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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: All BRIC countries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: How long has the CCAB-I been in existence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: On Senator Barrett’s comment, did the CCAB-I ever do a review of its role in the banking crash? There were comments on the big four which audited and signed off on the accounts of the banks? Everybody is blamed. The previous Government has paid its price. There has been reputational damage to the regulator and the Central Bank. Has the CCAB-I ever done any internal report on what...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: To whom did CCAB-I make these recommendations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Who has asked CCAB-I to suspend activity? Was it the Garda Síochána or the Competition Authority?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Deputy Sean Fleming is saying that if the accountants construct it and the lawyers sell it, they have privilege.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I would appreciate if Mr. Keegan could get back to us on that other issue. Deputy Higgins raised the issue of insulation and saving energy in households. Building regulations have been around for a while and one of the issues we heard about in this morning's submissions was that the building regulations were not enforced and that is part of the problem. This relates not just to the Priory...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Mr. Keegan's submission called for support for Irish exporters to major markets in the United States, Switzerland and Japan. Why were these three countries identified as opposed to others? The submission also called for urgent reform of the legal professional privilege rules and the tax appeals system. What problems are being encountered in these areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Does the panel wish to respond to those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Would Mr. McCabe like to make any remark?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: If Deputies Kevin Humphreys and Higgins do not mind, I will let Senator Barrett comment first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I welcome Mr. Brian Keegan and Mr. Paul Dillon from the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies - Ireland, Mr. Micheál O'Connor and Mr. Edward McAuley from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and Ms Evelyn Jones and Mr. Jim McCabe from the National Off-Licence Association. The submissions received and a summary paper were circulated to members in advance of the meeting. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I thank Mr. Talbot, Mr. Murphy, Ms McNally, Mr. Noonan, Mr. O'Brien and Ms Fitzpatrick for their submissions. The discussion has been very useful and insightful. What we heard was very different from what we had heard this morning, but it is very useful to our deliberations. I thank the delegates for attending.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: I accept that those on the panel are not legislators but, as it stands, do they have the confidence in what we call the policy makers - the Financial Regulator, the Civil Service and the political establishment - and how they interact with business? Are there proposals that the panel could be putting forward to us that could change the way the business environment works in regards to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Are the groups before the committee being listened to?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: For instance, with regard to the Government and the public sector as it interacts with business, is enough being done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: Would Senator Barrett like to contribute?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: As the Senator usually is brief, I am not obliged to hold him to a time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: The ten minute slot is for questions and answers. The questions have been asked and we have one minute left.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (11 Sep 2013)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy took liberty. We will add extra time in order that those questions can be answered.