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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I am not aware of the outcome of the Business Committee's deliberations but the Government is anxious to provide as much time as possible to debate the EU asylum and migration pact.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: There are different perspective on this across the House and we acknowledge that, and the Government deems it is in Ireland's national interest to be part of an EU-wide system with an EU-wide agreement. The Deputy holds a different view and there will be ample opportunity to air those views-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: -----and tease out all of the issues-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: -----over the course of next week and the Whip will respond on that in due course.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: The Deputy makes a very good point about how vital a role is played by people who come to our country to provide healthcare facilities. They include doctors, nurses and other allied health professionals. I am aware of the issue raised by the Deputy because it has come to me at a constituency level and I have followed up on certain cases. We are following up on a policy level with the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I think all TDs in the House will have had experience of dealing with individual cases where schools might have fallen just on the wrong side of the relevant threshold to keep an existing teacher or to get an additional teacher. My understanding is that it is based on a point in time. I think it is the end of September of the previous year in question but I also understand there is a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue and acknowledge his work and that of his colleagues in helping the community to recover from the devastation of Storm Babet. It was shocking to see the impact. I know the vast majority of businesses have reopened, which is great to see, but homes were destroyed as well and nobody wants that to happen again. The commitment I can give is that we are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: It is really heartening to see the popularity and growth of Gaelscoileanna. I think pupils who leave sixth class in those Gaelscoileanna in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 should have the option of going to a Gaelcholáiste in their wider area. In my community of Carrigaline in recent years, we developed a state-of-the-art brand-new Gaelcholáiste that is really popular. Children are coming...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: To be fair, the Minister of State is very accessible and I have no doubt she will facilitate a meeting, so if the Deputy wants to make contact with the Minister of State directly or through me, I have no problem in assisting with that and the case for core funding can be made by the organisation. I take the opportunity to thank all of the disability service providers in the country for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Flaherty. I am familiar with the excellent work the staff in St. Christopher's do on an ongoing basis. I thank him for advocating for them in the House this afternoon. There are ongoing meetings between the HSE and St. Christopher's. As he has acknowledged, the HSE has assisted St. Christopher's in dealing with financial challenges through a cash acceleration process and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Ellis. We are all absolutely horrified by what happened in Limerick and our hearts go out to the family of the victim. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is awaiting a report and expects to receive it very shortly. I anticipate it will be received in the coming weeks and the Government will make a prompt decision on the back of it. In advance of that, we are looking at the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputy Donnelly. He pre-empted my response because it is the truth. It is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner to decide on the allocation of resources. I am not sure if a Sinn Féin Government would propose a different way, whereby the Government would decide where gardaí go. The Garda Commissioner will do so. We accept our responsibility, which is to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: The hope is in the amount of construction that is under way across the country in terms of public house building, at scale, once again.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I am making the point. The Deputy will have seen in his constituency, throughout Cork and around the country the amount of house building in which the State is directly involved, with a view to meeting the needs of that family. It is clear for everyone to see. The numbers are there. If the Deputy wants to provide me with the details of the individual case to which he referred, I will work...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024: First Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: It is not being opposed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Taxi Regulations (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together. The application of VAT to the supply of services is subject to EU VAT law, with which Irish VAT law must comply. In accordance with VAT law, the transport of passengers and their accompanying baggage by taxi drivers is exempt from VAT. However, all other services provided to drivers – such as the provision of taxi booking...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72, 73 and 76 together. My Department publishes an Annual Report on Tax Expenditures, identifying a list of all tax expenditures in the Irish tax system, as per the OECD definition of a Tax Expenditure. The latest report, Report on Tax Expenditures 2024, was published last October on Budget Day. A list of the tax expenditures in use between October 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: I understand the Deputy is referring to the taxation of carried interest received by certain venture capital managers, as provided for in section 541C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (‘TCA 1997’). Section 41 of the Finance (No 2) Act 2008 inserted section 541C TCA 1997 and introduced a new tax regime for the return (known as carried interest) received by venture capital...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: An individual who is resident or ordinarily resident, but not domiciled in the State, is taxable on the remittance basis of tax in respect of foreign income and gains. Such individuals pay tax on: (1) Income and gains arising in Ireland, (2) Foreign income which they “remit” or bring into the State, and (3) Foreign gains which they remit into the State where the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 Jun 2024)

Michael McGrath: The Rent Tax Credit (RTC), as provided for in section 473B of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, was introduced by Finance Act 2022 and may be claimed in respect of qualifying rent paid in 2022 and subsequent years to end-2025. For Budget 2024, it was estimated that approximately 400,000 individual persons would be eligible to claim the RTC. It should be noted that RTC claims are made are...