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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: Deputy Boyd Barrett is excluding the €30 billion they can write off.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: We can go through that.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: They do not use tax data. They do not use the Revenue's official figures. They only use economic modelling.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I can tell the Deputy it is increasing. It is 40-something per cent and rising.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: Yes indeed, that of the Deputy beside Deputy Doherty.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: That is a comforting thought anyway.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: We have been back and forward on this issue for some time. The Deputy is committed to his figures and we are committed to ours. The fundamental difference is that he is not having regard to the various allowances, losses and royalties companies face in the transaction of their business. I would question whether a separate independent investigation by our authorities, over and above what is...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I thank Deputy Doherty for tabling amendment No. 68. I have a long note but I will put it on the record because it is useful given the various views about effective tax rates based on the latest report to issue. The issue of effective tax rates has been the subject of a number of parliamentary questions and discussions at this committee over the past 12 months. It is important to note...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 66: In page 60, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“Attribution of relevant profits for additional credit 39. (1) Schedule 24 to the Principal Act is amended in paragraph 9I—(a) in subparagraph (1), in the definition of “tax”, by deleting “, for the purposes of the definition of ‘excluded dividend’ in this...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The management of localised flooding issues in any particular area is a matter in the first instance for the relevant local authority concerned. It is open to Kildare County Council to submit an application under the OPW's Minor Works & Coastal Protection Scheme. Any application received will be assessed under the eligibility criteria, which includes a requirement that any measures...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 299 together. The OPW received a proposal for use of this Garda Station from the Casteltownshend Community Association. The OPW will only issue licences to legal entities and the community group did not have the required legal status. Property Management advised the Association of the licensing conditions.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The engineering consultant's draft report regarding potential options to address the flood problem in Crossmolina is expected to be completed in December. The draft report will be assessed by the Office of Public Works and it is hoped that the report and the associated cost benefit analysis can be finalised in early 2014. If the report identifies mitigation measures that are economically...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: Drumlane Church and Round Tower, Co. Cavan is a National Monument in the care of the OPW National Monuments Service. Following recent inspections, it is apparent that there are concerns regarding the stability of the east gable wall of the Church and that certain works may be needed to address the issue. Planning of the survey process necessary to determine what works are required has...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Government is undertaking a significant reform programme in the public procurement sector. Part of this will involve a move towards centralisation of data collection in the area of procurement activity. Currently, public service procurement activity is transacted by several hundred contracting authorities throughout the State. Data relating to these individual contracts are not...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy has rightly raised the significant issue of the concern of many businesses about whether they will be shut out of the new procedure. It is crucially important that people know that the procedure we are following is the best international procedure through which they can win a greater percentage of the pie. It will inevitably mean that businesses will have to come together and...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I have no difficulty meeting the individual. I meet hundreds of people engaged in this area and our office is open to that. Deputy Naughten is correct, but the bottom line is that 70% of SMEs are not even registered on the eTenders website. How the hell they are going to know about this unless they are on the portal that explains the work that is coming up? This is a fundamental...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: On the first issue, the Deputy rightly pointed out the role of the OPW in EU Presidency. The total amount spent by the State was one third less than was the case during the previous Presidency, some seven years ago. This is an example of the co-ordination and shared service role of the OPW. The only subhead concerned capital projects. Six years ago, the total amount of money for OPW...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: That is a very good suggestion. There needs to be a whole-of-government approach because there will be hundreds of events all over the country between now and 2016. Obviously, there will be a focus on sites such as Kilmainham Gaol because of the significance of the events that occurred there and the considerable number of visitors who will be going there. It is the third most visited...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has been charged with co-ordinating the Government's approach to commemorating the many notable historic events within the decade of centenaries from 2012 to 2022. The general Government approach is one that seeks to promote tolerance, respect and inclusiveness and that recognises the all-island and east-west shared past nature of the decade....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (21 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The core strategy for addressing flood risk in the Shannon Basin is the River Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Assessment & Management Study. The CFRAM Study is being conducted by Jacobs Engineering on behalf of the Office of Public Works and I am advised that good progress is being made on the project. The output of this important project will be an integrated plan of specific measures...