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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I will allow the Minister to make a brief response before I put the question. The debate has been exhausted in regard to the subject matter under discussion.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I will allow Deputy Farrell in but this will be the final intervention. Hopefully, we can bring this to a conclusion soon because we will run into time problems in the not too distant future. I ask members to give their winding-up contributions now.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 135 is out of order.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputy Naughten. If it were possible-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: ----- to conclude before 6.40 p.m., it would be helpful, and we could start afresh in the new section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is there any possibility that we can conclude before 6.40 p.m.?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: In the next session, I believe we will proceed to section 45 because the officials are changing.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I agree with the previous speakers. One of things we must do is determine criteria that are fair and open and that will become applicable across the board. Fortunately or unfortunately, several years ago it was much easier to qualify, it was a much fairer system and it was clearly seen to be fairer. In recent times, I have seen totally contradictory decisions made in different cases. It...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Amendment No. 3 has already been discussed. Is the amendment being withdrawn?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy may withdraw the amendment, as Deputy Doherty did with amendment No. 2, and resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Is anybody else offering? I call the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I want to move on. Deputy Denis Naughten wants to come in again and after that we will put the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but it is time to suspend the meeting until 4.20 p.m.

Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (12 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I call Deputy Nash. I remind Members we have to suspend at 5.12 p.m. for 20 minutes for a sanitisation sos.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Verona Murphy - to discuss changes to south-east community healthcare home support packages within the disability services; (2) Deputies Pádraig O'Sullivan and Michael Moynihan - to discuss concerns regarding the 66%...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to talk about the importance of this particular issue, having listened carefully to the previous speeches. We can all learn. What is of importance is not how long or short our contribution is. However, we must recognise one point. We are coming to the final stages of the Brexit issue. Nigel Farage launched the campaign a long time ago. He spent 20...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Tests (12 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his colleagues throughout Europe continue to engage with the airline industry in an effort to bring about a semblance of business restoration while maintaining Covid-19 prevention practices and rapid testing in order to enable economies dependent on air passenger and commercial transport to operate to a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (12 Nov 2020)

Bernard Durkan: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he and his Department have examined the options available for Irish exporters with business commitments in the UK and throughout the European Union or beyond with respect to their ability to gain ready, speedy and unimpeded access to their markets post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35769/20]