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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: 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: I welcome the officials and thank the Taoiseach and his Department for taking on board some of my suggestions on the need for increased transparency in the IFSC Clearing House Group, especially publishing the minutes. That has added to the transparency. I also called for a number of other measures, including provision of documentation, list of attendees and presentations at sub-groups, as...

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: By and large, those 21 measures in the Finance Bill appear in the minutes of the Clearing House Group. The minutes are quite light. One does not get the meat of the discussion.

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 concern. Not every group would meet at such a high level of Government. When one goes through the minutes, one sees, by and large, that what is discussed works its way into the Finance Bill. That does not really happen anywhere else. That is why I have a concern. It seems there is a very high level access. This committee discussed the financial transaction tax at...

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 think we will stick with the 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: We have not had access to those 13 meetings and the cases made against the financial transaction tax. We have only seen the ESRI report. Mr. Fraser is asking me to accept in good faith what happened at those 13 meetings and that a very strong argument was made against it. The ESRI report does not make that strong a case. Is Mr. Fraser confirming those 13 meetings took place?

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: A question was asked by the Financial Times under freedom of information.

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 were 13 meetings relating to the financial transaction tax which took place in the Department.

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 were 13 meetings at a high level in Government in regard to that. Perhaps Mr. Fraser will clarify that is factually correct because it has been printed.

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 is not aware of them.

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.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of properties registered nationally, by each local authority area for the local property tax to date; the estimated number of liable properties in both; the aggregate amount of tax to be returned from those registered thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of properties registered in Dublin City Council for the local property tax to date; the estimated number of liable properties; the aggregate amount of tax to be returned from those registered thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax Assessments (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list in tabular form of all residential properties and address, operated or owned by the Office of Public Works which were liable for the local property tax; the valuation decided on for each property; and the amount of local property tax liable for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24523/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax Assessments (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the valuation the Office of Public Works decided on for Áras an Uachtaráin and any other associated residential properties for the purposes of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24524/13]