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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 28B of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 provides for the operation of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), which is an economy-wide enterprise support for eligible businesses in respect of eligible employees. It provides a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers based on the numbers of paid and eligible employees on the employer’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the committee for the invitation to engage about the general scheme of the finance (local property tax) (amendment) Bill 2021, which I published at the beginning of June. I published the general scheme with a view to having the Bill enacted before the summer recess. This is necessary to enable the Revenue Commissioners to make the essential technical and administrative preparations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I understood my statement was shared with the committee yesterday. I am not quite sure what has happened. I agreed sharing of the opening statement yesterday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I will get it shared now if it has not already been.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Respectfully, what the Deputy is saying on this is incorrect. The commitment I am giving to retention in some local authority areas, and dealing with the consequences of this to ensure other local authorities are not disadvantaged because of this, is not in this Bill. The issue of retention is not a legislative matter for the Bill. The Bill simply deals with the issues I have touched on,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: That process is being led by the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, not me. I deal with the raising of revenue. I worked closely with the Minister on this but he deals with how the revenue is allocated. He has that review under way as we speak. I expect that within the year in which, I hope, we implement this revaluation successfully, the review will conclude.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Financial Resolution (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: THAT provision be made to amend the provisions for the charging of taxes in the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 in relation to the definition of ‘residential property’; in relation to the tax exemption for certain unsold trading stock of builders; in relation to the tax exemption for ‘first-time buyers’; in relation to the tax exemption for the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to deal with the substance of the amendment before I deal with some of the additional points that were made. The Bill provides for the amendment of the definition of "residential property" in two ways. First, the part of the adjoining land to be valued with the House where that land exceeds 1 acre will be specified to be that part that is most suitable for occupation and enjoyment...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy and I will deal with his points. I accept that for many people, a bill of €100 is a lot, and that is why we have put in place the changes that the Deputy acknowledged in the Bill. The Deputy spoke about the future of this tax and the people of his own county of Donegal. On one hand he said he was concerned about the future revenue that the people of Donegal, whom...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not sure what I said to the Deputy that made him think in any way that I was not making a serious contribution or implying that he does not have some answers to the questions I raise, as I know he does. The net point is still that if this tax was abolished, there would be a decrease in the revenue made available for the Department or local authorities. If this tax was abolished, we...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputies for raising a matter that the Government knows is very sensitive because of the anxiety about harm and damage that has been caused not just to homes but to the families who live in them and who have experienced such difficulty over a number of years. It is in recognition of this that the Government put in place a scheme to try to provide support to families affected by...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not want this process to be equated with questions of trust. We understand the challenges being faced by homeowners. I do not want it to be inferred in any way that by not accepting this amendment, we have in any way issues with trust with regard to the very serious matters being raised. There are reasons that I have advanced for why this exemption is structured as it is. It is based...

Double Taxation Relief: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Federal Republic of Germany) Order 2021, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th July, 2021.”

Double Taxation Relief: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: 2021, Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Republic of Kosovo) Order 2021, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th July, 2021.”