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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister update the House on his Department's response to the European Commission's investigation into the questions of state aid surrounding Apple?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: What is the likely timeline of the investigation into Apple? Given the fact that there is about to be a changeover in the Commission, will the investigation continue afterwards? The Minister was correct to state that it was only into one company, but he knows that an adverse finding in this case would have implications for all of our multinationals and, most importantly, our ability to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions being taken by the State-supported banks and other banks licensed in the State to deal with the level of small and medium enterprise arrears; his views that the delay in dealing with SME arrears is hurting the wider economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28666/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The question seeks a discussion with the Minister on the level of SME arrears on loans and what plans the Government has to deal with the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. The Central Bank also published a report about SME debt recently which showed that 26% of SME loans by number and 41% by value were in arrears. This is in spite of the figures the Minister has just quoted to the effect that 90% of Bank of Ireland and 65% of AIB distressed SME loans have been resolved. The issue for the Central Bank is still hugely significant, in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the manner in which he believes a state enterprise bank can help boost employment in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23791/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he envisages for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the reason it will not have a banking licence; his views that this will inhibit its ability to provide credit in the marketplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28545/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2015 (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish financial projections in advance of budget 2015 outlining the expected deficit next year under a range of different adjustment levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28544/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding agri-environment option scheme and single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [28864/14]

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister and his officials for their assistance on the Bill right through Committee Stage and Report Stage. I also thank the various groups that engaged with us. During the course of the Bill we pointed out some important issues that need to be addressed. Perhaps they are outside the remit of the Department but I hope the other Departments will note them. I do not know whether...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: We will wait until tomorrow to wish the Minister well in the workplace relations issues that arise next week.

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I will withdraw it, pending the regulations.

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 56: In page 84, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(c) specify Retention of Title for goods delivered until such time full payment is received,".

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 54:In page 84, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:"(a) specify that payments for grocery goods supplied to relevant grocery goods undertakings to be made within 30 days,".It is current market practice that payment terms are being extended to 90 or even 120 days. Many small producers and suppliers cannot afford to sustain this practice, but there is no...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the indication that this matter will be provided for in the regulations. It is frustrating, however, that so much depends on those regulations, which we will not see before the legislation is passed. The Minister is saying that regulations cannot be brought forward in advance, but we can safely assume, based on the Government's majority, that what we are looking at here will, in...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 52:In page 84, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(2) Subject to a grocery goods undertaking choosing to enter into a contract, relevant grocery goods undertakings shall have a contract with a grocery goods undertaking for the sale or supply of grocery goods.”.The legislation as framed is very vague on the need to have a contract between a...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am happy to withdraw the amendment if the Minister can give me a guarantee that there will be strong provisions within the regulations on contracts, what they should contain and their enforcement. When is it planned to publish the regulations?

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has left out the phrase "having regard to subsection (1)", and that subsection outlines a range of conditions, including "the desirability of the promotion of competitive trade" and "the interests of consumers". There is a range of conditions and this does not give carte blancheto a Minister or supplier. The notion that Kellogg's or similar companies could set the price of Rice...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The groceries order.

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Where do we start? I noted the Minister's comments about predatory pricing and retention of title, which he read from the memorandum, but when it came to protecting the big beast he was quite passionate about it. I do not know if the Minister really understands what is happening with small producers. On "Planet Richard" all is lovely and everybody gets on well together. It is all fine,...