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Topical Issue Matters: Valuation Office (17 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: I have been generous to the Deputy who had his full two minutes and even a little more.

Topical Issue Matters (17 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly - DART services running with fewer than the usual number of carriages; (2) Deputy Jim Daly - the options available to persons contractually obliged to retire after January 2014 who are not eligible for a...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: Through the Chair, Deputy.

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: Through the Chair, Deputies.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (17 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that persons are financially better off in employment rather than on welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43140/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: In four minutes, it is hard to know where to begin. Yesterday, our budget day, the German Finance Minister, Mr. Wolfgang Schäuble, had, according to The Irish Times, the temerity to say on the fringes of an EU finance Ministers' meeting in Luxembourg that "the retroactive bank recapitalisation is not probable for the time being. In Germany, we need a change of German legislation,"...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: There are few such people. They are the privileged people who will be pleased with this budget, and that is unfortunate. Maybe it is by accident that those three words can be seen, if one looks at the centre of the leaflet.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: One can see that - merely by coincidence, luck and haphazard - these words fall together, but it is significant because we need greater fairness. I commend Deputy Higgins on his speech earlier. Everybody should listen to it. We need to give backbone and spine to the Government to go in and negotiate - to get a really effective team to tell the story. If Mr. Schäuble thinks that is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (16 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Haddington Road Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43710/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: And life assurance policies.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 7: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: The budget booklet from the Department of Finance states as follows:The rate of retention tax that applies to deposit interest, together with the rates of exit tax that apply to life assurance policies and investment funds, is being increased and will now be 41% whether payments are made annually or more frequently (previously 33%) or are made less frequently than annually (previously 36%)....

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: The temptation to the Government is to raise €94 million. When I heard the word "gold-plated", I said: "Be careful here, we are in the territory of magicians." We use illusions. That is how magicians work. One does not see how they do the tricks but one gets the feeling that one understands them and one believes what one sees, which is not always the truth. Let us look at the...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: We were told there would be no increase in income tax. What have I just calculated? That is an increase in income tax. It is not in the headline rate of 41% or USC, but it is income tax. It must be paid out of income and, therefore, it is a tax on income, or else one does not have medical insurance. That is the truth about that. I was asked what happened here today and I said, "It is a...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: There are many issues that arise. The Minister started off, and stayed, on Ireland's corporate tax. The Minister stated it had three elements, "rate, reputation and regime". What about reality? Deputy Boyd Barrett pointed out correctly that, according to the last year available from the Revenue Commissioners, €70 billion of corporate profits was taxed at €4 billion, that is,...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: Rather than into plant and machinery?

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: That is because we are in a recession.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: Capital is always passive.

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: Will the Minister explain in simple and understandable terms what the anti-avoidance measure in Financial Resolution No. 4 amounts to? Manufacturing businesses, by definition, are risky. They often require large investments in plant and machinery, which are not so bankable. From a businessman’s or businesswoman’s point of view, he or she may need the backing of high-earning...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Peter Mathews: That is the point, Minister. It reduces the leasing charge.