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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: What legal challenges are under way?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Individual cases.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: What does Mr. Kavanagh believe needs to be done to resolve the matter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I note some of the agents are in the Public Gallery. How many agents are affected?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: There are 15 agents across the country who have given fair service to the EBS and have taken up their issues with the ESB and, presumably, of late with the AIB and the Central Bank and they are being ignored in the hope that they will go away.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: That is astonishing. If Mr. Kavanagh has documentation relevant to the efforts he has made to meet the banks, which met with no reply, he should forward it to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: For example, the response from the Central Bank would be helpful to us. I encourage Mr. Kavanagh to do this as soon as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: As it is the intention of the committee to examine the matter and to pursue it further with the banks, it would help us to fully understand the background to the issue if Mr. Kavanagh made that information available to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I call Senator Conway-Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: We should not get into that now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I would not do that to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I suggest that Mr. Kavanagh takes a general view on this and does not mention names.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: During the exchanges Mr. Kavanagh had with members, he referred to the terms and conditions, an incentive scheme and that his position was terminated. Perhaps Mr. Kavanagh will give the committee a note, without accusations, with some further information. Will Mr. Kavanagh let us know, as he was doing with Senator O'Donnell, exactly how the general body of people who were tied agents were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I welcome Deputy MacSharry to the meeting. We will go directly to him for his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: The Senator's phone is interfering.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: We do not like gnashing our teeth here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: I call Senator O'Donnell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: Are there any other questions? Does Deputy MacSharry wish to add anything further to this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: The principle of producing a document like this for discussion, without a political tag on it, is one that I would subscribe to. Each one of us, regardless of our politics, must prompt each other to think beyond the box, and not to be controlled either by parties or by bureaucracy in the delivery of that personal message, policy or point of view. Members from other parties are here this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
John McGuinness: We could highlight that. I propose we send the transcripts as well so that they clearly understand where the Deputy is coming from. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the members for their attendance.