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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The point being made is that there is a large number of cases which are in the system for over five years-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: -----and given the fact that the system is so messed up - I am sure it is not working properly - it should not be too surprising that some people may use it to buy time, as the Revenue has suggested, to get rid of their assets, so that if they lose the appeal the State still gets nothing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: We were talking about the figures. I have never requested the figures from Revenue or from the Minister. I will table a parliamentary question this evening and look for the figures over the last number of years. However, when we asked for the figures from Revenue or the Department - I am not sure which official gave the figures - we were given the figures for 2013 freely and openly. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: What does Mr. Keegan think we are over-emphasising in the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: This is not about local property tax alone. It is about corporation tax, capital acquisitions tax and the majority of the tax heads. Is it not in the interests of, and of financial benefit to, high net worth individuals - which some of the delegates may represent - to buy time and restructure rather than pay a tax liability? This is not about an overemphasis. It is about the quantum of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I agree with Ms O'Brien's comments in regard to the Circuit Court. The points made by her in that regard and by myself are at least in the same area. I am playing devil's advocate here. We are all aware that our courts system is blocked and that different measures, including the establishment of the Court of Appeal, have been introduced to deal with problems at the higher level. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: We touched on this issue earlier, at which time the point was made by Revenue and the departmental officials that the tax paid on the decision of the Appeal Commissioners would be not be disputed. Reference was made earlier by the Revenue officials to €770 million in respect of which assessments had been made but collection could not proceed. Some of that €770 million relates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the finance (tax appeals commission) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the high number of young persons who have emigrated over the past number of years, if he will instruct the State-owned banks to carry out a review of inactive accounts to ensure that persons who have emigrated are not continuously being charged maintenance fees for accounts they no longer use or for overdraft facilities they are not using; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the salary the new AIB chief executive officer will earn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Rental (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to a business person otherwise eligible for a National Asset Management Agency rent abatement scheme whose landlord is not co-operating with their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3471/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by each State backed bank in maintenance fees or overdraft facility charges for each of the past five years on bank accounts that have been inactive for at least three years. [3558/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if new regulations on mortgages such as a loan to value ceiling would affect affordable housing schemes such as those run by county councils. [3816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if her attention has been drawn to the serious damage caused to the costal protection and sea defences of a beach (details supplied) in County Donegal following recent adverse weather conditions; her plans to repair these sea defences and remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason single farm payments were withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in granting a person (details supplied) in County Donegal the agri-environment options scheme payment for2014; when payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3721/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a hip replacement surgery from Cappagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3579/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Leases (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in arrears on their commercial leases to companies in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest. [3210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Leases (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of arrears on commercial leases to companies in which the National Asset Management Agency has an interest. [3211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Incidence (22 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the number of cases of domestic violence involving male victims of domestic abuse that were reported to An Garda Síochána in County Donegal in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3179/15]