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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his constructive approach to this. There will be significant changes in very important areas in motor taxation. The WLTP system in particular and the need to implement it in Ireland is a very important and complex move. There are other moves with regard to car taxation that I believe will need to be made. The tax strategy group papers will provide a very valuable...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I appreciate the issues raised by the Deputies. The first issue is the impact that the increase in betting duty had on the sector over the year. It is difficult for us to assess what the effect is of the change in betting duty in isolation, given all the other factors that affect smaller and independent bookmakers currently. The move to betting via mobile devices and phones has been a big...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for the points he has made. Much of this has focused on where we are in respect of the agricultural contractor. The Deputies will be aware such contractors are excluded from this particular scheme because reliefs under section 664A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 require a person to occupy farmland, which agricultural contractors do not. That is why they are not...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will respond to those who engaged in constructive discussion, namely Deputies O'Keeffe and Fitzmaurice. Alas, Deputy Mattie McGrath is not here to be excluded from that definition. Deputy Fitzmaurice makes a fair point. I am not at all blind to the point he is making. I accept that much work on farms is not carried out by individuals who fall inside the definition of "farmer" used in...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Deputy Fitzmaurice has already gone through these issues and I will not repeat the views we exchanged earlier. I take a different view to the Deputy on the matters he is referring to but I respect all he knows about these issues and the way he is putting them forward. I do not believe Deputy McGrath understands the haulage sector at all and he...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will come back to the Deputy with a note on that. VAT does apply to the value of the total bill. On Deputy Boyd Barrett's remarks, the reason we are continuing with liquid natural gas for a time is because it is a transitional fuel that we believe is necessary to ensure we are able to meet the State's energy needs. In order to proceed with an ambitious retrofitting programme for local...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I will comment on each of the contributions. Deputy Boyd Barrett knows that I have great respect for the different points he makes and the views he brings to Dáil Éireann but this will be one of my contributions in which the differences between us are more apparent than what we have in common. I continue to be reminded of the near uniqueness of the Irish left. On the one hand, it...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: He did not say that, though.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland can only tax income that is taxable. We can only tax income declared in Ireland. Deputies Boyd Barrett and Martin Kenny are correct that reliefs are available. They are applied and the income thereafter is what is taxed, but that is a feature of tax codes, whether for an individual, an SME or a major multinational company. Indicating we will change that in the future is the very...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. It is important to open with some of the facts on this area that touch on some of the points Deputies Martin Kenny and Boyd Barrett made in their contributions. If one looks at the most recent information available, namely the estimates the Revenue Commissioners produced for 2017, it indicates that for those companies that pay corporation...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. The very specific references being made to these particular locations do not help with the issue in terms of the clear advice I have that we cannot do this. We cannot make tax support available to locations that are smaller than our country. In particular, I hope Deputy Naughten can appreciate the practical difficulties we would have in making...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Can I make a comment?

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: It could be of help to the House.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 15: In page 62, to delete lines 11 to 15 and substitute the following: "(f) in section 739O(1), by substituting "person, or connected persons within the meaning of section 10," for "person", and". I was about to say that regardless of whether the locations are too broad or too narrow, the principle remains the same. The Deputy has withdrawn the amendment and I...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputies for their contributions. I acknowledge that in much of the engagement leading up to the budget, Deputy Cowen had raised this issue consistently on behalf of his constituents and that, on Committee Stage, Deputy Denis Naughten also raised it on many occasions. I have also heard Deputy Lowry's remarks about his constituents who have been affected. I had a very small taste...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 78 and 79 together. The Interdepartmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group (IDPRTG) is chaired by the Department of Finance and includes members from the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER); Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP); the Revenue Commissioners and the Pensions Authority. The Group was tasked with a number of actions...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Given that the UK represents one of the largest net contributors to the EU Budget, Brexit is likely to have a significant impact on the contributions of all Member States, including Ireland. The exact impact will be dependent on the nature of the final agreement between the EU and the UK regarding its involvement with the EU Budget post-Brexit. Under the Withdrawal Agreement between the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Question Heading for question(s) 81 (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department of Finance has a mobile phone policy which defines the acceptable usage and management of official mobile phones. When staff are assigned mobile phones, they are entered into a contract bundle which gives allowances for calls, texts and data services. Generally in the Department of Finance, staff at Secretary General, Assistant Secretary,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the number of staff in the Department of Finance by gender and pay grade, as of 11th November 2019, is set out in the following table. Female Male Total Secretary General 1 1 Assistant Secretary 4 4 Director 1 1...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to inform the Deputy that the appointment of Special Advisers in the Department of Finance are made in line with “Instructions to Personnel Officers - Ministerial Appointments for the 32nd Dáil” which include “Guidelines on staffing of Ministerial offices” issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Special Advisers employed by my...