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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I will speak to that amendment, if that is okay.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The Dáil appears to be running ahead of schedule. As the Minister will know, we have long called for the closure of loopholes and reliefs that certain funds, companies and investment vehicles have availed of and exploited to reduce their tax liability. It is also our view that the facilitation of tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning by successive Governments has damaged the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: The amendment relates to climate action and energy security. It calls on the Department to carry out research into the total amount of capital allowances that a company has used against data centre investments to reduce their tax liabilities. This would be interesting. Under current law, companies may claim capital allowances against money invested in data centres to reduce or completely...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: My questions are on the section rather than on the amendments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: This Bill allows for a broader range of investment funds to invest in eligible start-ups and the intention of the measure is to stimulate new sources of finance for SMEs. My questions relate to where the Bill relaxes rules in respect of the so-called capital redemption windows so that investors with a number of investments in a company over a multiple of years may redeem an investment for a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have some general questions on this section. Can the Minister explain the motivation for this change in the exemption of bona fide non-trading domestic transactions from the scope of transfer pricing and what the objective and operation of the provision is? How does this apply to companies that are using an orphan structure and that might nominally seem to be domestic non-trading entities...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I am sure that they are wondering the same thing.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 31: In page 36, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Report on the tax treatment and economic impact of institutional investment in the housing market 28.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the tax treatment and economic impact of institutional investors and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: To clarify, will we vote on this tomorrow?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Thank you.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Amendments Nos. 2 and 8 were discussed together and amendment No. 3 was ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Section 5 deals with the help to buy scheme.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes, absolutely. The Government has to be asked why nobody can afford to buy homes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: No. I have just been made aware that the amendment relates to section 6, which I do not fully understand.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: As we are having a voice vote.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: I have a few genuine questions regarding the aviation industry. This section is quite interesting and is there to support the industry. I will be interested in the Minister's viewpoint on whether such a provision could provide opportunities for tax arbitrage. Has the Department conducted any risk analysis in this regard? My interest comes from the fact that this section will also apply to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: This is an interesting provision. I would welcome more information on it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Rannach (11 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 165. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar Scéim na mBóithre Áise a thabhairt ar ais do na Ceantair Ghaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54838/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2021)

Mairéad Farrell: 188. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54837/21]