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Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: That will be very useful. Mr. Cody has already answered my next question to some extent. Will he indicate, however, whether there is a case in favour of the EU putting in place huge trade embargos in respect of tax havens such as Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man and so forth? In regard to some of the tax havens, whether Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or the Isle of Man, is...

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Would it be helpful if there was a financial transaction tax on the flow of money from one jurisdiction to another?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: In regard to corporate bodies, are we losing out because of some of their practices in terms of tax evasion or avoidance?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I appreciate that it is a question that Mr. Cody may not be able to answer, but there appears to be considerable concern about this issue globally. It is not just an Irish question.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: If one goes back to the time of Christ, Zacchaeus and other tax collectors were hated, but we need to revise our opinion of tax collectors. They are doing vital work for this State.

Order of Business (11 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: He would be gone.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: He would be gone.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: The Deputy's party has agreed to that because it is under pressure.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: 314. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for reforming the direct provision centre system; her views on concerns about child protection in such centres; the action she is taking regarding the matter; the action she has taken to ensure that prostitution and other criminal activities are not being carried out in such centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent spate of burglaries in the Dublin Mid-West constituency. [10166/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if he has followed through, on his recent commitment to increase funding, for orthopaedic treatments in hospitals; when this funding is to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (10 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: 460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress towards raising Ireland's overseas aid to 0.7% of national income. [10401/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I apologise that I was not here for the opening addresses. I had to be elsewhere. A couple of years ago, I sent a circular letter to all the businesses in my constituency and one of the responses I got was from people the witnesses are trying to defend at the moment. I made an intervention at the time and spoke to the then Minister of State responsible, who was Brian Hayes. My timing was...

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: He has now gone on to what are, if not higher things, different things.

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I ended up being frustrated as I recognised the problem. As a former principal, I could understand the benefit for a school of dealing with one supplier for the maximum requirements of the school. I do not want to quiz the witnesses on the truth of what they are arguing, but I ask the Chairman and the Comptroller and Auditor General whether we can bring in the relevant Minister and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I knew representatives of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform were coming at noon. I would really like to see some progress on this. In a sense, two arms of Government are contradicting each other. On the one hand, Government is saying get jobs going, help business start-ups, protect small rural towns and villages, but on the other it is asking to save as much as possible. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I do not mean there is a contradiction, but they are operating in contradictory ways.

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is there a role for the Department of Education and Skills in this? One of the witnesses mentioned circulars. From my time as a principal, I note that circulars dictated what one did. If a circular came from the Department of Education and Skills stating that one had to do things in a particular way, that was what one had to follow. Is there a role for the Department to issue a circular...

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Robert Dowds: I will speak to the Minister for Education and Skills in that regard.