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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: There are two amendments we are dealing with here and they are very important. First of all, I will make a couple of brief points. The Minister did not inform the committee whether he will travel to London for the roadshow to the investors and whether he has a different opinion than the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, on that. Has the Minister...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: But they-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is asking me a question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister want me to answer the question? They are not building homes. They are just purchasing them.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: No, I did not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: They are not funding-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister have a serious debate or read us this nonsense?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I did not press amendment No. 31 to a vote and reserve the right to bring it back on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 32: In page 36, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Report on capital allowances with respect to qualifying expenditure incurred on data centres 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 capital allowances available with respect to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: If the Minister would like to respond to those detailed questions from Deputy Farrell, I will be happy to contribute after him.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Section 31 deals with the transposition of the anti-tax avoidance directive, Article 4. Is that the directive that was agreed in 2016 and the same directive that we were supposed to have transposed into domestic law by the end of 2018 and operational in January 2019? It may not be. I am genuinely seeking clarification on this. Is it the same directive in respect of which we were...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I am. I just want to know why the Minister and his predecessor, Michael Noonan, decided to not implement and transpose the directive, which we were supposed to have in place at the end of 2018. The Minister and his predecessor argued that our existing rules were just as effective. If that was the case, we would not have to transpose it until 2024 but that is not the case because, as the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister said he had tried to deal with the issues they have raised. Beyond that issue of operating lessors, will he outline what other issues he has tried to deal with in these amendments that the aircraft leasing sector has raised?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister will provide that note to us.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Thank you.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I tabled amendment No. 73. I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett's comments. As long as we have been members of the committee, he has raised these issues. Our amendment seeks the production of a report on film relief in the context of the pay, conditions and training of employees within the sector and options to enhance the scheme with respect to employee pay, conditions and training. ...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I have no problem with the amendments. They are technical in nature. In order to support the flow on Report Stage, it would be helpful for the Minister to email a note to members in advance. He mentioned that the relief is subject to a commencement order and will be subject to state aid rules. Ireland has fallen foul of those rules in the past, with changes in the Finance Act not having...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The sector has experienced exponential growth across Europe but employment in it in Ireland has fallen. That is really worrying because it is an area in which we want Ireland to be a leader. There is broad agreement on that. We want it to be an area of significant growth. There has been a lot of success here in the context of some of the companies in the sector. Does the Minister believe...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Pearse Doherty: How does the relief compare with those offered by competitors such as Britain, which is now outside the European Union but is an English-speaking nation, and France? Have the provisions in those countries been considered? Is the relief proposed by the Minister more advantageous than what is on offer there or is it similar?