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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: It will not be taxing capital gains from sales of shares in Irish holding companies deriving their value from movable assets in Ghana.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: This is despite that being a recommendation of the UN tax committee and the IMF.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Were we not aware of that fact?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: This new treaty halves Ghanaian withholding taxes on technical services fees and royalties. Why were these international development concerns apparently ignored in the treaty negotiations? Again, it is similar to the previous question in relation to capital gains. It is almost as if one does not have to give the answer, if the question is not asked.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Does this not contradict other agreements with the UN and the IMF that we are privy or party to?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: It is the case.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: In relation to the first question on base erosion and profit shifting, BEPS, the Minister said that the negotiations pre-dated the subsequent agreement-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: I am talking about this one.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Have we ratified our agreements with the other eight, if there is eight of 74?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister is saying that there are 74 of these agreements and only nine of them are with countries which have signed up to this. That does not include Ghana. I am asking about the previous eight. If they were subsequently signed, did we modify the agreements?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Is the Minister saying - I am not getting away from this agreement - that in the previous eight, we contacted them-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: I agree with the concept. I agree with striking agreements with these emerging nations. We must remember that there is still some aid being directed towards Ghana. One in five children in Ghana still does not survive. There are still pressing issues from a humanitarian perspective. We just want to ensure that we play our part in bringing them in line with various agreements, especially...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Perhaps we might get some of those other responses in writing, if that is okay.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: I listened to the response of the Minister of State and his officials and there may be some merit in their argument. In light of the issues raised by NGOs, which are at the coalface and understand the practices that apply in these economies, and notwithstanding our commitment to sign new agreements with emerging nations and the benefits that can accrue from them for the economy, I caution...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: We could attach a note stating that when considering the motion it raised the following issues.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: I recognise the methodology behind this proposal in light of the continued review of the property tax in general and the various recommendations that will emanate from the public consultation process but there are elements of it which need to be tweaked to protect the safeguards that were in place for those on lower income, for those who had mortgage interest relief, where that mortgage...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: A one-liner. I never heard the Deputy only ask a one-line question.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Unless the Chairman wants to bring it into that realm, which I have no doubt he has every capability of doing.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett stated the obvious. We are all too well aware of the problem. Unfortunately, it has been the case for too long and is impacting on people in a detrimental fashion, in that property and rental prices are too high. Increased supply is the answer. Other efforts are being made to address that issue, but LIHAF has been referenced. It is commendable but slow. The...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Sep 2018)
Barry Cowen: The Minister of State acknowledged he would give consideration to the thrust of what is being said in terms of how the funding will be made available and for what purpose. I will counter the argument that is always made by my colleague, Deputy Boyd Barrett. The criteria associated with affordability in Part V of the planning legislation were restrictive and the measure did not have the...