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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 75:In page 81, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: "66. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options for the abolition of the Local Property Tax.". There is no point rehashing the debate we have had thus far. Amendment No. 76 provides that the Minister report on the cost...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the changes with regard to pyrite. The latter was a brake on families proceeding in that direction. I worry about the self-assessment element. Many of the people in Riverwalk Court, Longboat Quay and in Donegal suffering as a result of the impact of muscovite mica are under fierce stress already. One's home is one of the foundations of one's well-being and if it is unsafe or...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 76:In page 81, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“66. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the cost of the proposed freezing of the Local Property Tax and the likely property prices in 2019.”.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 78:In page 81, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“66. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options on extending the exemptions from the Local Property Tax to residents in buildings unsafe because of fire safety regulations or other structural issues.”.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The ESRI did state that the first four budgets of the Government were regressive and it also stated that in budget 2016 the bottom 20% received the least. Someone on €28,000 received little. We had the USC debate yesterday about the difference between those at the top and at the bottom. Social Justice Ireland said that somebody on social welfare was not getting the same level of...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: How long do we have left? Is it about an hour?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay, that is fine.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 93:In page 95, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:"Amendment to Section 10(A) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 84 The Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 is amended in section 10(A) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (3):"(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and (2) and subject to subsection (4), the Minister for the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 94:In page 95, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:"Amendment to Section 10(A) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 84 The Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 is amended in section 10(A) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (4):"(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) and subject to subsection (5), a residential property shall not,...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 99:In page 95, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"85. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options for abolishing the penalty for payments of taxes, such as the Motor Tax, in instalments.". This amendment does not really involve any ideological differences but it is a...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I know there is a vote in the Dáil. This amendment does not refer to late taxes in any fashion but rather it speaks to taxes paid on time but which could be paid in instalments. What would the cost be to the system if it was reformed to allow for taxes to be paid in instalments? I know the Minister must be specific about it.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that the example given is motor tax, which does not come under the Minister's remit. I think responsibility for it lies with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. As we do not have an example of a specific tax, I ask the Minister to consider a reform to allow businesses and individuals who are dealing with cash flow problems and who pay their taxes...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 100:In page 95, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“85. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available to ensure that international and institutional investors in REITs pay a comparative amount of taxation on income and gains upon receipt of dividends as an...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: There might have been logic for it in 2011 or 2012 to inflate what was a punctured property market. However, we are not dealing with a punctured property market at the moment. Many people would feel that in much of the country it is too inflated again. I grant that REITs might provide a more consistent level of quality. Let us say John and Patricia are investors in a REIT. Patricia lives...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: While the Minister is correct that the purpose of tax is to pay for the public services delivered in the country, it is also to construct healthy markets and redistribute some level of wealth. My question remains. Has the Department of Finance undertaken any study on the effective rates applied to dividends from REITs for those domiciled in Ireland and abroad? If there is a difference,...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: When would be a logical time to identify the different effective rates?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the review take into consideration the different effective tax rates paid by people with different domiciles?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific causes of the large increase in the intake of corporation tax in 2015. [40345/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the first year and full-year cost of increasing the employer pay related social insurance rate of 8.5% from €376 to €377. [40856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the first year and full year cost of exempting income earners at or below €19,572 from the universal social charge. [40854/15]