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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 495. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that have been taken to address the falling value in sterling in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (2 Nov 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes involved in moving from GAM, the general allocation model, to TAM, the teacher allocation model, of resource learning support teaching; when these changes will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32973/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (2 Nov 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits per county in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32974/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I am on behalf of myself now.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: The programme for Government contains some very welcome measures for mortgage resolution. They are some of things myself and many others advocated in the last Dáil. Some of this is legislative and some just requires the provision of resources. I asked the Minister for Finance for an update about two months ago but he did not have one. The ambitions are good and what is in there is...

Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be seeking to meet the Minister, Deputy Noonan, privately and I will obviously be tabling amendments. The problem is that this is not a technicality in the Finance Bill. The Finance Bill provides for the establishment of a new vehicle called an Irish real estate fund, IREF. It explicitly states that once a commercial property is held for five years there will be no capital gains tax...

Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: This is a policy position: it is not a technicality in the Finance Bill.

Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I will conclude on this point. Does the Tánaiste believe that the Irish commercial property sector should not become tax-free? I am asking that she take up this matter with the Cabinet and, in particular, the Minister, Deputy Noonan, and find out what is going on because I doubt that any Deputy will be able to bring about serious policy change on Committee Stage.

Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Businesses all over Dublin are coming under significant pressure because of spiralling commercial rents. Dublin has the second highest rents in the eurozone. Not only are they high, they are rising quickly. In the past two to three years, commercial rent in Dublin has nearly doubled. Obviously, that is bad for businesses, but it is also bad for consumers, who must pay too much money for...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I will focus on amendments made in the Finance Bill to tackle tax avoidance by vulture funds. As I have laid out previously, if the current situation is allowed to continue, with vulture funds paying virtually zero taxes, the State will lose out on €10 billion to €20 billion in taxes it should be collecting and that would be collected in other eurozone countries. That amount...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Sure.

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I would be honoured to hear Deputy Durkan.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a timeline for construction has been put in place with regard to the proposed new location of a school (details supplied); the timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new site of a school (details supplied) will begin construction in 2018; if his department foresees any barriers to this construction beginning in 2018; if these barriers exist, the plans in place to mitigate these barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31485/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the delegates for their presentations. My first question is on funding. Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and InterTradeIreland do a phenomenal job and as such, I was disappointed to see that only €3 million had been allocated in the budget. The figures speak for themselves in terms of the trade risk to various sectors. The sum of €3 million allocated in the budget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes. I thank Ms Buckley for her answer to the question on the talks, but it was less on IDA Ireland and its clients than on whether officials are talking. Are there officials from Dublin, London and Belfast beginning to sit down and identify exactly the sort of micro-opportunities and threats that Mr. Gough was talking about?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of the costing of the measure with regard to the section 110 and funds changes item within budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30594/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I spoke yesterday about some of the positives in this budget, because there are positives in it. They include closing down section 10 tax avoidance by vulture funds, a focus on special needs education and a welcome first step in moving towards an affordable, high-quality child care system. However, the complete lack of ambition in this budget means that for the limited good it has done, for...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Budget 2017 is obviously, by necessity, a political budget that includes diverse political priorities from pensioners to parents, from educators to entrepreneurs. Budget 2017 lacks coherence. It also lacks ambition for the country. That said, I am very pleased to see such prominence given to the issue of tax avoidance by vulture funds and a very clear statement from the Minister that this...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Forecasts for Budget 2017: Department of Finance (4 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank all the witnesses. That was very useful. I want to ask a question about the presentation but I would like to make a related point on the convergence margin and the fiscal space. We have heard a lot of evidence as to why it is 1%. I presume Mr. McCarthy's team was in-----