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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (30 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 23 November 2016, when he will expedite the appointment for a person (details supplied) to see a neurosurgeon in Tallaght Hospital. [37805/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (30 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for counselling for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37840/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (1 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [38188/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 214. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a widow in receipt of a widow's pension and rental income is exempt from paying PRSI. [38711/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal to a decision for arrears of domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 337. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 17 November 2016, when he will make a decision regarding a new acquired brain injury unit in County Longford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38551/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if a gym for persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Longford is being closed; the reason this would occur despite the need for such a facility; the research that has been conducted by his Department or the HSE on the facility; the ongoing staffing issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38701/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 376. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied). [38770/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri finance scheme as announced in budget 2017 will commence; the criteria farmers must meet to be eligible for the fund; the conditions of the scheme; the involvement in the application process; the supports available to farmers to aid with their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38771/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: I thank the witnesses for attending. Based on an initial review, this would be an unmitigated disaster for Ireland. There can be legitimate arguments about how much tax companies pay and where they pay it, but we must be clear on who sets the rules. The member state has that sovereign right. Time is against us, so I will ask a few brief questions. In terms of domestic courts'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: This would water down the jurisdiction of Irish courts over tax matters. Would that not be a fair point to make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: It is simply-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: An Irish High Court decision that affected Germany's yield under the CCCTB would not be sustainable. It has been mentioned that corporation tax would be ring-fenced. Many companies depend on offsets against VAT and other taxes as a point of cashflow. However, that would not be sustainable under this model because corporation tax would be ring-fenced. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: Mr. Zuijdendorp stated that, under the CCCTB, corporation tax would be ring-fenced. If so, it would not be available for offsets against other taxes in a sovereign nation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: But the apportionment is the primary focus for the member state.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: That answers my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: We are setting up a pan-European revenue authority to deal with this. To whom will it be accountable? The authority will collect and allocate this tax, ensure it is fairly done and adjudicate over matters of dispute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: If there is a problem or dispute, someone must adjudicate on it. Who does that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: On a simple tax matter that gets into difficulty, the witnesses are saying that a company would have to go to the European Court of Justice. That is incredible. We are overcomplicating this. Essentially, we are creating 27 tax bases and increasing bureaucracy and the costs on business. A consolidated accounting profit in consolidated accounts is different from a CCCTB. We are creating an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Dec 2016)

Peter Burke: There was a question. There will be no flexibility to deal with national and local problems. Obviously, Mr. Zuijdendorp agrees with that statement because he said that there was no question on that point to answer.