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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new action his Department taking to entice students to take up apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Reform (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to entice those who are unemployed to enter the education system and upskill in order to pursue employment thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the appointment of a replacement GP for the GP who has tendered their resignation in Blarney, County Cork; the action that his Department and the HSE are taking to recruit additional GPs for areas of growing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60172/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an alliance of organisations (details supplied) seeking an increase in the legal age of sale of all forms of tobacco, including e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21 years, commonly known as Tobacco 21; if he is in favour of Ireland introducing Tobacco 21 as a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) calling on the Government to raise the smoking age from 18 to 21, in support of the Government's stated objective of reducing the smoking rate in Ireland to 5% by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 676. To ask the Minister for Health if it would be permissible under the current EU tobacco products directive to raise the smoking age in Ireland from 18 to 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned over the rise of disposable e-cigarette use among adolescents; if his Department has a plan to counter this trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the creation of a national medicines reserve facility in Ireland specifically to help during a public health emergency, in particular taking into account the current risk of medicine shortages and supply disruptions and the way this negatively impacts on patient health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60596/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with the largest group of suppliers of medicines to the HSE and patients directly (details supplied) to review pricing and procurement policies in order to protect patient access to high-quality affordable treatment and help to mitigate the risk of medicine shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60597/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the putting in place of a mechanism within the framework agreements on Pricing and Supply of Medicines 2021-2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the extension of the 0% VAT rate that currently applies to certain oral medicines to non-oral medicines, including injections, infusions, liniments, ointments and transdermal patches, which would be in line with the programme for Government commitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60599/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 714. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agri climate rural environment scheme applications that have been received by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60348/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 715. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agri climate rural environment scheme general approach applications that have been received by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60349/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 716. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agri climate rural environment scheme co-operation approach applications that have been received by his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: 717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeframe from the date applications are received in respect of the climate rural environment scheme to the date that a final decision is taken and the applicants notified as to whether or not they have been accepted in to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60351/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise for not being here earlier but I was in the Dáil for questions with the Minister for Health. On corporate tax, how it has grown in the last years? For the final expectations for 2022, we see the increase for 2022. How will the proposed changes at European Union level affect the intake of taxation in the foreseeable future? To what extent will this taxation be adversely...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: With corporate tax, are we talking about another €1 billion or €2 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Okay, so we are talking about around €23 billion. Going forward with the changes, are we talking about increasing corporate tax to 15% on the one hand while on the other hand there is the downsizing because of the location where profits are allocated? What do we need to start planning for to take this into account? Have we any idea what we should be planning for?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: Are we talking about 50% or 30%?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Colm Burke: What is the timescale for when we will actually see it coming into place? Are we talking about three years or four years?