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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The question is on the change here. While the change is technical, it clarifies the issue in terms of residence for the purposes of the Irish-USA double taxation treaty. Has it been quantified? Does he believe this has a been a barrier to these funds locating here? Is there any indication that the clarification provided by this amendment will lead to greater jobs and increased taxation as...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Who was raising the uncertainty? Was it Revenue or the funds industry?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Will the Minister outline the rationale behind this section? Where is the proposal coming from in terms of the enhanced industrial buildings allowances? Who is behind this section?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The scheme was envisaged originally under the Finance Act 2013 but never materialised as a result of rules on state aid. There was quite a bit of argument or discussion or debate at the time that it should be extended, in particular, if memory serves me correctly, to benefit Ireland West Airport Knock. That was obviously not agreeable to the Government and the Minister at the time. The...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Why the change of heart?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Were state aid rules the reason for restricting it to certain airports originally?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: This is not intended as a reflection on any individual or group of individuals but an item was introduced in a Finance Bill two years ago which seems to have run foul of the state aid rules and has had to be altered. Given the type of investment involved, the potential jobs and so forth, how difficult is it, when one sits down to deal with a change in the taxation code, to see that it runs...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I understand the state aid rules. My question, to put it bluntly, is this one. Why did the Minister's Department not understand in 2013 that this measure was going to run foul of the rules?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Was there any consultation? Is there a chance to have a consultation to get a feel for it if it is not that clear?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 42:In page 40, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“27. The Minister shall, within nine months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available to restrict banks from carrying forward losses against taxable profits of the banks, which could result in many institutions paying no tax for the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I will press the amendment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for additional measures to tackle the ongoing mortgage crisis and the repossession crisis, including through legislative and policy changes. [40616/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I object in the strongest possible terms to the decision to rule out of order a number of questions my colleagues and I had tabled to the Minister. It makes a farce of the House that elected Members are being prevented from asking him questions related to the ongoing IBRC investigation, including the role played by the Department and when the Minister became aware of the difficulties. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I am not sure if the Minister is aware of this, but the crisis has not gone away. In the dying months of the Government's term of office, 98,137 people are in mortgage arrears. Croke Park could not hold the principal of all of the households where the mortgage on the family home is in arrears. Reports indicate that 4,440 requests for repossession were made to the Courts Service in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mortgage Arrears (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: There have been thousands of evictions. As I said to the Minister, a total of 1,088 orders were granted in the first nine months of this year, and the number is going to increase. Let us be clear about it: this figure is going to increase before the end of the year. The Minister is probably the only person in the House who believes that voluntary surrenders are indeed voluntary....

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I wish to voice my support and that of my party for this amendment. I will take up where Deputy Ó Cuív left off. This does not just undermine the democratic rights of islanders. What has happened for many years is unconstitutional. This is not the first time I have said this in this House. Will the Minister of State liaise with the Attorney General to see if the practices...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I have heard many arguments or counter arguments from Ministers and that is one of the weakest I have heard in a long time. Regardless of the Government's intention, the feeling among the island communities is that they are being treated as second-class citizens. Can the Minister of State respond to the points I have made, which I have made on a number of occasions here, about the postal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Central Bank of Ireland’s investigation into tracker mortgage infringements by banks; the number of banks being investigated, and where issues have been found; and when the investigation will be completed. [40344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to exempt a complex (details supplied) and other residential complexes, that are unsafe to live in, from the local property tax. [40342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (18 Nov 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the credit union movement before the commencement of the remaining element of the 2012 Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseers Regulators Act. [40340/15]