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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It was provided to the committee as well. I would like to know how the workings of the Clearing House Group contributed to the Minister's consideration of his policy position. The ESRI report weighed heavily on the 1984 Swedish movement to bring in a financial transactions tax. Does the Minister accept that the research done by the ESRI and PricewaterhouseCoopers was very flawed? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Things have moved on by quite a distance since then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister is going back to 1984. We are talking about a different type of tax. As it is a residency tax, it could actually lose revenue. Transactions could take place here but the tax could be paid in other countries. I do not think we are having that serious debate. I know the Chairman is about to cut me off, so I will ask my other question. This committee has asked for the position...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is very different. I pointed out the changes that have happened as times have moved on. I am sure the Minister is aware of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I asked the Minister whether he supports this committee's position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The last time I asked the Taoiseach, he spoke about streaming committee meetings so there would be transparency. I am making a much smaller request at this stage. I am calling for the position papers and the minutes to be made available to this committee so we can have transparency about what is happening. The Minister mentioned what was done in Sweden in 1984. That was done on the basis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Discussion with Minister for Finance (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Does the Minister support the position of this committee in principle?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health if the relocation and redevelopment of Dublin's Maternity Hospital is being considered in the context of the decision pending on the National Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health if he will be seeking sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital to the Elm Park development to enable co-location with St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48740/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Waste Management (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections that were carried out by National Standards Authority of Ireland or certified third parties on waste management companies that charge customers by weight in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number of verbal warnings or warning notices in the form of written instructions that were issued to such companies by the NSAI or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environment Fund (8 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the annual report for the Environment Fund be will published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49100/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Would he have a problem with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Thank you, Chairman. Mr. Moran has covered many of the broader issues and mentioned good governance and how the Department interacts. He also mentioned parliamentary questions which we find frustrating when they are partially answered. Sometimes it means we must submit further questions to get answers. Sometimes the Department of Finance is as much to blame as any other Department for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Does Mr. Moran accept that there is a danger as I have outlined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Just one final question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The Chairman allocated five minutes and I have only used four.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is a "Yes" or "No" question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance (7 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: There was reference earlier to the clearing house group. Mr. Moran said it was like no other grouping. He goes down to Limerick and so forth. I put it to him that the IFSC Clearing House Group is different, because there is constant ongoing engagement and access. We want to learn from our past mistakes with regard to the creation of golden circles and the like. I am not saying this is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: In the Dublin south east area that I represent, up to 50% of residents are apartment dwellers.