly and say that much of the work of this committee has been focused on Brexit and the impact of Brexit in recent times. One of the areas I have been banging a drum about for two years is connectivity. As an aside, I welcomed the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on Future of Europe and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Household names all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on Future of Europe and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I am tempted to address a number of issues but I will not. On the PEACE funding, the Minister of State will know that up to now the INTERREG and PEACE funding has been overseen by the Special EU Programmes Body, SEUPB, jointly chaired by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the Republic and the Minister for Finance in Northern Ireland. It is a special EU body. How will it fair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on Future of Europe and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I know that in regard to the previous PEACE funding the official British Government line was not to ask for it. The official Government line was that it was not going to look for any expenditure item additional because it wanted reductions in the budget but it was agreed that I could make an application on behalf of Ireland to the Commission and they would not object to it. This happened...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on Future of Europe and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: The EU will be in favour of it but the British will not be part of the EU and, therefore, in no way part of that decision.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the conditions imposed on Irish citizens who previously held full Irish driver licences seeking to renew their licence on their return to Ireland; his views on whether it is acceptable to require such returning nationals with a clean licence record to undergo six essential driver training sessions and pay a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Iranian diplomat charged in Belgium with planning to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in France; if the matter has been discussed at European Council level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38063/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the checks that will apply to trucks transiting the UK post 1 January 2021; if France is availing of flexibilities in the regulations for the movement of products of animal origin; if all French ports will be designated BCPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38619/20]

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Like others, I welcome the opportunity to speak on matters of community safety and crime prevention. I must say, however, that I would prefer to be dealing with concrete proposals and legislation rather than making statements. We have spent six hours today speaking on general statements. This is a Legislature that is meant not only to identify problems but to put forward concrete...