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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: There is no time limit today.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Can I bring in Dr. Karina Doorley, who has indicated she wants to come in?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I wish us all luck in having a grown-up conversation about inheritance tax in the Oireachtas. I am sorry; am I being too cynical?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Dr. Collins, did you want to come in?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Before I move on to the next speaker, Deputy Boyd Barrett, would Dr. Collins care to hazard a guess as to the percentage? Having done the programme for Government negotiations, I carried out a desktop study on programme for Government documents and how much had been implemented. I reckoned it was 30% or 35%.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It is not a fair question anyway.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Corporation tax comes up in another chapter, which is probably why we have not covered it in detail. I will not constrain people if they want to comment.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Does the Deputy want to let the witnesses in?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes, we did.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: If I remember correctly, it was just when it was about to start paying off - in 2014.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It is worth saying that the legislation is sitting there, already written.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I am cognisant that a vote has been called so our members will have to leave. I have a few questions to continue with and will allow the members to leave. If they are not back in time we might adjourn for a few minutes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I expect members to return by 7.45 p.m.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Fair enough.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes, go and vote, Deputy.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I might just continue with a few questions of my own. I am excused at the moment.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Let us not say that in the public forum. I want to pick up on a few issues and will go back to the site value tax. As Dr. Healy will be aware, a site value tax is a long-held interest of the Green Party. I worked on the policy. While not being an expert on such a tax at all I was interested to see in the recommendations the continuance of local property tax and the adoption of the site...