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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and nature of all tax paid by domestic property funds and all foreign-owned property funds in Ireland and Irish real estate funds, real estate investment trusts, REITs, undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, UCITS, and exchange-traded funds, ETFs, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: The red carpet was rolled out by the previous Fine Gael Government, with the support of Fianna Fáil on many occasions, in the provision of tax advantages to REITs. The REITs swooped in. They bought land, apartments and houses, mostly cheaply from the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and they have extracted significant returns in that time, often while hiking up rents. Will the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: The Government's policy has displaced families in the housing market. It has pitted these institutional investors against families. Many of these institutional investors come from abroad. They have far deeper pockets than families who are trying to buy homes. They have access to far cheaper finance than first-time buyers and, worst of all, they pay less tax than the families they are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)
Peadar Tóibín: I understand that some international capital will be needed for the housing market. However, the key point we are trying to make is that giving international capital a competitive advantage over home owners in the housing sector has the effect of displacing first-time buyers and families from the housing sector. It is clear that the international investors have competitive advantages,...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: I am glad to see the civil war in Fine Gael has been put on ice for the moment. I want to direct a couple of questions to the Minister of State.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: That is a pity, because I recall the Minister of State being in the area shortly after the flood and promising, as part of the Government response, that there would be speedy support for families and businesses. That simply has not been the case. It is quite shocking. The Taoiseach also promised that there would be speedy help. The timelines for the flood defences are also quite...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: I have not. I have been speaking to the campaigners.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: The question I asked was whether it will take nine years for the defences to be put in place.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: The people from Midleton listening to this discussion will be heartbroken that the Minister of State cannot even confirm a completion date after nine years.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: I understand why the Minister of State is defensive.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: I would be defensive too if I was in a situation where I could not give a guarantee on this scheme since 2017. I ask the Minister of State to allow me to continue. He has had a good shot at it. The process started seven years ago.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: Again, Minister of State-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: This is getting tiresome.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: I am trying to get answers. If we are not going to have this scheme completed within the nine-year period, what interim measures will the Minister of State put in place to make sure people are not inundated with water again in the meantime?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: To clarify, is it the case that the Minister of State does not have specific interim proposals for defences?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: I will move on to accommodation for asylum seekers. In June 2022, the Government promised to deliver rapid-build homes within a short time to accommodate Ukrainians living here. My understanding is that less than half the promised number have been built. Is that correct?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: How many units were built in Thurles?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: As of now, however, less than half of what was promised in June 2022 has been delivered.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024) Peadar Tóibín: Only 300 are fully completed.