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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I am sorry that I was not present to hear Mr. Coffey's opening statement. The benefit of being the last contributor is that most of my questions have been asked and answered already but I seek clarification on a number of issues. While we must bear in mind that our GDP figures can be exaggerated slightly because of the multinationals operating here, we can still see a strong recovery...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: May I ask a question?

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We have received apologies from Deputies Sean Fleming and John McGuinness, who are chairing other committees that are meeting at present. Apologies have also been received from Deputy Seán Crowe, who is abroad on committee business, and Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. I welcome Senator Gerry Horkan, who is attending as a substitute for the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Taoiseach. To clarify, I did not use all of the time allocated for my opening statement because I thought the Taoiseach might go over time slightly, so we are still on time. I thank him for his opening statement. I remind Chairs that 14 minutes have been allocated to each group of three in the d'Hondt sequence. If a Chair is not present, I will move to the next Chair in the...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Taoiseach and thank members for sticking to their time. It is easy to ask a question in a minute and much harder to answer in four minutes. We will move on to our next grouping: Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin, Joint Committee on Education and Skills: Deputy Pat Deering, Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine; and Deputy Peadar Tóibín, Joint Committee on Culture,...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: The next three speakers are Deputy Mary Butler, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation; Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport; and Deputy John Curran, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: The next group is the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton; the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, Deputy Brendan Smith; and the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Alan Farrell.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We will move on to our next grouping. The Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands is Deputy Catherine Connolly, the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development is Deputy Joe Carey and the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality is Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I call Deputy Connolly.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We are moving on to the final group, namely, Senator Michael McDowell, Chairman of the Select Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann, Senator Neale Richmond, Chairman of the Seanad Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and Senator Joan Freeman, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call Senator Richmond.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call Senator Freeman.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call the Taoiseach.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call Senator Richmond.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: On behalf of all the committee Chairs, I thank the Taoiseach for taking the time to attend this morning's meeting and for answering a vast range of questions on a wide range of public policies in such a detailed manner. I thank all the committee Chairs for their assistance in putting today's meeting together and for their co-operation in the structure of the meeting. I thank Elaine and...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: In the interests of practicality-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: This has been reduced to-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: If Deputy Healy-Rae would like to have a bit of respect-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. No apologies have been received so I propose that we go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We are back in public session. At the request of the broadcasting and recording service, members, witnesses and visitors are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off completely or placed in aeroplane, safe or flight mode for the duration of the meeting. It is not enough to put one's phone on silent mode because this will maintain a level of interference with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank the councillor.