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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: No; I am talking about providing for mortgage interest relief under this section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Is it possible between now and Report Stage for the Minister of State to furnish a note on the effectiveness of the excise on cigarettes? There was to be an effective floor but that does not seem to be in place any longer, mainly because of the divergence in price of more than €2 per pack of 20 between value brands and normal brands. I am not a smoker so I do not know that is the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: And VAT.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I support Deputy McGrath's amendment. There are people throughout the country at various levels collecting moneys in various ways, whether through Strictly Come Dancing events, street collections, log sales or whatever and it is unfair that the State takes the VAT portion of that money. I would like to hear the Minister's response on that. I know there is a cost to the Exchequer but there...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (15 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: 499. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that there is a 53-month waiting list for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the actions he will take to improve the waiting time for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34619/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Amendments Nos. 66 and 67 may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Deputy-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy has put the point and I want to let the Minister respond.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes, the Deputy is.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I am aware of that but the Deputy is repeating himself over and over again. Please, do not continue to repeat yourself.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: If the Deputy does not mind, I am chairing the meeting. The Deputy has continued to repeat himself over and over. The Deputy has asked the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy has asked the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Have you not asked a question?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: I am asking the Minister to respond.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy has continually repeated himself. The Minister to respond please and then we will take Deputy Paul Murphy.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: That is a matter for the Chair.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: Some of the people Deputy Donnelly has described as accidental landlords are not accidental landlords. Whether it is as a result of a disability, an accident or, in some cases, separation, people find themselves in a similar position. The calculation of the rent being used as a tax has a huge impact on them. I support Deputy Donnelly on this. Many people have just been caught in an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the circumstances in which a person has claimed tax back under the incapacitated tax scheme, the person can also apply via the HTB for an additional tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34159/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dialysis patients who live in each county; the number of patients in each county who access each of the modes of dialysis treatment in-centre haemodialysis, satellite-centre haemodialysis, home-haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis; if he will provide this information as it relates for a specified recent date in 2016 or for 31 December 2015;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (10 Nov 2016)

Michael D'Arcy: 226. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE in January 2016 or a recent given month post-November 2015 of taxi and other transport services that arose from the transfer of County Wexford public dialysis patients to the renal dialysis units at University Hospital Waterford, AMNCH Tallaght and St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin and any other HSE dialysis unit; and if he will make a...