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Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I heard nothing I could pick up and implement from anybody tonight-----

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: -----only the same old cant and trying to build a career on the misery of the people and failure. Why do the Deputies not come in and propose something constructive?

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: There was a big argument about the audacity of the Minister for Finance to ask the Revenue Commissioners to collect taxes.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: This was dreadful. What do the Deputies think the Revenue Commissioners are for?

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: Why does Deputy McGrath think we have the Revenue Commissioners?

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I thank all the Deputies who contributed. Once it settled down, there were some very interesting interventions and comments. I will not be able to reply to everything because if I do, I will take up the rest of the time that is available but I would like to deal with a few points that were reflected across the House.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The initial criticism is that we are guillotining the Bill and it is being put through without adequate debate. Very often, budgetary measures are put through on that basis. From time immemorial, the Financial Resolutions are taken on budget night for the text changes and they must be put through before midnight. In recent years, the social welfare Bill has been taken in a very short time...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: If Deputies do not want to hear me, I will sit down and they can ramble on like they did for the past hour and a half. If they want me to reply, I will reply so which is it?

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The Revenue Commissioners, who have been charged with collecting this tax, have informed me that if we legislate in the Finance Bill, it will be too late for them to make the arrangements they require to collect the tax so they have advised me that we should legislate before Christmas so they have certainty about the provisions of the Bill and can make the arrangements for the tax. That is...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: Me too.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The first half hour has been wasted by the Opposition on total bombast.

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I raise a point of order. I think I should have read the financial resolution before the debate began.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The 2013 half year property tax amount due on a property valued at €600,000 is €517. The full year property tax amount due on a property valued at €600,000 is €1,035. A property owner whose gross income (excluding child benefit) does not exceed €15,000 in the case of a single person and €25,000 in the case of couple, whether married, civil partners...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The Inter-Departmental Group on the Design of a Local Property Tax, chaired by Dr Don Thornhill (the “Thornhill group”) considered the question of a site value tax or land value tax and reported in some detail on the matter. The brief was to design a tax on residences, and the Group was charged with the design of an equitable property tax to replace the household charge, a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128, 148, 157, 162, 172, 173, 189, 195 and 196 together. The proposal to introduce an auto-diesel excise duty relief for licensed road hauliers that I announced in the Budget is confined to licensed and tax compliant hauliers. However, I have received a number of submissions from, and on behalf of, private coach operators seeking to have this relief...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: It is envisaged that the list of unfinished estates to be prescribed by the Minister to the Environment, Community and Local Government for the purposes of the Local Property Tax will be in line with that used for the purposes of the Household Charge. Such properties will be exempt from the Local Property Tax. I am informed by the Department of the Environment that Priory Hall is among...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: The Government is conscious of the very real costs and difficulties faced by people whose homes have been affected by pyrite. My colleague the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, has indicated that he considers that houses demonstrated to be subject to a certifiable level of pyritic heave should receive a waiver from the Local Property Tax. I propose to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: Revenue from the local property tax will accrue to local authorities and will support the provision of local services. Local authorities provide a broad range of services in the public realm which benefit the wider community, the proper functioning of which are important for the wellbeing of every community and household. These include - fire and emergency services; road maintenance and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: There is no such exemption provided for in the Local Property Tax Bill. The Inter-Departmental Expert Group on the Design of a Property Tax (the ‘Thornhill Group’) recommended against allowances for Stamp Duty because such allowances would not be targeted at need.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Noonan: In response to the Deputy’s question I have considered the provision of tax relief for donations to political parties and have decided against introducing such relief. The Electoral ( Amendment ) ( Political Funding ) Act 2012 provided for changes to the Electoral Act, 1997 and imposed new limits for donations. Donations to individual s exceeding €600 must be declared and...