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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: It is an incentive to investors to invest in the provision of extensions to nursing homes because at present that is considered to be good social capital. Investment in social capital in a targeted way is a good use for a tax break.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: It will apply to private investment in private nursing homes. Many of them will be constructed as SMEs. There are some that are more extensive than that but I am not sure of their corporate arrangements. There are nursing home groups that have a number of nursing homes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: It is a relief for extensions to existing nursing homes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I understand the Department of Health commissioned Indecon to do a report on this and its recommendation was that this be extended to extensions to nursing homes. We are doing it at the request of the Department of Health.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I presume that is a matter for the Department of Health. Most reports are published.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I am not sure if it has been published.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 22:In page 17, to delete line 23 and insert the following:“17.(1) Section 598 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (1)(a), by inserting the following definition:" "farm partnership’ means a milk production partnership or a registered farm partnership (within the meaning of section 667C);", and(b) in subsection (1)(d)(iib), by...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: Devising an appropriate appeals mechanism that satisfies all necessary requirements is complicated and it is better that a carefully drafted section be included on Committee Stage rather than included at publication of the Finance Bill if it was subsequently realised it was not fit for purpose. This provision has been drafted in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 23:In page 18, to delete lines 36 to 38, and in page 19, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:"(d) in section 667B—(i) in subsection (5)(b), by substituting "2018" for "2015", and (ii) in paragraph 2 of the Table to that section—(I) in subparagraph (q), by substituting “Sustainable Agriculture," for “Sustainable Agriculture.",...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 24:In page 19, line 5, to delete "section, section 667D and section 667E" and substitute "section and sections 667D to 667G".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 25:In page 20, to delete lines 14 to 19 and substitute the following:" 'primary participant' means the precedent partner, within the meaning of section 1007;".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 26:In page 20, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:" 'register of succession farm partnerships' shall be construed in accordance with section 667D(1);".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 27:In page 22, line 13, after "alteration" to insert "and amend the relevant entry on the register".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 28:In page 22, line 31, to delete "only register a farm partnership where" and substitute "only enter a farm partnership on the register where".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 29:In page 22, line 34, after "the" where it secondly occurs to insert "farm".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 30:In page 24, line 5, to delete "registered" and substitute "entered".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 31:In page 24, to delete lines 17 to 19 and substitute the following:"(c) the business plan of the farm partnership shall have been submitted to, and approved by, the Minister,".

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 32:In page 25, to delete lines 15 to 18 and substitute the following:"(5)(a) The Minister shall only enter a farm partnership on the register of succession farm partnerships where he or she is satisfied that the farm partnership has met the conditions set out in subsection (2). (b) Where the Minister is not satisfied that the farm partnership is continuing to meet the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 33:In page 26, to delete line 28.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Michael Noonan: I move amendment No. 34:In page 28, line 28, to delete "provisions."." and substitute the following:"provisions.",(h) by inserting the following section after section 667E (inserted by paragraph (g)):“Appeals officer 667F. (1) The Minister may appoint a person to be an appeals officer (in this section and section 667G referred to as an ‘appeals officer’) for the purposes...