Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It pays to read the up-to-date version. This Bill refers to the Royal College of Surgeons and its being awarded university status outside of but not inside Ireland. However, the name of the Royal College of Surgeons is not mentioned anywhere in the Bill, and it was not mentioned in our previous debate. I realise that when we move to that business, those who are not particularly interested in it will move off to attend committees or be elsewhere. In this era of openness, transparency and accountability, not to refer in legislation to an organisation that is the beneficiary of that legislation strikes me as rather strange. We had hoped that by Report Stage the Minister would have listened to what was said on Committee Stage and dealt with the problem, but the only amendment put forward by her relates to the Freedom of Information Act.

According to today's papers, we have problems in regard to secret taxation arrangements for individuals and companies and with regard to base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS. Dealing with a Bill that does not inform us through its title of its intent, as well as the fact that it was not mentioned in the debate or in the Minister's speech-----