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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They will be glad to know that I do not agree with my colleague, Senator Kieran O'Donnell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It would not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is indeed. I share a lot of the witnesses' views on multinationals, taxation and the unfairness and injustice at work. All of this tax avoidance must be addressed. I acknowledge that some of it is being addressed through the base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, process. However, I also agree with the witnesses' observations on the tardiness of the approach of BEPS, the need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I understand what Mr. Lamassoure is saying. I am trying to get to the question of whether he accepts that we as a parliament, or any other parliament, would have the right to veto such a proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Do both of the witnesses believe in full tax harmonisation across the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Do the witnesses advocate full harmonisation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I think that is what people find difficult.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Ours is a small country, and as the witnesses are aware, our economic development has been blighted by colonisation, our ongoing partition, a denial of industrialisation and the lack of iron and coal. They can see the way our gas has been given away. This is one of the reasons we reserve the right to make our own decisions about tax policy. Large countries with an industrial base call for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Exactly. Has that changed now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is revealing in itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: This is very useful because it gives us great cause for concern. My colleague in the European Parliament, Matt Carthy MEP, has been very vocal on all of these issues. We have very genuine concerns about what people are attempting to do here. I do not know if Mr. Lamassoure has ever heard the expression "a pig in a poke" but we believe we are being sold this. He has not heard of it. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Senator Boyhan for mentioning the report on which Deputy Eoin Ó Broin was rapporteur. I commend that report to the House. There is very good stuff in it, which we will no doubt talk about in the coming weeks. On the issue of pensions, while I welcome the changes in pensions that were announced yesterday, the issue brings home the stark reality of the inequality in this...

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister for being here. We could do with five hours instead of five minutes to discuss all of the farming issues. I am glad that the Minister raised the issue of rare breeds. I sought a specific debate on rare breeds with him in attendance but for the moment I shall say the following. In terms of the funding of €50,000 that has been made available, the Minister knows...

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: One minute is not enough. An income of €3,000 annually is the reality and that is why farm incomes have decreased by 40%. The average amount of direct payment paid to these small farms was €5,500 as compared with an average payment of €15,500 paid to larger farms. In addition, 35% of small farms were deemed as vulnerable by Teagasc. I wish to make a few suggestions...

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: Fair enough.

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: On a point of order----

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----it is wrong that the Department can re-appeal the appeals office's decision.

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I raised the issue of the pensions anomaly in the farm assist scheme.

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I welcome the SIPTU representative to the Gallery and thank all the unions and others for their research and input into the Bill. First, I thank my colleague, Senator Paul Gavan, and Barry Kearney for their work on the Bill. I also acknowledge the work of Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh in bringing this Bill to Seanad and for all the research work he has done. Legislation of this type,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Tracker Mortgages: Allied Irish Banks (23 Jan 2018)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. Byrne for his presentation. Obviously, when the decisions were being made originally, the bank sought legal advice as to whether it could end the contracts and what its contractual obligations would be. It sought legal advice specifically.