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Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: I received interesting correspondence relating to this section concerning the way in which multinationals operate here. I do not know if the Minister also received such correspondence. It relates to the blocking of a loophole. The individual who raised this issue with me said that if a multinational were recruiting people from aboard, one of the best ways to secure those with the highest...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage. (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: Will the Minister to send me information on those schemes?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: I move recommendation No. 15: In page 35, lines 30 and 31, to delete "of not less than 20 in-patient beds". This recommendation relates to tax reliefs on inpatient palliative care beds. The Minister said yesterday that there is a great deal of support for this proposal within the sector. These things always need to be cleared up. There is some concern about the construction of co-located...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is interesting that these palliative care units, which can be quite similar to nursing homes, will be built specifically for such purposes.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: It has been suggested that all units which are developed should be big. It might not be a bad thing if they are attached to nursing homes. The palliative care report that was published in 2004 stated that there was a dearth of palliative care beds in all regions. I am worried that 20-bed stand-alone palliative care units might not be feasible outside large urban areas, where there are...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: Yesterday the Minister referred to figures of 10% and 20% in connection with capital gains but I cannot find the exact section dealing with it. It concerned someone writing to the Revenue Commissioners beforehand about a capital gains issue.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: Is it a scheme or is it tax avoidance?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: Does it not apply to someone who inadvertently does not pay the right tax?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: Is it purely for setting up schemes? Does it not apply to someone who, for whatever reason, does not pay the proper taxes?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: I wish to comment on Senator Harris's contribution. I have been the subject of a Revenue audit and have had extensive dealings with them. Whereas one is never happy with the outcome, they have always been very easy to deal with.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: There is a defibrillator in the boot of every Garda vehicle, in every fire brigade and in most doctors' surgeries, including my own — and this is tax deductible as a practice expense. That basically leaves community and sporting organisations who are seeking this VAT exemption. It is well within the financial parameters of Government for the HSE to give a grant to the value of the VAT,...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: On the section on stamp duty, were concerns raised with the Minister for Finance regarding abuses of the first-time buyer's grant?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Mar 2008)

Liam Twomey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and for giving of his time. I thank all his officials for all the work they do in preparing this Bill every year. I also thank all Members of the House and the Seanad staff for bearing with us.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Finance to address this House twice a year on the state of the economy? Since March 2007, an extra 2,000 people in County Wexford are on the dole, which is a large figure. This is the human side of what is going wrong in the economy and it is being replicated throughout the country. Will the Leader invite the Minister for Health and Children before the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: How long does Senator Butler believe it will take to get back to that?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Dalai Lama — we cannot get the Minister for Finance into this House, never mind the Dalai Lama.

Seanad: Kidnapping and Detention of Ms Ingrid Betancourt: Motion (10 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: Like other Members, I believe we should pass a strongly worded motion to seek the release of Ingrid Betancourt by FARC guerillas. On this island we have experienced the same type of massive change that is happening in many parts of the world. According to the adage, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. Fine Gael is the only political party on this side of the House that...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: I extend my condolences to the family of Dr. Hillery because he was a man I always admired. I congratulate Senator Cannon on his elevation to leadership of his political party in the early hours of this morning. For the past two days I have been in Brussels. As Fine Gael is part of the largest group of political parties in Europe, we meet other political parties across Europe with whom we...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: We see Senator Boyle's party as a splinter group.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Liam Twomey: They could have been led by worse.