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Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach has informed us that he will reconvene a Citizens' Assembly to address the issue of gender equality. He may be aware that today the Seanad is dealing with Report and Final Stages of the Labour Party's gender pay gap reporting Bill to deal with the issue of gender equality. It is expected to pass this week. When it does, it will come back to the Dáil. The indication is...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I found a memorandum I produced in 1996 for the then Government on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the discussion he has had with his counterparts in the British Government regarding the backstop and the indicated timeframe for the UK Government to outline its counterproposals and publication of legal language in advance of the October 2018 EU summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40524/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role his Department will play in preparations for a British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. [30646/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Next week's budget will test the Government in a way that previous budgets have not tested it. It is the first budget in more than ten years where it is fair to say there is genuine scope for significant investment in public services. As the Tánaiste knows, public spending here, at 26% of GDP, is low compared with many of our European counterparts. Even if we use GNI* as the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That is not true either.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste is correct that we have a very progressive taxation system and the Labour Party was instrumental in ensuring that it remained progressive in the downtime. However, the base income divide between the rich and poor is manifestly much broader in this country than it is in any of our comparator countries. It is rebalanced somewhat by social transfers through taxation and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Most of that spending is due to demographics.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: One third of workers will not be affected.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I ask the Tánaiste about the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017, with which he may be familiar. This is a Labour Party Bill dealing with the important issues of cyberbullying and online harassment and the real damage being done online, particularly to younger people. There was strong support for it across the House, including from the Government benches,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: So he told me, yes.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is 5%.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is shocking.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: No, it will not.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Votes.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It will be next door to Stepaside Garda station.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There is a resolution of this sort virtually every year. As budgets I myself was involved in framing included them, it would be odd if I did not support them. One of the most successful health measures we have taken is against tobacco, in tackling its distribution, sale and visibility, and this has had an enormously positive health effect on our people. The fact that the number of smokers...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following new section into the Resolution after section 628:"Report on Exit Tax A628A.The Minister shall within one month from the passing of this Resolution prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the number of companies that have been liable for the provisions of sections 627 and 628 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in each of the...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: No revenue is projected.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Capital Gains Tax (9 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I am afraid it has not. The Minister basically told me what I told him. He says it replaces the current narrow provision and is not simply a replacement for the current exit tax. The current tax is capital gains tax, payable at 33%. There is no explanation of why the taxation of this intellectual property should be at a rate of 12.5%. That question was not answered. Before the...