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- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what the priority list is.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, but one can only get on it for overcrowding or medical reasons.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Despite the Minister of State's assurances, this is a counter revolution. I made the point strongly that the effective privatisation of housing started under Fianna Fáil, as she acknowledged, but that the change wrought by this provision is that what was held to be a temporary measure will become a permanent measure. If Members listen carefully to what the Minister of State said, it...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: At least he or she has an entitlement.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: But one will be off the waiting list.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Just say "temporary".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is slightly different.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Section 37 is nothing less than a counter-revolution in the provision of social housing. It is the most retrograde and backward step imaginable in that it attempts to turn what it is a temporary necessity owing to the failure of Governments, including the previous one, to provide council housing into a permanent measure and to institutionalise the outsourcing and privatisation of social...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That makes no sense. Connecting amendments Nos. 16 and 17 makes sense, but amendments Nosl 16 and 18-----
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That makes absolutely no sense.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: All of the amendments will be defeated.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Is the Minister saying we cannot allow the sale of these units.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I agree with the amendments. The following point arises from a suggestion made to me by someone on the list in my area. In expanding tenant purchase, we could provide for people on the list to have the possibility of getting a loan from the local authority to build a house. It is something to examine. As well as being able to purchase a local authority house, we should consider the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Can I ask a one-line question of Mr. Lynch concerning his presentation? He expressed a little scepticism about whether anything coming out of the BEPS process might be applicable in reality. Did I pick that up correctly?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I ask Mr. Kermode to comment on the same thing. There is an investigation happening into the situation and particular transactions in Ireland, and also in Luxembourg and Holland. Does the investigation centre around the question of how that happened and whether the tax ruling that allows for it to happen is legitimate or predatory tax competition?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept all that. I accept that we are dealing with a new economy, particularly in digital. There is also the issue of intellectual property rights, big global companies and where exactly value is being generated. These are, I accept, complex questions. Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg - although I know less about the latter two - still seem to be complete outliers in terms of...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have made my point. It seems obvious to me that all of those things are true but it still seems to be heavily concentrated in Ireland and other places. Fair tax competition was mentioned as against unfair tax competition but I find it difficult to accept the distinction between the two. Let me spell it out. Competition in the area of tax is not competition on making things that are...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the witnesses for their contributions to the committee. It was reported recently that in 2012 Google had revenues of €15.5 billion from its Irish operation, but it paid only €17 million in tax. That is an infinitesimal amount of tax. The reason it succeeded in paying so little tax is that it charged €11 billion of the €15 billion in administrative...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am reading it from The Irish Times.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Reform of Global System of Corporation Tax: EU Commission and KPMG (11 Jun 2014)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay.