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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Collection (14 Jun 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. When I saw this particular Commencement matter, I felt it was extraordinary that someone would want to opt to pay tax at 40%, but I knew straightaway what was behind it.Professional services withholding tax, PSWT, is a deduction at the standard rate of income tax at 20% from relevant payments made by accountable persons to specified persons. They...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Collection (14 Jun 2021)

Seán Fleming: The idea of having an option of which withholding tax to pay is not part of the system. The 20% withholding tax applies to vast areas, including ones people will have seen much discussion of, such as some investment funds. There was an exception made there and it was brought up to 25% for some particular categories but right across the board there is a 20% withholding tax rate and Revenue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disabilities Assessments (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. He has outlined some difficult cases he is aware of and there are many such cases throughout the country. The disabled drivers and passengers scheme provides relief from vehicle registration tax and VAT on the purchase and use of an adapted car, as well as an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant. The cost of the scheme in 2020,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disabilities Assessments (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Fleming: Again, I thank the Deputy for his comments. All Deputies have encountered this issue in their constituencies over many years. We are all familiar with it. Given the Supreme Court decision, the temporary measure the Minister put in place to put the medical criteria in primary legislation was, to some extent, a swift move within a couple of months and the scheme got up and running, narrow as...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: “Dáil Éireann resolves that the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021 be deemed to be read a second time this day nine months, to allow for further consideration and analysis of how the Bill interacts with existing insurance data already collected by the Central Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Fleming: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position with regard to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29474/21]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (31 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator for raising this topic. He has given us some detailed information which I would not have been privy to on the amount of VAT that is paid by Irish Community Air Ambulance in a full year. The Senator has mentioned the issues of VAT on leasing and VAT on fuel. Most people, not just in the Cork and Munster areas but right through Leinster and several other regions in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (31 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: Senator Buttimer will be aware that this issue is a budgetary matter and, as such, can only be dealt with at budget time. It is important that this matter is raised, however, but I am not offering any golden solution to this issue on budget day. The scheme introduced just two years ago, however, was capped at just €5 million. For the Senator's information, a review of that scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services (26 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive access to Granstown Lake, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28484/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (20 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an eircode can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27197/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 393. To ask the Minister for Health when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (12 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the driver theory testing section will open for persons to sit the test given that persons are getting cancellations month after month and being asked to drive from one end of the country to the other to find a vacancy; if he will direct the section that the test be done online to facilitate persons waiting; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (12 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 242. To ask the Minister for Health when home help will be increased for a person (details supplied) in view of their health situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24838/21]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (11 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: I thank Senator Fitzpatrick for raising this issue. It is a matter that everybody will understand and appreciate, especially in light of activities in the marketplace that we have seen in recent times. The Government is committed to improving the supply of housing and affordability for first-time buyers. It has already brought forward significant measures in the Affordable Housing Bill...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (11 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: I will deal very briefly with the taxation situation because it has been mentioned. Real estate investment trusts, REITs, which I mentioned earlier, are companies and are obliged under the legislation to distribute 85% of their earnings every year. A standard 25% withholding tax is levied on that. That is twice the rate of corporation tax which companies pay. Some people believe these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (11 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has not been accepted with CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can negotiate that all health workers working in vaccination centres should not pay parking fees which are very pricy in some areas for the full days they are in situ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23325/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will be made to those persons who examined and marked the LCVP candidates' portfolios for the 2021 leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 May 2021)

Seán Fleming: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a job advertisement for a position is confined to internal candidates (details supplied) and no candidates with relevant experience from outside are eligible to apply; his views on whether this is in the best interest of the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22974/21]