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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what we are talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what is happening in Dún Laoghaire.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (16 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance to review the single person child carer credit, SPCCC, for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24585/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if housing assistance payment tenancies will be extended to more than two years, which is a very short period of time and not in line with sustainable tenancies; the reason the payment is stopped to the landlord with no recourse if the tenant does not pay their portion of the rent; and if he will make a statement...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: For clarification, if we are not debating the budget here, what are we debating?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Unlike some of my colleagues, I think the USC should be abolished or reduced for low and middle-income earners. However, I do not agree with moving to abolish or reduce it for people on higher incomes and I would like to hear what possible justification there could be for it. The justification for reducing it for low and middle-income people is the fact that we have chronically high levels...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I think we were campaigning for the Minister.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I think my plans for taxes on wealth and corporations might stymy that offer.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: In Mr. Howard's tables, they come under headings such as “Deductions" and "Allowances”, which jumped to quite staggering levels after 2007, particularly in the deductions section.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: However, there are figures for 2015 and even provisional figures for 2016. They are not complete but-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: A sum of €7 billion was just mentioned.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is where I want to be very specific. As I understand from reading the Revenue Commissioners' own papers, the deductions allowed under that section are allowed in advance, so the Revenue Commissioners do have a figure-----
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am reading from the Revenue Commissioners' own papers.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry to interrupt. This is what we need to get to the bottom of. We are not getting to the bottom of it. What we get is commentary and speculation about what may have produced the €2 billion spike. However, we do not receive hard facts and evidence about it. We know it is a question of the patent royalties, but is what is happening legitimate? Are those concerned just...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: -----and sending it to one of the subsidiaries that was incorporated here but not a tax resident here?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am sorry but I asked about the EU ruling. It stated it was not legitimate because the payments of royalties were in respect of companies that were not tax resident anywhere. That is not legitimate according to the European Union.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The problem is that in trying to scrutinise the budget, which is our job, we are flying blind on a number of key questions and under this key heading. We just have to take Mr. Howard's word on certain things without up-to-date information. There is speculation about what may be happening under this critical tax heading. That is unsatisfactory and means that we cannot do our job properly....
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I have a very simple question. Given that certain tax heads are ahead of the projections - I know some are also a bit behind - does the Minister have a figure or will he have a figure anytime soon as to how much extra tax revenue may be available and spendable in the budget?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is saying the fact that certain tax revenues are higher than expected will be traded off against certain expenditures.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I thank the Minister and his team. In light of everything the Minister has said and some of the discussion we have had here today, are we not heading into a do-nothing, change-nothing budget? When people shout out on behalf of particular sectors, the Minister acknowledges that in an ideal world we would have greater spending or investment in those sectors but he goes on to say we do not...