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Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is unbelievable. The Taoiseach will not even ask his officials whether there is legislation coming forward in this quarter or the next quarter in relation to this matter.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I have asked the question on promised legislation.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is legislation promised?

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: It is promised legislation.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: If it was on the programme list, then I would see it. It is promised legislation as the Minister for Finance signed up to that communiqué last week.

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht seo. Tá sé iontach tráthúil go bhfuil an plé seo againn anocht sa Dáil agus aréir. Gan a bheith ag iarraidh a bheith ag scóráil pointí ar an Rialtas, sílim go dtéann an cheist seo thar na páirtithe polaitiúla agus thar na pobail ar fad, mar níl pobal ar bith sa...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he regrets rushing through the Local Property Tax Act in view of the problems that have become evident in the legislation. [49197/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are available when Ireland leaves the formal troika programme; and if he will provide an evaluation of each option. [49198/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz that Ireland is facing a lost decade and that austerity never works and his assertion that the cost of bailing out European banks has been paid by Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49199/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish an independent investigation into the handling by the Central Bank and the special manager of the situation at Newbridge Credit Union. [49196/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans for the Newbridge Credit Union building; and the way in which its contents will be valued. [49661/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Programmes (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the planned date on which Ireland will no longer be subject to post-programme surveillance having repaid at least 75% of the financial assistance it has received from other member states, the EFSF and other sources. [49704/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements or proposed arrangements that are in place with the German bank KfW to aid Irish small and medium enterprises or other economic sectors. [49749/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was subject to a Department of agriculture inspection in August and is still not in receipt of any payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49700/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome Mr. Redmond, Mr. Irwin, Ms O'Brien and Ms Clarke to the committee. Their presentation, in terms not only of content but style, was excellent and engaging. While I cannot speak for everybody present, there is a great deal of support in this committee and the Oireachtas in relation to the demand. I commend the witnesses on their lobbying campaign and the information they presented...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The sum of €1 million per week is a substantial amount of borrowing, particularly if the payment were to be brought forward to the June reference point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We all concur with that. The documentation provided includes live feedback from chartered tax advisers. As stated by the Small Firms Association, if the payment date were brought forward, it could result in job losses. The accountancy sector could also suffer as a result of job losses. I refer in this regard to the feedback from the practice in Cork in particular which states that tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I was also alarmed by the feedback from the practice in Dublin which states that on the last day of October, one third of its clients' accounts have been filed, one third of them are in hand and one third of clients have yet to send in data, and that the one third yet to stand in data may be sticking their heads in the sand as they know they cannot pay. While the issue for this year has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The witnesses have heaped praise on the Department officials. They are great lobbyists in terms of their praising the right people at the right time. I agree that the Department deserves praise because its forecasting, which has increased dramatically, has been more or less on target this year. We can all concur with what has been said about the Revenue online service. As an employer, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: They are not here now.