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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the Minister still think that? There was heavy criticism of Fianna Fáil when it was in power because it narrowed the tax take and the ability to take taxes, but also spent billions of euro and built that into the spend of the State, on the basis of funds that did not show a consistent trend over the years. For example, much of the spend was based on stamp duty from the property...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister mentioned the recovery is broadly based and there is no doubt but that the recovery has seeped into more sectors. However, it seems we still have a huge imbalance in the economy. For example, some 90% of our exports are through the FDI sector. The focus is on that imbalance when we look at some of the figures coming through. I believe the Exchequer figures to be published...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The exports are mostly being created by the FDI sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We are coming at this from the point of view of the basis of corporation tax. On the ECOFIN discussions, there is a report from the ECON committee, which is preparing to finalise on the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB. I understand what the Minister has said about the likelihood of the CCCTB being changed. The European Union is giving direction on this and there is a trend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: On the particular ECOFIN report, it suggested that where countries broke the law on state aid or taxation, the repayment of that aid would be pooled into a fund to be paid out to countries whose tax base was eroded. What is the Government's view on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Obviously, extra documentation and information is required by the EU on the Apple case. I understood the Government's view was that all of the documentation had been made available. What else is the EU looking for and what else do we have to provide?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is more of a shifting of the tax base.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister said there were substantial changes in the financial transactions tax. Is it any closer to being acceptable to the Government? What effect would Brexit have on the Government's position in this regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Brexit would not make any difference on this specific issue. It is a policy matter.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Co-operation (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of North-South co-operation between Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and their Northern counterparts in 2014 and 2015; the North-South co-operation that has been delivered by their foreign offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retrospectively refund patients with multiple sclerosis for moneys spent on the drug Fampyra before 1 October 2015. [43018/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (1 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure parity of bus transportation costs to the consumer (details supplied). [42860/15]

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: When we last discussed this Bill two weeks ago I was expressing my views on the methods of financing enterprise. There is a macro-problem with the banking market, which is concentrated in too few institutions. The two pillar banks which share approximately 85% of the banking market are effectively an oligopoly. In other words, they exert extremely powerful supplier power, while the buyers...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom míle buíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta O'Reilly as ucht an t-am seo a roinnt liom. I attended a Save our Community public meeting in Trim on Tuesday night. Some 500 people gathered to discuss the difficulties they were having with regard to crime. There was a palpable sense of fear right through the room. There have been many references to fear throughout...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: This is the same answer the Taoiseach gave yesterday.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government came into office in 2011.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has vandalised capacity for the past five years.

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We have some of the best crises in the world.

Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to improve the competitiveness of the economy. [41753/15]

Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Many local enterprise offices are shockingly understaffed at the moment and FÁS is also gobbling up most of their resources with regard to start-your-own-business courses and so on.