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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Programme (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance when the legislation to formally establish the home building finance Ireland scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21456/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a residential placement for a person (details supplied); when a place will be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21608/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in Cork city and county on a waiting list with a HSE service provider (details supplied) for a residential placement; the timeframe these persons have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in Cork city and county on a waiting list with a HSE service provider (details supplied) for a residential placement; the timeframe these persons have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21610/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 1 May 2018, the position in relation to the obligation of parents to retain receipts of evidence of expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21613/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of a planned turnkey social housing project (details supplied) in County Cork; if funding has been provided to Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21616/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I welcome Mr. Coffey and thank him for the opening statement. I will start by asking him about table 9, where he talks about the concentration of volatility. Is his point that companies are moving in and out of the top ten?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: So the overall issue of concentration remains, that close to 40% of receipts are from the top ten but the composition of the top ten is changing and the amount of tax paid within that is changing too. What does that tell Mr. Coffey? What is the message there about volatility?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: Comparing us to other industrialised nations, would the fact that 80% of our corporation tax receipts are from multinationals be significantly out of line with other countries we would normally be compared with?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: To what extent?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: Why is it not held up as a greater risk? Surely that is a stand-out risk for the economy if that is way out of line with international norms? Mr. Coffey is now talking about €8.5 billion in 2018. It is 15.7% of total expected taxation receipts. It is a relatively high level of dependence. Within that, the concentration and focus on multinationals is quite acute but it does not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: Is Mr. Coffey's point that it is wider economic dependence that is at issue and the taxation dependence is not out of line with our overall economic dependence on the multinational sector?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: Does the overall conclusion in Mr. Coffey's report last year, that corporation tax receipts are sustainable to the extent that he can tell out to 2020, remain valid and in place?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: That holds. What can Mr. Coffey say about after 2020? Many of the expenditure commitments and budgetary decisions being made have long-term implications. They are put into the base and are recurring annual costs. Similarly, taxation forgone is recurring unless one changes policy. If Mr. Coffey is only concluding that it is sustainable for the next two to three years, what can he say...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: With the overall corporation tax regime we have reliefs, allowable deductions and tax credits such as the research and development credit. How open and transparent is our system as a corporation tax code with respect to other countries?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: The one area in which there is significant potential for distortion is in intellectual property, IP, and royalty payments, which can result in profits being shifted from one jurisdiction to another. How would the witness characterise our system with respect to royalty payments for intellectual property. With base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, and the OECD transfer pricing arrangements,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: There would be more economic substance to the transaction. Is that the key impact on Ireland's corporation tax receipts? If there is not deemed to be substance in a transaction, a company will not get the deduction or the benefit of reducing a tax liability here.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: I wanted to hear about digital tax. We have heard the views on the common consolidated corporation tax base.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (17 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the additional €2.6 billion of expenditure commitments for 2019 he outlined to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on 18 April 2018 that will reduce the estimate for net fiscal space of €3.2 billion for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21620/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (17 May 2018)

Michael McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if extra resources have been provided to the Revenue Commissioners for the upcoming change in PAYE reporting in 2019; the amount that has been spent and will be spent on upgrading the Revenue Commissioners' systems including changes to the Revenue Online service; if extra employees will be hired for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the...