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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: An examination of media reports, in particular for the 48 hours before the budget, would suggest differently because those reports very specifically said that the stamp duty was going to increase by a very significant amount and generally suggested an increase from 2% to at least 5%. Such reports were carried by practically all of the major national newspapers and organisations such as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: If the Minister is that concerned, he has a very easy remedy that would put all our minds at rest, namely, backdate the introduction of the measures to 8, 9 or 10 October. The budget was brought in on 11 October. If he wanted to, the Minister could even backdate the introduction of the measures to 1 October. It is a fundamental principle of fairness in taxation that those in the know...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: May I respond to that briefly?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I just want to say one sentence-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: -----to the Minister. There was a time when a previous leader of Fine Gael, Garret FitzGerald, had to seek the resignation of a Fine Gael Minister of State because there was an inadvertent leak of information-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: -----which may have resulted in advantage to some of the players involved. If Fine Gael standards have really-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: That was inadvertent in those days.

Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I take this opportunity to ask the Minister a question I raised with him and his predecessors previously. As Minister for Social Protection, I commissioned a study and review which was to be carried out between the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Finance. I cannot for the life of me understand, unless this has been released yesterday or today, why that study has never...

Other Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: And bogus self-employment.

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44757/17]

Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: This was discussed in a previous question by another Deputy. I thank the Minister for saying that the publication of the report on bogus self-employment, which I commissioned as a Minister, and on which the Departments of Social Protection and Finance cooperated, including reference to the then Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, is imminent. I have been asking about this for...

Other Questions: Tax Compliance (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: -----he will never be injured but many who end up with injuries have no social insurance coverage and that can affect them for the rest of their lives.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I said on budget day it was much ado about nothing because it is a very modest budget. People will be relieved that taxes are not rising. At the same time, the tax increases that have been brought in, while welcome by individuals, make very little difference in the greater scheme of things. I do not know if the Minister has read the ESRI analysis which contains a verdict that by the end of...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: That is because a great deal of the value is now in the cost of land. The developers are trying to recover every cent they lost during the bust. It is our job to make sure they cannot profiteer on the backs of people who need housing and that instead we have a fair playing field for them and also for the young couple, perhaps both working in the Minister's Department, who have built up a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the additional €100 million he plans to raise in compliance activity in 2018 as per budget 2018 documentation; the reason this revenue was not previously collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to launch a public inquiry into the tracker mortgage scandal; the actions he plans to take to ensure persons who lost their homes and paid too much in monthly payments are suitably compensated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Settlements (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeal cases worth more than €1 million in appeal or dispute; the amount outstanding; the amount expected to be realised in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44709/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the key employee engagement programme up to the end of 2023; if it will be subject to the high-income earner restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell additional stakes in a bank (details supplied); his further plans to fast track the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is proposing to help SMEs tackle the challenges they face in view of Brexit in particular providing credit for SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44751/17]