Tax and Human Rights Conference: The Human Rights Impact of Tax and Fiscal Policy Thursday, 12 February 2015 Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin CONFERENCE AGENDA 08:30 Registration starts 09:20 Welcome: Sorley McCaughey, Head of Head of Advocacy and Policy, Christian Aid Ireland 09:30 Opening remarks: Mr Simon Harris, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance 09:45 Keynote address: Human Rights Impact of Fiscal and tax Policy Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights 10:10 Moderator: Professor Donncha O’Connell, Head of School of Law at NUI Galway • Panellists: Sheila Killian, Assistant Dean, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick • Ricardo Barrientos, Senior Economist at Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies, former Deputy Finance Minister, Guatemala • Cora O’Brien, Director of Policy at Irish Tax Institute 10:30 - 11:00 Q and A 11:05 COFFEE 11:30 International developments: Moderator: Joe Stead, Senior Economic Adviser, Christian Aid (GB) • Panellists: Lidy Nacpil, Coordinator Tax Justice Asia, Philippines • Ben Dickinson, Head of Tax and Development Unit, OECD • Deirdre Donaghy, Fiscal Policy Division, Department of Finance 12:05 Q and A 12:30 LUNCH Looking forward: UN Sustainable Development Goals, Business and Human Rights 13:30 Moderator: Lorna Gold, Head of Advocacy and Policy, Trócaire Panellists: • Niko Lusiani, Director, Human Rights in Economic Policy, Centre for Economic and Social Rights • Michael Gaffey, Director General, Irish Aid • Shane Darcy, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway 14:30 COFFEE 14:45 Role of Tax Competition in promoting equitable and sustainable growth Interview with John Mark McCafferty, Head of Social Justice, St Vincent de Paul Moderator: Aine Lawlor, Journalist, RTE Panellists: 16:05 • Fergal O’Brien, Chief Economist, IBEC • John Christensen, Director, Tax Justice Network Concluding observations from Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. 1630 - 1700 ENDS