asked the Minister for Finance the names of the members of each non-statutory body or committee under the aegis of his Department established since 1 January 1980; the date of the first appointment of each such body or committee; the terms of reference or objectives in each case; and the date on which each body or committee reported or the date on which a report of each such body or committee is expected.
Written Answers. - Non-Statutory Bodies and Committees.
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It is assumed that the Deputy does not require information on departmental or interdepartmental committees consisting entirely of civil servants and such information is, therefore, excluded from the reply.
On that basis, the only non-statutory body or committee established since 1 January 1980 under my aegis is the Commission on Taxation, the details of which are as follows:—
(i) List of members:
Chairman, Dr. Miriam Hederman O'Brien
Mr. Donal Carroll
Mr. Derek Chambers
Mr. James Gallagher
Mr. Daniel Murphy
Mr. Donal Murphy
Mr. Donal Nevin
Mr. Patrick O'Neill
Mr. Raymond O'Neill
Prof. W. J. Louden Ryan.
Camilla Hannon resigned from the Commission in September, 1982 following her appointment to Seanad Éireann.
(ii)Date of appointment:
March 28, 1980.
(iii) Terms of reference:
"To enquire generally into the present system of taxation and to recommend such changes as appear desirable and practicable so as to achieve an equitable incidence of taxation, due attention being paid to the need to encourage development of the national economy and to maintain an adequate revenue yield; and to provide interim reports on such matters as the Commission considers desirable or as may be referred to it by the Minister for Finance for specific consideration".
(iv) Date of report:
`Direct Taxation', July 1982
`Direct Taxation — the Role of Incentives'. March 1984
`Indirect Taxation' June 1984
(v) Further Reports:
Fourth Report dealing chiefly with local taxation and the taxation of mining and mineral development will be published shortly.
Fifth Report on the administration of the tax system is at present being prepared. A possible publication date is late summer 1985.