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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that no new office space has been procured, purchased or rented by my Department. The matter of securing office accommodation is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works. With regard to office equipment for my Department in the past 10 years, to date, such expenditure amounts to some €0.95m. This relates to furniture-related items only and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) was introduced on 26 March 2020 and it replaced the Employer Covid-19 Refund Scheme. The TWSS closed at the end of August 2020 when it was replaced by the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) with effect from 1 September 2020. I am advised by Revenue that since June of last year, a programme of compliance checks on employers who participated in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Gambling Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) is provided for by Section 11 of the Finance Act 2020 and is available to companies, self-employed individuals and partnerships who carry on a trade or trading activities the profits of which are chargeable to tax under Case 1 of Schedule D. The trade must also be carried on from a business premises that is located in a region subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am assuming that this question is referring to consanguinity stamp duty relief, as set out in Schedule 1 (under Conveyance or Transfer) of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999. The consanguinity stamp duty relief, as currently constituted, provides, under certain conditions, for a 1% rate of stamp duty to be applicable where a transfer of agricultural land (by sale/purchase, exchange or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that the latest costs available in relation to the Donation of Heritage Items can be found in the Cost of Tax Expenditures report which is published on the Revenue website ().  The tax credit claimed can be used to offset liabilities in respect of Income Tax, Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax or Capital Acquisitions Tax. However, a breakdown, by individual...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of this year's Budget, I announced that the current concessional tax arrangements for working from home will be enhanced and formalised into legislation from 2022 onwards. An Income Tax deduction is proposed amounting to 30% of the cost of vouched expenses for electricity, heating and internet services for days spent working from home for remote workers. By way of background...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." We are here to start our consideration of the Finance Bill 2021, which will give the necessary legal basis to the decisions announced in the budget and make a number of other necessary changes to tax legislation. The budget addressed the major issues facing Ireland: climate change, Covid and housing. In this budget we aim to support...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I will not be accused by the Deputy of the language that I have used being a threat to democracy. I ask her to withdraw that.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I did.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I very much appreciate the contributions Deputies have made during an important Second Stage debate on the Finance Bill. I will structure my comments based on some of the themes that I have heard. I will begin with the climate crisis, move on to the cost of living and then talk about where we are from an employment point of view. I will then respond to some specific points that were made...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: It is the party's policy on taxation. I understand why such charges always provoke this reaction from Sinn Féin.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: It is because it is the truth. The only measure that the party has would benefit the most valuable houses and those who own them. On the question of where our economy stands, I welcome the support from many on the impact of the EWSS and the CRSS, as well as the PUP. These protected employers, those who work for them and income at a time the pandemic was at its very worst. Those...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: Deputy O'Donoghue comments on aviation were perhaps the most extraordinary I have heard made by a Deputy from Limerick and the mid-west make in some time. I hope those who work in Shannon Airport and who depend on a living from aviation in his county and region, and who work in tourism who are eager to see the return of international tourists to our shores and who recognise the value of...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: These were the measures that led to the reopening of our hospitality sector. These were the measures that led to tens of thousands of people being able to go back to work during the summer period. The use of those certificates and those public health measures-----

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: -----in particular across the summer period that led to the parts of our economy, which the Deputy claims to champion, being able to reopen.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge the fact that many children cannot practice the sports they want, as the Deputy correctly said. I accept this is something - health permitting - we want to change. However, the Deputy's credibility on those matters is continually and gravelly undermined-----

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: -----given his sustained opposition to measures that allowed our country to safely reopen for a period of time, notwithstanding the significant challenge we still face-----

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: -----in regard to Covid and the worrying figures the House is, of course, aware of with the increase in the community transmission of Covid in recent weeks.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I listened to the debate this evening and remained for it, as I should. This Finance Bill is within a context that is very different from the one introduced a year ago. While we are correct to continue to have a sense of anxiety and a focus on the current level of Covid and how we can reduce it further, this is also a health context that is fundamentally different from a year ago due to a...

Finance Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee (3 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders (3)(a) and 181(1).