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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the House to take this Commencement matter. I did receive notification that the payment was in process in the case of the particular school on which I submitted a query regarding the minor works grant.I very much welcome it, but it raises the wider question of the desperate financial dire straits in which many small rural schools find...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am pleased that the announcement was made. I ask that the payments be expedited so that they get into the bank accounts of the schools as quickly as possibly. Could it be considered for next year that the grant would be brought forward? Even if it was brought forward a month, everything would not be brought into the last couple of weeks...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I ask the Deputy Leader to bring in the Minister to tell us why the national children's hospital cannot be named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. We hear again today of further nonsense around the name Phoenix and the possibility of being sued over this by an American hospital. I cannot understand why the hospital cannot be named after such a wonderful woman as Kathleen Lynn. If I thought for one...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: This section provides for cuts to the universal social charge, USC, and income tax that amount to €335 million. These are being made at a time when we have a housing emergency and a health service that is creaking at the seams. These are political decisions and many people are quite gobsmacked by them. The national newspapers have repeatedly covered the concerns regarding...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I disagree with the Minister of State. What is the point in somebody saving a few euro on USC when they cannot get the treatment they need in a hospital or when they are lying on a trolley? I am not sure from where the Minister of State is getting his impression of the investment that is needed in rural Ireland but there are people who cannot get out of their houses because there is no...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: At this particular time, we cannot give tax cuts to people. If one asked any people on the street whether they would prefer tax cuts or investment in vital public services, they would choose vital public services.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We cannot have people-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We cannot have children living in hotels.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We understand.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: There is lots of confidence, but there is no supply. There is certainly no housing supply for the thousands of children who will be living in hotels this Christmas.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move recommendation No. 1:In page 9, to delete lines 18 and 19 and substitute the following:"(a) In paragraph (a), by substituting "€1,400" for "€950", and (b) In paragraph (b), by substituting "€1,400" for "€950".". This recommendation seeks a €450 increase in the self-employed tax credit. It will always be difficult to match PRSI with the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move recommendation No. 4:In page 24, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “14. The Minister shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on how he will monitor on an ongoing basis the effectiveness and the value for money of the Help to Buy scheme.” This recommendation concerns the help to buy scheme....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Senator Horkan must obviously be expecting an election.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We are always listening. We are the listening party.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: May I speak to this section?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As currently drafted, the Finance Bill would only apply the cap provided for in this section to assets onshored from 11 October this year. This means that hundreds of billions of euro transferred here in recent years, especially in 2015, can still be used by companies to potentially neutralise their corporation tax bills. We believe this is totally unacceptable. In this regard, I welcome...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: We cannot accept section 25 and we will call for a vote.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, we did.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I move recommendation No. 6:In page 45, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“26. The Minister shall, within six months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available to restrict banks from carrying forward losses against taxable profits of the banks, which could result in many institutions paying no corporation tax...