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- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: Yes.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: What was the expenditure?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: Is that each year or in total?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: To be clear, is that the total cost after taking into account the income or is that just the cost of the relief?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: How much did that cost?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: Can Ms Donaghy explain the shadow cost? I will conclude then.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: Is it a satellite account?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: I will come back to that subject again. I thank the Chairman.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (23 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if methadone treatment facilities are included in the primary care centre promised for Ballyboden, Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/19]
- Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: It must include Dublin 16 and not just Dublin 2.
- Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: The Deputy should take the time while he has it.
- Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: I applaud the Minister of State as he has run with this since his appointment. It is fair to say he has advanced it more rapidly than any of his predecessors. There is an issue with the citizens' convention. It is not a real citizens' assembly as this Chamber is the citizens' assembly. I know the matter is to be referred to the Citizens' Assembly because it will make the decisions that...
- Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)
John Lahart: I call Deputy Cassells, who is sharing time with Deputies Casey and Michael Moynihan.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: 86. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 6,251 children have been waiting for an outpatient consultation in the three Dublin children's hospitals since before 1 January 2017. [5248/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: 322. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to classify fibromyalgia as a critical medical condition; the supports in place for persons suffering from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4992/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: 530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the regulations in place governing the burning of wood in domestic fires; if wood burning is classified as a pollutant; his plans to ban the burning of wood domestically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5104/19]
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones as the interference from them affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I welcome Dr. Micheál Collins, assistant professor of social policy in UCD, and thank him for making himself available to meet the committee. The committee is engaged with the Parliamentary Budget Office on its excellent report on...
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: I have a couple of brief observations. The amounts allocated on tax expenditure are generally between 10% and 20%. Is this the norm internationally?
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: Dr. Collins made a number of recommendations and we will certainly look at them. One of them is to request the Department of Finance to finalise a list of tax expenditure measures which are not part of the baseline. We understand the Department is doing that and has almost completed it, which might be something for Dr. Collins to take away from this meeting.
- Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)
John Lahart: This very much feeds into a common theme of the work of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight in the past year, including on gender budgeting. Is it ever the case that a tax relieving measure is simply forgotten and is gathering dust because nobody has interrogated it and it is costing the Exchequer?