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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Professor Moloney for that response. Our next speaker is Deputy Doherty.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Doherty is welcome to come in with a couple of questions but he is well over time so I ask him to keep them short.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Professor Moloney has lots to address there. I think we will all pass by the fact that the Deputy has called us all political nerds.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That concludes the first round of questions. The floor is now open to anybody who would like to come in a second time. Members can indicate if they wish to speak by raising a hand. While they are thinking about, I have some questions for Professor Moloney. My first question is on an issue that has come up previously at this committee and at the Joint Committee on Health. We have talked...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That sounds very encouraging. I am mindful that the commission represents a group of experts in their field. It no secret that during the negotiations there some issues that the coalition could not reach consensus on, including for the Green Party, a site value tax and a wealth tax. That is, in part, the reason the commission was established and tasked with discussion of those issues. In...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: My follow-up question is also on the process. We have had a great deal of discussion today about the content of the commission and various types of taxes. Will the commission also address the timing of taxes, the budgetary cycle and how it interacts with tax and welfare?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I take Professor Moloney's point. I do think that sometimes the budgetary cycle has an impact on the manner in which tax is implemented. I would like to put that out there. I am hopeful that in this Government cycle there will be significant progress on issues such as equality budgeting and well-being indicators. I am thinking in particular of gender and diversity issues and considering...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Professor Moloney.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not see any other hands going up. I agree that it has been a very interesting session. I commend the commission on publishing the minutes and it is great to hear that it will publish the papers as it goes along. That is something on which we would like to keep in contact with the commission and hopefully have another session at an interim stage. It is fascinating work. I can see...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Remit, Terms of Reference and Priorities: Commission on Taxation and Welfare (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Professor Moloney. The committee will begin a series of meetings to examine inflation pressures. On Wednesday, 10 November, at 5.30 p.m. the committee will meet Dr. Ella Kavanagh from University College Cork and Professor Karl Whelan of University College Dublin to discuss the drivers of inflation and potential policy responses to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank everybody here today. This is important legislation, which is quite complex. One of the reasons it is complex is that, similar to other issues we will deal with in the committee in the near future, there is not a great deal of relevant research, particularly on vaping. Does that pose a particular challenge in progressing legislation in this area or locking things in now? Do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, I am fully supportive of this legislation. I was just wondering if the newness of the product is a particular challenge. Does the Department of Health feel that this legislation will be a suitable framework as the technology moves faster than we can perhaps keep up with? Will we be able to add to it as new products come online?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That actually leads into my next question. I am very interested in the relationship between the density of retail outlets in Ireland and smoking prevalence and use of vaping products. Does the Department envisage that if we introduce a licensing fee, the density of retail units will naturally fall? Will there be any mechanism for us to be able to further control the density subsequently?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Obviously, there is a similar correlation between that and advertising. I am aware that we do not have advertising on TV or radio but a similar phenomenon has come up in childhood obesity, in cigarettes and in alcohol in respect of the density of advertising and its proximity to particular areas like schools and sports facilities. Does the Department envisage that this will be an important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: When Ms Gordon puts it like that, it is stark. I do not know if I have enough time, but I have one question that is kind of related to this. I know that there are 13,000 registered tobacco retailers right now and that there were only 61 convictions in the six-year period between 2014 and 2019. How important is it to see applied regulation and that the Revenue Commissioners and nobody else...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019: Department of Health (3 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: No, it was a great answer, and I thank Ms Gordon for it. I am very excited to see this legislation come through. It is fantastic. Thank you, Chair. I know you gave me some extra time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (9 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the controls he can put in place in relation to the marketing of crypto assets ahead of any EU directives coming into force, for example, the Markets in Crypto-assets and amending directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54117/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (9 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans his Department has to address the apparent tax avoidance identified in research by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54116/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (9 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the Port of Cork to vacate the Tivoli site in order to allow the site to be redeveloped for housing and transport needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (9 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the military coup that took place in Sudan on 25 October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54043/21]