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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: We talked about the pinch point where you drive more into the illicit market, the illegal market, and more sales from outside the State in the form of duty-free. The Minister helpfully provided the figures which show there is trend there. I will make the point again that I am very concerned that the illegal cigarette market is normalised. It is acceptable. You go to any pub or any...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, please.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that. Finally, as regards the point the Minister makes about welcoming and being open to consideration of any additional powers, if 17% of cigarettes that are consumed are illicit, that means that one in six cigarettes smoked in this State is illegal and smuggled into the State through organised crime groups. I imagine that those organised crime groups are not just involved in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent statistics published by An Garda Síochána regarding the 77% increase in cases of investment fraud this year; the measures his Department is considering to respond to the rise in financial fraud and authorised push payment scams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance to update Dáil Éireann on his engagement with the retail banking sector, Department of Housing and representative groups of homeowners affected by defective concrete blocks with respect to bridging finance and the significant funding shortfall homeowners face to remediate their homes. [51432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance for an assessment of the additional cost to construction of a standard 3-bed semi-detached house arising from the concrete product levy in the context of the current market price of concrete, cement and in-scope concrete products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51431/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individuals charged excess tax under the standard fund threshold in each of the years from 2016 to 2022. [51744/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for Letterkenny University Hospital, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts removed from profile as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for CHO1, in tabular form; the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate; the number which were new posts; the number which were replacement posts or vacant posts; and the number which were related to absence/leave cover. [51634/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for Letterkenny University Hospital, in tabular form; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate. [51635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the number of job offers that have been withdrawn as a result of the memorandums CEO ref 09954 and 10166 of 2023 by grade for CHO1, in tabular form; and the number of headcount posts and the WTE to which these relate. [51636/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 36: In page 25, after line 37, to insert the following: “Report on Anti-Tax Planning Measures with respect to PRSA Products 20.The Minister shall, within six month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the removal of the 75-year age restriction which applied to payments from new and existing Personal Retirement...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 38: In page 30, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Report on Landlords’ Tax Relief 22.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of the new personal income tax allowance introduced with respect to individual landlords in the private rental...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is what all Government Deputies are going to vote for including, I am certain, the Acting Chair, in the next few minutes.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: There is no misrepresentation here. It is without doubt that the Minister negotiated an extension of the relief with the previous Administration. I have put quotes from the Minister on record. This is on the record of the Dáil. The Minister made the point that this was the best he could negotiate, although he wanted 100%. That is fact. It is not a misrepresentation. It might be...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister acknowledges that many people cannot switch so there is an issue of fairness. Even if somebody can switch, and the Minister says he is introducing the €80,000 limits because such people have a lower loan-to-value ratio and can switch, that does not mean they are going to get a lower interest rate. That is not the case. They have already absorbed this increase in the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 35. In page 23, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report on Mortgage Interest Relief 14. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of temporary mortgage interest relief, available in respect of mortgages on principal private residences, applied at...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: No matter what way you dice or splice those numbers there is significant under-claiming for this, which I hope will change. There are 800,000 renters in total. I am sure the Minister has the numbers on how many renters have actually applied for this because every unit has to state whether it is for an individual or a couple. The reality is that even if all the 800,000 renters were couples...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I will press it.