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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 14: In page 48, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “27. The Minister for Finance shall, within 90 days of the passage of this Act, publish a report on the extension of the relief under Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to the industry which has the potential for significant job creation in Clonifeen Townland, Co. Offaly,...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I want to make two points. I am not looking for whole swathes of the State to be designated. We are talking about 22 specific sites in the area stretching from Tipperary in the south up to Westmeath, over to Kildare and back to east Galway. The Minister made the point that EU regional aid guidelines would not enable the Government to do that but he will be aware that this area is now...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: One cannot be in two places at once.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: The reason I picked the 22 sites was that when I listed the counties on Committee Stage the Minister told me I was being far too broad. Now he is using the argument that this is too defined. In the interests of trying to progress the issue, and in light of the comments the Minister has made, I am prepared to withdraw the amendment. We will hear what the Minister has to say in the new year....

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 17: In page 97, after line 32, to insert the following: “40.The Minister shall, prior to 1 May 2020, publish a report on reducing the impact of carbon tax on agricultural production in light of the fact that there are no viable low carbon alternatives available to farmers.”. We discussed a similar amendment in detail on Committee Stage. Its focus is...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I will not dwell on the point I made on Committee Stage. I want to pick up on two things the Minister of State said. He said rural Ireland is not desolate. The competitive funds provided by the rural and urban regeneration schemes encourage communities to come forward with innovative ideas, and they are very positive. The difficulty is that the vast majority of people living in rural...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I am impressed that Deputies Danny and Micheal Healy-Rae are rubbing off on the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. They regularly mention their constituency. The Minister is even mentioning his constituency in debating the Finance Bill 2019. I say, "Well done," to him.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 27: In page 109, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(5) The Minister shall, within 90 days of the passage of this Act, publish a report on options for the extension of the stamp duty relief for young trained farmers to all farmers who hold a relevant agricultural qualification.”. We discussed this amendment on Committee Stage. It is...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is correct that there is a block exemption, but as he will know, it is possible for him to go to the European Commission with a proposal if he so wishes. It is not, therefore, a viable argument for not removing the age threshold, which has been done in the case of agricultural relief. The objective, particularly in an era of climate action when the focus is on trying to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the monitoring of sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tag sex offenders following their release from prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47458/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: First, I want to acknowledge ICTU, Patricia King and the work that they have been doing for a long number of years on the just transition and I contributed as Minister to a number of those debates because the objective was to open up that discussion. On the issue of procurement and of putting a plan in place, whether it is a Spanish template, a German template, a Swedish template, no matter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I apologise for being late. I was in the House too, trying to put a tax incentive in place for Bord na Móna and the ESB. I will be brief because I am going back into the House again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Mr. Armstrong referred to the midlands scheme. It must include Roscommon and east Galway, where Bord na Móna sites adjoin the two powers stations. Have any shallow retrofits not gone ahead as a result of rent arrears? Local authorities previously used that policy to penalise people who were in arrears. Those people were in fuel poverty and could not access the retrofit. Can Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Was it EirGrid that stated there was a need for Grid West and Grid Link?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: It told us they were needed and then stated they were not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Is it not a moral issue that those in fuel poverty are the ones who do not have the retrofit carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: That is not what is in the decision of An Bord Pleanála which will set the precedent because it has been allowed to stand.