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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Amendment No. 109 was linked with No. 103. I wish to speak on amendment No. 109 when the time comes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 109: In page 100, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Report on bank levy 60.The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report comparing the revenue raised by the bank levy with the tax saved by the banks by carrying forward historic losses.”. I hope the Minister will be able...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I have spoken for ten minutes, but others have spoken for much longer.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I am talking exactly-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I am one of the few women who speaks at this committee and the Chairman specialises in cutting me off while other people are allowed to speak. They are welcome to speak for as long as they like, but I would like the same kind of indulgence from the Chairman.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I will read the amendment for the Chairman's benefit. It states: "The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report comparing the revenue raised by the bank levy with the tax saved by the banks by carrying forward historic losses." I have gone into some detail to explain that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I have also explained why this report is pertinent and important, due to the risks the Irish economy is facing both from a trade war between China and the US and the serious risks of Brexit, which the Minister noted in his budget presentation. I am entitled to make such commentary. I have listened very carefully to detailed commentary from other people, and the Chairman has not disputed the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I will make another point about my amendment. This has arisen in the context of losses carried forward by the banks. I believe the OECD would agree strongly with what I am proposing. A predecessor of the Minister, the late Brian Lenihan, adopted this particular approach a number of times. Under this approach, the capacity to carry forward losses is restricted, meaning in this case that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: I am pressing it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: Why did the Government not follow Deputy Kelly's example and ban it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he is considering new divisions in his Department. [44457/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: One of the problems this Administration has is its competence when it comes to joined-up government. There are many Ministers and such a huge number of Ministers of State that we cannot even remember their names or functions. It is not clear from what we discussed today how the children's hospital got into its current state of bad budgeting. The Taoiseach did not comment on the boil water...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: It is not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: In previous Governments.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: He is not a full Minister; he is a Minister of State.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: He could not get the Beaumont centre for cystic fibrosis built.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: People were very taken aback by the Taoiseach's very flippant comments that climate change would make our winters warmer, bring all sorts of health improvements and increase people's longevity. To be honest, one would expect stuff like that in tweets from Donald Trump but not from the Taoiseach. I doubt that many people on the island of Ireland would agree, given the kinds of storms we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: We ordered them for the fourth time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Nov 2019)

Joan Burton: What does the Taoiseach have to say to the 600,000 people in north and west Dublin who are again being told they are subject to a boil water notice, having seen the last one less than two weeks ago? On this occasion, people are unlikely to get a lifting of the notice before Thursday. Does the Taoiseach understand how difficult this is for families, particularly those with small babies or...