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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Contractual Arrangements for Public Sector Infrastructural Projects: Discussion (5 Jul 2018)
Paddy Burke: There is a vote in the Seanad.
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Paddy Burke: On section 49, can I ask the Minister of State what is the objection to members of local authorities being members of the board? In most cases where legislation is being brought forward which puts boards in place, we see Members of the Oireachtas being automatically disqualified.In most cases, as we know, so are members of local authorities. There is great experience in local authorities....
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Paddy Burke: Next Tuesday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Sale of Promissory Note Bonds: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: I welcome everybody. The then Minister for Finance, the late Brian Lenihan, said on numerous occasions that it was a liquidity problem. He did not think that up himself. He was going on advice from the Department of Finance. How complicit were the Central Bank and the Department of Finance in the negotiations that went on behind the scenes to give that advice to Brian Lenihan, who wrote...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: I welcome Mr. Kavanagh and Mr. Butler. I assume we are talking about commercial ventures that were entered into between the EBS and the agents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: I assume the agreements were negotiated at various stages over different periods.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: Did Mr. Kavanagh's group have an input into the changing of the agreement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: The chief executive of the EBS dictated to the agents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: When were the aggressive sales brought in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: Have the agents set out how much they might be entitled to or what they have missed out on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: Each case is individual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: Okay. All right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EBS Tied Agents: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: I agree with the Chairman that the EBS should send further documentation to the committee and we will take it from there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: I welcome Deputy MacSharry. This is a very good discussion document and I compliment him on bringing it forward. I am not so sure why he threw in the knowledge box because I believe only a handful of companies have availed of this and only €5 million or €6 million have been paid in corporation tax, so it would not make much of a dent in the €1 billion that this is going...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: This is a very good discussion document but I would not be competent to make too many remarks on it because social welfare and taxation are two very big areas and there are many schemes. I am delighted the Deputy has brought forward a paper for discussion that brings all those together. I would welcome the amalgamation of more of these schemes. When one looks at schemes and brings them...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: What the Deputy is saying is that with the €1 billion potential cost, and if there was a commitment given of €100 million or €200 million in year one or year two, he would change the whole system over a period of time. Is that what the Deputy is really saying?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Discussion Paper on Taxation: Deputy Marc MacSharry (28 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: I wish the Deputy well with this and believe it is a very good document for discussion. Where the Deputy goes from here, I do not know.
- Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)
Paddy Burke: When one Department has information to share with another, can all Departments hold the information or does it go back to a register and will they have to apply again to obtain the information from the Department that supplied it originally?