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- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: Sinn Féin did not.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: The Deputy should look back at the manifesto.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: The Deputy should look back at his party's general election manifesto.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: Sinn Féin did not even raise this issue in the general election.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: Sinn Féin did not raise it in its manifesto.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: The Deputy should read his party's manifesto.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: The Deputy should read his party's manifesto.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: The Deputy should read his party's manifesto to see how much Sinn Féin stated about it. Zilch.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: There was not one word about it.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: Sinn Féin did not state one word about it. The Deputy should read his party's manifesto.
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: An issue that often arises when debating this issue is tax relief for professional subscriptions. However, the divide seems to be between the self-employed and PAYE taxpayers. If a PAYE worker pays a professional subscription, unless it is a requirement of the job that he or she be a member of the professional body in question, the employee will not get tax relief on the subscription....
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 40:In page 145, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:"Withholding Tax on peer to peer lending 62. The Minister shall within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the requirement for companies availing of peer to peer loan finance to withhold tax at 20 per cent of interest paid as required under section...
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: The issue is that given the nature of how peer-to-peer lending works the administration of withholding tax makes it virtually impossible for the sector to function. I ask the Minister to afford a degree of urgency to the work that his officials and the Central Bank are doing on this issue. I agree that we need a proper system of regulation. The Minister wants that issue to be dealt with...
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 41:In page 145, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“The linking of DIRT rate and exit tax rate on life assurance policies 62.The Minister shall, by the end of 2018, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the breaking of the link between the rate of DIRT and the rate of exit tax from life assurance policies, including the impact of this on...
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: This year as in 2018?
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 42:In page 145, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“Increasing public awareness of certain income tax reliefs 62.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report setting out steps the Revenue intend to take to increase public awareness of certain tax reliefs that may be claimed...
- Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I will be very brief. I accept that where information is available to Revenue that leads it to conclude that a taxpayer is entitled to a credit or relief and not claiming it, it is provided automatically. Sometimes, however, the relevant information is not available to Revenue. It could be that there has been a change in circumstances, as is very often the case with the home carer credit,...
- Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 1:In page 4, line 8, to delete “determining” and substitute “determination of”. I will start with some general remarks on the amendments that I hope will accelerate the process. I welcome the opportunity to contribute on Report Stage of this Fianna Fáil Private Members' Bill. The Bill's purpose is to ensure that loan owners who hold...
- Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I am sure the Acting Chairman does not want this to develop into a broad discussion but I want to briefly address a few of the points that have been made. First, the Minister referenced the annual report of the Insolvency Service of Ireland. If he looks at the statistics we have so far for the lifetime of the service he will see that there is a problem when it comes to getting proposals...
- Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)
Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 2:In page 4, line 10, to delete “maintaining” and substitute “maintenance of”.