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Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy Pearse Doherty and I had a reasonable discussion on this on Committee Stage. At that stage, when talking about what happens in Scotland, I made a commitment that one of my political advisers would examine this without prejudice and we would see where we could go. I will include this matter also and ask him to examine it and see if we can go forward on it. As a general proposition, I...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy Naughten raised the specific issue of whether changing a health insurance policy during a calendar year could result in double payment of the levy or stamp duty. I am advised that this does not arise under the interim risk equalisation scheme, nor will it arise under the permanent scheme. The charge to stamp duty arises on the renewal of a contract or on entering into a contract or...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Sorry; could Deputy Naughten explain? Is he saying there is a double payment?

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The policy and principle is to ensure that double payments do not occur. If there is a suggestion or a doubt over whether they may be occurring, it is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners. We will draw the Deputy's point to the attention of the Revenue Commissioners to allow them to straighten it out with VHI. There should not be double payments.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Is this a case where someone has already paid the previous service provider?

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Then it is a double payment.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: We can take it up with the Revenue Commissioners.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: As the Deputy is aware, there is a new budget timeline. The budget will have to be introduced some time around the middle of October and therefore I would need the Bill to be fairly well drafted before the summer recess. They have only just started working on it and therefore I cannot give the Deputy a more precise timeline, but the timeline I would like is to get it done before the summer.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: This is an issue that was discussed on Committee Stage and with the Acting Chairman's permission, as amendments Nos. 5 and 10 are related to subsections (2) and (6) of section 17, as passed on Committee Stage, I propose to deal with them together. These substitutions deal in one way or another with the temporary rescinding of certain provisions included in the Finance Act 2011 relating to...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: In the first instance, I do not have the Malthusian fears regarding overpopulation which the Deputy ascribes to me. Like Deputy Pearse Doherty, I proved this in my own life because I have quite a large family. Deputy Boyd Barrett can rest easy because we do not have a big problem in that regard. His definition of wealth being an income of €100,000 is rather undermined by his claim...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Fine, people with incomes of €101,000 or more. If one takes 36% of their money, they will then have €64,000 plus a few cent change.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I do not have the kind of attitudes to women which the Deputy suggests. There are large numbers of women in the group that is going to have to come up with the €40 million. Many of those women are poor and they will be obliged to pay for this out of their family budgets. Choices must be made. In our wider family and in our circle of friends, we can all identify young pregnant women...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: No, the Deputy did not.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The Deputy's single solution to every problem is to take more tax off all these wealthy people.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: I had concluded my remarks.

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Deputy Michael McGrath tabled this amendment for consideration on Committee Stage. It proposes the preparation of a report for the House in respect of pre-retirement access to all forms of pension savings in certain unspecified circumstances. What I have done, following quite an amount of consideration, has been measured. I outlined my concerns with regard to this matter on Committee...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: The Deputy appreciates it would be administratively quite difficult to do so and that it probably would be legally impossible. We are discussing whether to tax a social welfare benefit. In deciding that it would only be taxed in the case of some recipients and not taxed in the case of others - not so much on the basis of income but on how their employers treated them - one would be in a...

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: May a Deputy other than the mover of an amendment speak twice on Report Stage?

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Will the Deputy be out with a sign to stop it being mined?

Finance Bill 2013: Report Stage (13 Mar 2013)

Michael Noonan: Is the Deputy in favour of the oil in Dublin bay being brought ashore?