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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Automatically.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister introduced this provision as a revenue collection measure, but I expect that it will have the opposite effect. He introduced it for the month of December, but the increase of 0.5% will drive down the tax yield. Representatives of the small business sector appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service yesterday. The sector is struggling to make ends...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: If the Government is seeking increased revenues, it would have been far more practical for it to ensure that the depreciation relating to sterling was passed on. This would have brought in additional VAT receipts to the Exchequer and assisted in the retention of jobs. Instead, the Minister has introduced a measure which is driving people north of the Border. When will the report to which...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Why will it take so long?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: So it will take three months to produce the report.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps the Minister might ensure that it could be produced earlier. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put and declared carried.

Air Services. (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: To follow on from what Deputy Breen has said, has the Minister sought a meeting with Dermot Mannion given the media speculation at the weekend with regard to the restoration of the Aer Lingus Shannon-Heathrow route? Will he seek a meeting with his directors on the board of Aer Lingus to ensure there is certainty on this and that we get a date as to when this vital connectivity for Shannon...

Air Services. (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did he tell the Minister anything with regard to the restoration of the route? The Minister should give us details.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: I understand the industrial development Bill concerns aggregate grants for research and development and also concerns Enterprise Ireland taking over from Shannon Development with regard to indigenous industry in the locality. It is critical that this is brought before the House as a matter of urgency in the context of the recession and, further, in the context of Dell in Limerick. I have...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would like the Taoiseach to intervene. It is critical that this is brought before the House. The Tánaiste needs to make a statement on her discussions with Michael Dell. There is uncertainty and I would like the Taoiseach to comment.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Taoiseach should comment because----

Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have put it down for the Adjournment debate.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: There are proportional scales in all the other tax areas. Regarding income tax, for example, there is marginal relief above a certain level of income. If the margin between the exemption limit and the amount of income is less than 40%, there is marginal relief. The same applies to PRSI where there is an exemption limit and people are taxed at 4% above that rate. Furthermore, the health...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister has confirmed this is dealt with as a levy. The Minister himself referred to the lower income paid. The point being made is that the figure of €18,304 was picked because it is the exemption ceiling for PRSI. If someone is on €353 a week rather than €352 a week, that person will pay an extra €600 overall in levies per year. The simple overall point we are making is...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (16 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to speak in support of these amendments. Deputy Burton referred to the point I wish to make in respect of orthodontic treatment. Public provision for orthodontic treatment is not great and is highly limited. Many parents have started their children on courses of orthodontic treatment that can take up to two or three years. They have committed to expenditure that is not of a type...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (11 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance when he proposes to introduce a supplementary budget for 2009 in view of the decline in Exchequer tax receipts to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45381/08]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (11 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he proposes to ensure that the recapitalisation of the banks will ensure that credit is provided to businesses and consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45382/08]

Fiscal Policy. (11 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the impact on retail sales and VAT receipts of the differential of 6.5 points in VAT with Northern Ireland and the UK. [45546/08]

Fiscal Policy. (11 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: On Committee Stage of the Finance Bill yesterday the Minister gave a commitment to produce a report on the impact of the VAT differential on retail sales and VAT receipts. Does that commitment still stand? When will the report will be ready, and will it consider the impact in terms of jobs and revenue to the Exchequer? Furthermore, the Minister should reverse the 0.5% increase in VAT, for...

Fiscal Policy. (11 Dec 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: What I want to impress upon the Minister is that the Government should ask the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority to look into this issue as a matter of urgency. Consumers are taking matters into their own hands. They are deciding they are paying too much and going directly to Northern Ireland. This is costing the Exchequer money and it is costing jobs.