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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I ask because of the sugar tax that has started to be mooted in the media of late. Is it right to discriminate between those drinks that have sugar and are sweet and those that do not have sugar and are sweet when it comes to taxation?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: As we all do, the Minister will know that, in predicting a move by governments internationally, the major manufacturing companies have moved away from investing in sugar sweetened drinks towards non-sugar sweetened drinks. Does he have a view on how this might be reflected in tax policy?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Does the tax only apply to fizzy drinks?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister. Did the reduction of recent years in the hospitality sector's VAT rate make a difference to it and the tourism and food industries more generally?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Will the Minister develop that answer?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: At a point in time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I appreciate that. The committee received presentations from a number of bodies, with ICTU being especially strong on the notion that the reduction in the VAT rate contributed to a reduction in working conditions in the hospitality sector. Does the Minister have a view on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Does the Minister think price gouging exists as is anecdotally reported, particularly in Dublin? I have heard that Mayo supporters who travelled frequently experienced significant increases in the cost of hotel rooms. Do the Minister or his officials have any evidence of that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: There has been a lot of talk about hidden fiscal space. I think the Taoiseach was the first to introduce the term. The term implies that it is concealed and not apparent and that we have to go looking for it. Has the Minister gone looking for it?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: What Departments might be featuring more strongly in that voyage of discovery?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: Excellent. Is the vessel heavily weighed down?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: If the Minister does discover hidden fiscal space, it will be invested in services. Is that correct?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: I thank the Minister. We are two weeks away from the budget. When does he expect the line to be drawn under that investigation in terms of where savings might be found?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deportation Orders (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the deportation from Israel on 9 September 2017 of four persons (details supplied). [40877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (27 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that applied for asylum in each of the years 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons that were rejected; the number of persons that left voluntarily; the number of persons awaiting a decision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new school building provisions for an area (details supplied); his plans for the provision for a post-primary school for the area; the status of these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [40502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made in the divestment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40504/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); the communication he has had with the archdiocese for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigration Data (26 Sep 2017)

John Lahart: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland historically enjoyed a quota or a formal or informal arrangement regarding the numbers of emigrants to the United States; if so, the arrangement; the numbers involved; when this arrangement, if in existence, came to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/17]