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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Do the witnesses believe we have sufficient infrastructure in terms of public administration and, indeed, universities and research organisations in Ireland to consider how we approach this so that we might avoid an even bigger jump into unfairness? It is also important that we get information to the public about how much tax is being paid. This is an issue that applies in the context of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I will give an example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Ms Buckley will be familiar with the case of Uber and its position of simply being a hosting organisation as opposed to an employer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I got the Revenue Commissioners to disclose much of their data ten years ago. This was data that they previously did not release. There were extreme situations with people on very low wages paying a lot of tax, although it was not necessarily by everybody's standards. In one example, people working in stables for trainers were often subject to taxes and PRSI while the individuals who owned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I have one other question. It relates to the approach the Italians are taking to digital taxation and its proposal of a credit trade-off in respect of payroll tax flows in the country where there is an actual presence on the part of a company. In effect, many European proposals seem to come down to implementing a second form of turnover tax minus credits where the company is actually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I put the same question to Christian Aid.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance in respect of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the percentage was calculated in respect of his recent statement that 34.5% of teachers are in promoted positions in primary and post-primary schools, respectively by types of promoted posts; the number of AP1 and AP2 level posts which were removed from primary and post-primary schools, respectively during the moratorium on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of one in primary school class sizes from September 2019. [19184/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new subjects or subject areas being considered by his Department or the NCCA, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, as potential subjects for State examination at post-primary level; and the timeframe planned for the introduction of such new examination subjects. [19185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates of issue of annual P60 forms to teachers and other education staff for the year ended 31 December 2017; the reason for complaints of late receipt of P60s; if the Revenue Commissioners have contacted his Department in 2018 or other years regarding the late issue of P60 forms; and if warnings or penalties have been issued to his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an investigation of the number of Irish qualified teachers at primary and post-primary level who are teaching abroad; the countries in which such teachers are working; and his plans to contact such teachers with a view to attracting them here to fill shortages in specific subject areas or in teacher supply...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach tell us if the Government proposes to have the national planning framework enacted in law? If it does not propose to have it enacted in law, what is the reason? Unless it is enacted in law, there is not a snowball's chance in hell that much of it will be implemented. Inevitably, it will cover the lifetime of three, four or five Governments, depending on how long they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Is there an official policy to ensure all local councillors and Deputies with an interest in their areas can be invited to such events? I asked the Taoiseach about the North because we would not have expected Mr. Jeffrey Donaldson, MP, to get angry about local representatives in the North not being invited to the Taoiseach's event yesterday. He said the way the Taoiseach behaved showed poor...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Lord Kilclooney, also known as Mr. John Taylor, would be well advised to apologise for the slur that he attempted to cast on the Taoiseach. He is an ardent Brexiteer and has very hot feelings about Brexit but that does not permit him to use the kind of language he used yesterday. That said, the DUP heavily criticised the Taoiseach for his informal visit to Armagh and Down because local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (1 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of persons qualifying for the long-term illness scheme; if provision will be made for persons within this category who do not receive a social welfare payment to be included in vocational training opportunities and employment schemes; if persons qualifying under the scheme can be deemed eligible for workplace programmes and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (1 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for long-term illness scheme recipients to be deemed eligible for workplace programmes and training courses even if they do not receive a social welfare payment; if this scheme will be reviewed with the objective of making other training supports available for persons within this category; and if he will make a...

Public Private Partnership on Capital Infrastructure: Statements (26 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: With regard to public private partnerships, over recent months I have asked a number of detailed questions in respect of each Department, particularly the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, to identify what Departments have public private partnerships, their value and what they are for. The answers are very interesting. What is even more interesting is that in recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the witnesses back to Dublin. I will come back to the broader tax issue later but I will first speak to a slightly different area. This week we had another event with Ulster Bank and I am asking about consumer protection. Frankly, I do not believe the bank's explanation. European banking is part of the global banking process and there is a massive amount of outsourcing of back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (26 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: To go back slightly, my second question is on digital taxation. In recent times Italy seems to have been having conversations with companies about locating in Italy and thereby creating a jobs base, particularly in parts of northern Italy. The consequence of that, in terms of some of the discussions on the digital tax, is that Italy is going to allow credit in respect of other taxes levied...