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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Remote working or e-working is defined by the Revenue Commissioners as when an employee works from his or her home on either a full-time or part-time basis, with the remainder of time spent in the normal place of work or working while on the move, with visits to the normal place of work. E-working involves working for substantial periods outside the normal place of work, logging on to a work...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In truth, I do not know if will be in a position to commit to anything in respect of budget 2021.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: They sure can be. The Deputy has heard my rationale for believing that this particular change is not merited. It is because of the array of supports already in place. One could go so far as to make the case, given that it has just committed to a massive capital investment programme for a national broadband plan to facilitate working from home, that the State has made the intervention...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which we discussed on Committee Stage. As he was good enough to acknowledge, the changes we made in this area were broadly welcomed by the SME sector. These particular changes followed on from consultation we had with the SME sector and that my officials had with them before the summer. We have followed up on this issue in the context of...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy was brief, I will also be brief. Given that I am sure he supports workers owning the practice and means of production, I would have thought it might be possible for him to see the attraction of ensuring workers are able to benefit from the value of the company they are in. I take his point, if I understand him correctly, on whether we need taxation to incentivise the issue of...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge the extraordinary importance of the work done by janitors and teachers. They truly are the definition of the public good and the work they do is essential to the public services provided in our hospitals and schools. I understand the clarification made by Deputy Pearse Doherty. Incidentally, I am never offended by what he says and I wish to put him at ease if that is a...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: First, to respond to Deputy Burton, we publish a report on SARP each year that makes all the information available insofar as it can be without breaching taxpayer confidentiality. Second, I heard a figure of €3 million raised by two Deputies. I remind the House that last year I introduced a cap of €1 million. While €1 million is still a vast sum of money, I introduced...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Beliefs are better.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In light of what Deputy Mattie McGrath said, in particular, I reiterate that the Naval Service is a good employer and a good place to work. Our Defence Forces seek to pay and reward their staff well for the difficult and demanding work they do. I acknowledge, however, as the Public Service Pay Commission also did, that because of the strength of earnings growth across our economy at the...

Finance Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Sea-going naval personnel credit 5.(1) The Principal Act is amended— (a) in section 458, by inserting, in Part 2 of the Table to that section, “Section 472BB” after “Section 472BA”, and (b) by inserting the following after section 472BA: “Sea-going...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to clarify that this will apply for the minimum of 80 days that have been spent at sea on a naval vessel in 2019 and the amendment will allow the relief to be claimed for next year. On the Deputy's question regarding why this is being introduced as a temporary measure, the reason is that I anticipate, in the discussions following the conclusion of the public service stability wage...

Supplementary Estimates: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2019:— Vote 6 — Chief State Solicitor’s Office (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 7 — Finance (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 24 —...

Supplementary Estimates: Referral to Select Committee (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2019, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the following Select Committees, as appropriate, pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(c) and 182(3), which shall report back to the Dáil by no later than 12th December:— Vote 6 —...

Reappointment of Ombudsman: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on 19th September, 2019, nominated Mr. Peter Tyndall for reappointment by the President, as Ombudsman, recommends, pursuant to sections 2(2) and 2(4) of the Ombudsman Act 1980 that Mr. Peter Tyndall be re-appointed by the President to be Ombudsman, who shall hold office for a further term of six years from the date of his...

Reappointment of Information Commissioner: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann recommends Mr. Peter Tyndall for re-appointment by the President, to be the Information Commissioner.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Far from hiding behind anyone on this matter, I participated in a lengthy debate on it on Committee Stage of the Finance Bill in the week before last. There will be an opportunity to continue that debate on Report Stage. The Revenue Commissioners have confirmed to me that the current status of food supplements cannot continue. In the absence of the action being taken in the Finance Bill,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that tenants in common hold a property in separate shares. The proportion of the property which each tenant in common holds will be specified in the deed which transferred ownership of the property to them. It appears on the basis of the information supplied that the tenants in common hold this property in unequal 60:40 shares, and presumably are entitled to any...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: There is no tax based scheme along the lines suggested by the Deputy. Regardless of whether a property is in negative equity, the rental income of the property for tax purposes is the gross rent less the allowable expenses incurred in earning that rent, as specified in section 97(2) of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997. The main deductible expenses are: - any rent payable by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank is the independent regulator for credit unions. Under Section 84 of the Credit union Act, 1997 the functions of the Central Bank are to administer the system of regulation and supervision of credit unions with a view to the: - Protection by each credit union of the funds of its members; and - Maintenance of the financial stability and...