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Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: If the Minister might assist me, to what section of the Bill does this apply?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: I will come to that matter shortly. To remind the House, the recommendation calls for the making of a submission to Dáil Éireann within 30 days of the passing of the Bill; the same technical objection applies, although, to be fair, the Minister was not making too much of this in regard to the earlier recommendation. Nonetheless, given that there will be no Dáil in place in 30 days time,...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The Minister did not say that when I asked him to address the matter.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The purpose of my asking the Minister to address the recommendation was to see what his attitude towards it was. I note the amendment to the Bill he introduced in the Dáil which we can perhaps consider in due course. The recommendation is somewhat narrower, as the Minister will acknowledge.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: It has to do with the submission of details of bonuses paid. There has been a problem in that regard and the Minister has expressed his own frustration.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Very good. His frustration is shared by the public, given the apparent inability, even of the Minister, to obtain details. However, we must accept what he tells us, as always. In regard to Bank of Ireland, for example, details of bonuses paid may have been withheld from him or at least not made available to him, as they should have been, in a timely manner. It is a little like our earlier...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: I will consider the matter between now and Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Why?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The Dáil is sitting this evening.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: The Minister can go ahead and do it; he is still a Minister.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: He can leave it at reception.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: He can leave it at the reception and we can pick it up when we come in.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: That is a pathetic objection.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: It is a pathetic objection.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Amend it then.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Through the Chair.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Through the Chair.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: There is the Chair, up there.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: Of course, within three months.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (29 Jan 2011)

Alex White: I move recommendation No. 1: In page 7, before section 1, to insert the following new section: "PART 1 COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF TAX EXPENDITURES 1. -The Minister shall within one month from the passing of this Act prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on a cost-benefit analysis of tax expenditures provided for by this Act, setting out the costs of tax foregone, and the benefits in...