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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It was during a recession. I suspect if we had held on for a year, we might have taken in some money on it.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will put to the witnesses what I put to the OECD and to the witnesses before the committee last week, which is that the underlying or maybe overarching thesis of the commission's report is that we need to broaden the tax base and that we need to do that for a number of very pressing reasons such as the climate crisis, demographics and services requirements. What is the witnesses' response...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I ask this in the context of LPT, which we have talked about a lot today. We managed to change that tax but not increase our revenue from it, which seems extraordinary to me, that we would reform a tax and not end up with more money from it.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: More productivity and more activity lead to more tax.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: That is a good point. Should we have a commission more regularly? There seem to be long gaps between when we do these kinds of big reviews and reports. There is no rolling or regular timeframe for that; it is really based on political will. Would the witnesses like to see these done more regularly? Do they think it would be useful?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: As Deputy Durkan knows. He looks tired.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Has Deputy Durkan any other comments?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It is worth putting this point to the witnesses from the Irish Tax Institute. If they were to focus on one aspect of tax in the context of addressing the housing crisis, what would this core goal be? What should we be doing?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Exactly as Deputy Durkan said.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Does anybody have any further questions or is everybody happy enough?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: We both could.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: When it comes to the housing crisis, we could all sit here and commiserate for quite a long time. I will conclude the session, however, because I do not want to depress us all. I thank everyone for staying so late. I appreciate the witnesses' time, their submission and their taking the time to look at the report of the commission.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service-users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville Adult Mental Health Services in east Cork who have availed of either short-term respite or longer-term placement in nursing-homes or in CHO4 mental health facilities from 1 January 2021; the names of the mental health facilities and the number of service-users...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Apologies have been received from Deputy Doherty. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. I propose that the committee go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I welcome Dr. Micheál Collins from University College Dublin, UCD, Dr. Karina Doorley, Dr. Martina Lawless and Dr. Conor O'Toole from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, Dr. Tom McDonnell from the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, and Ms Colette Bennett and Dr. Seán Healy from Social Justice Ireland. This is our first meeting on the report by the Commission on...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It is a much longer and comprehensive document, and I thank Dr. Healy for it. I take his point that we have limited the group today to a certain amount of chapters because the breadth of the commission's report was so great. Also, as it turns out, it has been the subject of great interest to come to this committee, perhaps because we did not have a forum within which to discuss this report...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank Dr. Collins.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank everyone for their comprehensive contributions. We did try to limit the number of issues. Even with that, however, there is still a huge number to cover. I invite Deputy Farrell to make her contribution.