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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 16: In page 59, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Report on income tax relief 21.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on an income tax relief equivalent in value to 8.3 per cent of annual rent to all private rental tenants not already in receipt of any State...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 17: In page 59, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Report on pension tax reliefs and subsidies 21. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the tax reliefs and subsidies applicable to pensions, including contributions and at drawdown, to assess their cost to the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 18: In page 59, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Report on the introduction of refundable tax credits to the income tax system 21.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of refundable tax credits to the income tax system, options for their...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that. I withdraw the amendment on that basis.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I have a question for the Minister on the section. We are looking at accelerated payment of credits under the section, but has the Minister considered or will he consider changing the three payments within 36 months to one payment within 12 months in the case of small and micro enterprises? I ask given the challenges such enterprises face.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We have raised this with the Minister in the past and I am glad to see it is progressing. The Minister said there could be difficulties amending the credit in this way so I am glad it is happening. For those where the credit in excess of €25,000 it will still be payable over a period over a period of three years. Has any consideration being given to fast-tracking that further?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate that because we in Sinn Féin have been putting forward similar proposals for a number of years now. I am glad the officials in the Department and the Minister have found a way to work around some of the challenges.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for working family payment applications in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if plans have been put in place to reinstate the HSE counselling services which were withdrawn from the Creeslough community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 538. To ask the Minister for Health when a rescheduled date for ENT procedures at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin will be given for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the cancellation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56337/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to signal my intention to table two amendments on Report Stage. One will relate to the ability for farm contractors to claim a tax deduction in respect of farm diesel. This is something I have raised on numerous occasions with the Minister, as has my colleague, Deputy Carthy. The second amendment will relate to excise applied to agri-diesel for the year 2023. With regard to the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: May I ask two questions about section 25?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The timeline in respect of the definition of vacant premises is being reduced from 12 to six months, but the specified period in which the works can be carried out remains at 12 months. Will the Minister clarify that? The Minister is nodding his head. I am jumping ahead of myself, but there is an amendment relating to retrofitting of rental properties. Will the Minister clarify that in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is after the works have been carried out. This section does not alter the recoupment, but the existing section says that the pre-letting expense is applicable. If the home does not remain within the rental market, it can be recouped within four years. Why are we allowing two years for something that would be far more expensive in respect of expenditure or tax forgone for the State? I...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: A hundred per cent.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: This is the amendment I was talking about in terms of the two years versus the four years. I would have expected some consistency in recoupment of the pre-letting expenses and the SEAI grant. I have a general question to start. Things a landlord would do to improve the premises would be deductible anyway. What is the difference here? Is it the timeframe that is applicable or what is the...