Results 421-440 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Housing Affordability: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: I suppose if there was some bit of advice I would give to my Fianna Fáil colleagues across the House, it is that they should restrict their Private Members' motions to matters on UFOs and extraterrestrial life because their former Ministers walk in here as if the party has just landed on earth. Theirs is the party that was expert in building houses, except it built them in places where...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: The joint committee will engage in pre-legislative scrutiny of the Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill with officials from the Department of Finance. I welcome from the Department Mr. Gary Tobin, assistant secretary, and Mr. Des O'Leary and from the Revenue Commissioners Mr. Gerry Smyth, assistant secretary, and Ms Jean Kelly. Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Smyth will make some opening remarks which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: Does Mr. Smyth have anything to add?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: Could witnesses please keep their answers brief?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: Before Senator Hayden contributes, I have been asked by the broadcasting unit to request members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. People are ringing in saying that they cannot hear the contributions because phones are interfering with the sound system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: This session has gone over time and Mr. Smyth has indicated that he would like to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: Is the Appeal Commissioners' office well-resourced and well-funded? How many commissioners are there, how many staff do they have, and what sort of budget are they operating with? Regarding the six Circuit Court cases that went in favour of the taxpayer, to which Deputy Doherty referred, was any of those cases appealed by Revenue or was the Circuit Court opinion accepted? Regarding the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: That is the allocation for the Vote for the Office of the Appeal Commissioners.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: We will end the session because we have run out of time. On behalf of the joint committee I thank our witnesses from the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners for participating in the meeting and for the material they have supplied to the committee. I welcome Ms Anita Kelly, whom I neglected to mention in my opening remarks. We now suspend until 4 p.m. when we will resume our...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: There is a telephone interfering with the meeting. Is someone's telephone turned on or is it a laptop?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: I thank the delegates for attending today's meeting and for the useful information they provided. Following this meeting, the clerk will draft a report for consideration by the committee, taking into account all of the views expressed here today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: I welcome Mr. Paul Quinn, chief procurement officer of the Office of Government Procurement, who is accompanied by Mr. Vincent Campbell, policy director, and Ms Theresa Ryan, communications manager. I also welcome Ms Gráinne McGuckin, principal officer at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The format of the meeting will be that Mr. Quinn will make some opening remarks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: Will Mr. Quinn come back to the core issues because we may get stuck for time? We will come back to the other issues he wishes to raise in detail if questions are asked on them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: I must ask that the witness have the answers to the remaining questions forwarded to the secretariat and we can get them to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: The Deputy's colleague will have that opportunity first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: I apologise, but this session must conclude and I must move on to the next contributor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: I am aware that Mr. Quinn has another question to answer but as the Deputy's allotted time has concluded, I ask that the reply be submitted in writing to the committee secretariat.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: Deputy Tóibín has five minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: We have run out of time. I apologise to Mr. Quinn, as I must stop the conversation. On behalf of the committee, I thank him for attending. The information he has provided is excellent. We will be seeing a lot more of each other and I hope circumstances will bed down.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)
Liam Twomey: The responses will be sent to the secretariat and we will refer them to members.