Results 861-880 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 6 is in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty. Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Liam Twomey: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, and his officials. The purpose of this meeting is to consider Committee Stage of the Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013. The Bill was referred to the select sub-committee by Dáil Éireann on 30 January 2014. Before I begin I remind Members that all mobile phones must be switched off to avoid interference with the broadcasting of the meeting.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Liam Twomey: Amendment No. 1 is in the name of the Minister. Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 16 to 22, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 are consequential on amendment No. 16 and amendments Nos. 20 to 20, inclusive, are consequential on amendment No. 19. Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, and 16 to 22, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Beef Industry: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (24 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: 391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding the spreading of organic fertiliser close to a water source; his plans to change the minimum exclusion zone from the bore holes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27237/14]
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is good. I thank Professor Stewart and Ms O'Brien for their contributions, which have been very good. I also thank members of the sub-committee for contributing. As proceedings went on for a little longer than expected, we will conclude on that point.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: I have a final question for both delegates. Let us say we decide to take a holier than thou attitude on all the issues around corporation tax and tax reliefs and become, as it were, the poster boy or altar boy in this regard. Would that not make Ireland incredibly unattractive for many multinationals and thereby impact greatly on inward investment? Would it turn some of our industrial...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: I have a few questions to satisfy my curiosity. I refer to the current debate on this subject in the United States. Why is there such a focus on Ireland when little or nothing has been said about decisions made in places such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda or Barbados? It is quite clear that significant profits attributed to Ireland and which are therefore reducing the effective tax rate...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Ms O'Brien's view is that much of this seems to be hot air from US politicians rather than dealing with the issue.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: One could make the same charge against some of the other G9 countries who are being investigated by the European Commission on how they deal with their patent boxes.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: By the European Commission.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Those cases relate to changes to their laws on the transfer pricing issue and significantly sooner than an investigation into what we are doing.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Is it the case that this is important for Ireland's competitiveness?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Deputy Doherty's time has concluded.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Professor Stewart can respond when we have heard from Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Deputy, No names.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Assessment of Measures Relating to Corporation Tax in Ireland: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Let me repeat again it is not to do with the public record, but with our own rules.
- Topical Issue Matters (12 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Timmy Dooley - the need for the Government to intervene to resolve the industrial dispute at Aer Lingus; (2) Deputies Seán Kyne and Paul J. Connaughton - the position regarding young farmers who have missed out on...
- Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Report Stage (12 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: Amendments Nos. 40 and 41 are logical alternatives and will be discussed together.
- Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Report Stage (12 Jun 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is correct.