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Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Following on from Deputy Michael McGrath's question, I did not hear the full exchange but would like the Minister to clarify whether PRSI will apply to savings such that DIRT and PRSI combined will result in a tax rate of 45% on savings. I agree that the approach is wholly unsatisfactory as a means of dealing with very significant budgetary proposals. No briefing at all has been provided....

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: For self-employed people, is that 45%?

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I ask the Minister to clarify that. Is it not the case that self-employed people already pay PRSI on their savings and that the intention is to impose 4% PRSI on employees savings?

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: I would like a bit more clarity on that. What is an insignificant amount? If a PAYE employee has savings and he or she earns interest on those savings, that interest is actually unearned income. Will that interest now be subject to 41% DIRT and PRSI, giving an effective rate of 45% tax on those savings? I ask the Minister to clarify that point because that is my understanding of these changes.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: A sum of €100 in interest can be significant to people. Is the Government now intending to take €45 out of that €100 in tax?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in respect of Appendix D of the Green Paper on Pensions, he will provide the same information in respect of PRSAs and RACs for the latest year for which figures are available. [43460/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer for every €100 increase in the standard rate cut off point for income tax across all categories. [43484/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax exemption limits and the related rate of marginal relief applying to single and married persons under 65 years. [43602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Staff (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in the Industrial Development Agency in each of the following earnings brackets: less than €20,000, €20,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000, €60,001 to €70,000,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 264. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to ongoing public concerns regarding anti-social activity in Dublin city centre, particularly on weekend nights; the actions gardaí are taking to deal with the problems associated with public drunkenness, drug-dealing and other anti-social activity; the current status of Operation Stilts; if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a public patient (details supplied) in Dublin 9 was charged the €75 bed levy despite their surgery being cancelled after admittance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43259/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (15 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a special allocation for the upgrade of roads will be made to those local authorities that will host a stage of the 2014 Giro D'Italia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43240/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: We all know how fond the Taoiseach was of the famous five-point plan he announced before the last general election. This time he and his Government colleagues have surpassed themselves. They have come up with a ten-point plan which is specifically targeted at older people. Cumulatively, it will result in older people who are already under severe pressure being hammered by the impact of...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Government is withdrawing 35,000 of the over 70s medical cards from couples with an income of more than €900 per week. The important point to bear in mind is that the figure is for gross income. The medical card is the only way for people to access home help services, public health nursing services and other community health services and that is the big loss to people-----

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: -----as well as the loss of security which the medical card gives. There also will be medical card losses for people who are under 70 and the Government is targeting €113 million to be withdrawn from those people. That equates to approximately 100,000 medical cards being withdrawn next year. We all know how squeezed people are already because of the tight income limits.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Large numbers of people in their 60s with very meagre incomes will lose their medical cards through this austerity budget. We also have the reduction in tax relief for those who have very modest cover with health insurance companies. These people do not have the gold-plated policies to which the Minister for Finance referred yesterday.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister very dishonestly portrayed this as something entirely different. People on very modest incomes who have been already put to the pin of their collars to maintain their health insurance because the health service is so unresponsive to older people in particular, will now lose the tax relief which will make health insurance even less affordable for them. We now have a totally...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: On the one hand, the policy is to introduce universal health insurance and to develop an insurance-based health care system. On the other hand, through various Government policies, including those announced yesterday, health insurance is being made less affordable for people. The Government is squeezing more and more people out of private health insurance. Thousands of people are leaving...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: This is the fact-----

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Róisín Shortall: The Government announced an extra €37 million for GP visit cards. It is giving with one hand while taking back on the treble with the other by withdrawing €148 million from medical card provision which includes the over-70s and under-70s. This will also result in substantial numbers of people being left without access to basic health care. There was great fanfare when it was...