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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Has there been an economic assessment of the change? Clearly, many of the representations made raise concerns about its potentially negative impact on the tourism sector and certain commercial sectors which have an involvement in car leasing. There has been a large amount of advertising of the notion of fly drive holidays in Ireland, particularly in the west in the context of the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Would the Minister agree to carry out an assessment and share it with us? I am conscious from my experience of the tourism industry that it is very price sensitive. We have a number of sensitivities that are particularly acute at the moment. One is the likely impact of Brexit, the immediate significance of which, as the Minister knows, relates to currency fluctuations. We are talking...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 148:In page 130, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 78A of Finance Act 2003 (relief for small breweries) 40.Section 78A of the Finance Act 2003 is amended in subsection (1)(a) by substituting “60,000 hectolitres” for “40,000 hectolitres with effect from 1 January 2019”.”. I commend the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: There is a problem for businesses in Ireland. Pearse Lyons, who sadly died this year, was doing great work in the microbrewing and microdistilling sector ten or 15 years ago when he came back to Ireland. He got people to think about brewing and distilling. Many developments have taken place since then. It is particularly noticeable that areas which have not enjoyed the kind of foreign...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: On the 31 March deadline, has the Minister prepared transitional, roll-over legislation to cover the interim period when there may be a transition? I know we all hope that will last as long as possible but many agreements between Ireland and the United Kingdom will clearly be fundamentally changed when the United Kingdom formally and fully exits the European Union as they have suggested they...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I understand that but given the context of this discussion, would it be helpful if we discussed it in more detail because for instance, there are many people such as hauliers in Ireland who transit to and from the UK? Have there been discussions about what such people will be required to do because there will definitely be changes in legal status and potentially in taxation status also? ...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister about his approach to BEPS and the current situation with the Commission's investigations and inquiries into Irish compliance. Would the Minister share with us any additional inquiries by the Commission that may be under way concerning companies operating in or out of Ireland that are similar to the Apple case? My understanding is that the Commission might pursue a number...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: On amendment No.157, I acknowledge that this time last year, I raised the issue of the Minister and his officials meeting Christian Aid. I acknowledge that those meetings did take place and that Christian Aid was happy to be involved in such discussions. In this very complex area, it is worthwhile talking to organisations like Christian Aid that are trying to pursue an approach to global...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 158:In page 142, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: "Report on proposals for digital tax 60.The Minister shall within one month from the passing of this Act prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the merits of a digital tax regime as proposed by a number of European Union Member States, indicating how such a tax might operate, the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: That was a fairly extensive commentary and one of the first that the Minister has made on this issue. It is useful that he has opened a conversation about digital tax. There is a need for a fresh report because since the previous report was issued there has been an enormous change in the landscape and in attitudes. The Minister is correct that certain countries have identified...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: We are not dealing with amendment No. 159. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Yes. The last statement made by the Minister is deeply regrettable. This is the national Parliament. Notwithstanding the fact that the Minister is involved in negotiations, that he is unwilling to place an informed, updated report before the Parliament of the people is deeply regrettable. It is the wrong position for a Minister to adopt.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting and conversation with Mr. Michel Barnier. [46824/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting and discussion with Mr. Donald Tusk. [46825/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the backstop agreement. Has he seen a legal draft of it? Has Mr. Barnier proposed such a legal paper or draft which has been shown to the Taoiseach or to Irish officials, or other representatives? Does he believe he still has bullet-proof proposals on the backstop? What is his desired deadline for agreement on Brexit? Is it the December Council meeting...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: That is totally different.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: To comment on the last point, I produced a similar case to the Taoiseach not long ago of a tradesman married to a hairdresser with her own business. Their only child is ten years old which means their childcare costs are not as high. They meet all the criteria and yet they have been turned down. Some time ago, I asked the Taoiseach about meetings of the Cabinet committee on security and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: What about the report on the future of policing?

African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: The future of Africa is central to the future of the planet. As Africa, hopefully, enters a period of renaissance continent-wide, we must interrogate what this Bill proposes to do for, and in partnership with, it. Will it represent a positive development in Ireland's relationship with Africa or will it turn our development co-operation programme and Irish Aid into a more exploitative...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (13 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 133. To ask the Taoiseach the advisers and constituency staff working for him both in respect of his role as Taoiseach and in respect of his role as a constituency Member; and if he will list all appointments in 2017 and to date in 2018. [46843/18]