Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 26, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:?23.?Any officer/employee of the Executive shall be tax resident in Ireland for the duration of his or her employment by the Executive.?.

My colleague, Senator Thomas Byrne, who had to leave, spoke on this amendment the last day. It is important that any advisers or consultants the Minister is seeking shall be tax resident on the island of Ireland. The amendment refers to Ireland but I do not want to exclude the many workers in the HSE who may live in Northern Ireland. The Minister could apply the same goodwill he applied to the amendment proposed by Senator Barrett and I can withdraw it.