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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: That is fine.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 7: In page 9, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"(c) which is a newly built property, previously unoccupied, but has been acquired by the individual for the purposes of occupation by the individual as his or her only or main residence on completion of the qualifying work and which is so occupied upon completion, (d) any qualifying residence under the Living...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is quite a number of amendments grouped here. On amendment No. 8, subparagraph (c), where somebody carrying out works requires planning permission to carry out the works, qualifying work is deemed eligible if it is completed by 31 March 2016. Under the amendment, where the qualifying works require planning permission such planning must be granted by 31 December 2015. I am curious as...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The section deals with work carried out until 31 March 2016. Would I be correct in stating that to be eligible under this scheme such work does not have to commence in 2015 and could commence in March 2016?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The reason I ask is to clarify. The Minister states it is up to interpretation of the Revenue. Is there a section which stipulates works incurred in January? What would Revenue have to do with it? Does the Bill allow for works to be carried out right up until 31 March 2016?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I tabled four amendments to the section which have been ruled out of order, but for the life of me I cannot understand the reason. I mentioned this on Second Stage also. There is no point in challenging that decision - we have learned that from having had a few years' experience - but we come to the same point time and again. I introduced a Bill in the Dáil that was not out of order...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: This issue is at the core of the debate as we commence Committee Stage and I hope the debate on it over the next three days will be fruitful. The Minister said that my proposal would be unduly harsh and that he is phasing out the relief. I welcome the fact that it is being phased out. The Minister has come to a decision that the relief is no longer acceptable and that it will be phased...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The key point in this section is the phasing out of the relief, which I argue should be done in a more speedy fashion. How does the Minister categorise or measure what is unduly harsh for this group of individuals? From my viewing of later sections of the Bill, I know the same consideration has not been applied to other individuals who are unduly burdened through harsh measures in this...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: We are now dealing with the section, not the amendments.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister need not worry; I will. I do not need encouragement to do that, but I welcome it. Can the Minister reiterate whether the total cost to the State of this tax relief is €4 million, and how many individuals benefited from it in the last year for which numbers are available?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: So the State is adopting a policy of phasing out a relief for 29 individuals over a four-year period at the cost of €4 million, yet 17,000 individuals who are providing for their children lose their entitlement overnight.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: Is the definition of "undue hardship" in terms of these people categorised by the Department to the effect that they will find it difficult feed their children and to cover the cost of their education? How does the Minister define undue hardship? It will be interesting to have his definition of it as we deal with other sections in which he has not allowed a phasing-out period for measures...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State backed banks that have indicated that they will pass on the ECB's recent interest rate reduction. [50262/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of accounts and the types of accounts not covered by the deposit guarantee scheme; and the steps that have been taken to notify these account holders of their exclusion. [50263/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will produce the medium-term economic plan; the length of time the plan will span; the person he is consulting in the drawing up of the plan. [50573/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013, or whatever years practicable; if all the contracts were winning public tenders; if he will provide a breakdown of the contracts by date, purpose and individual value....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013 or whatever years practicable; if all the contracts were winning public tenders; if he will provide a breakdown of the contracts by date, purpose and individual value....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013 or whatever years practicable; if all the contracts were winning public tenders; if he will provide a breakdown of the contracts by date, purpose and individual value....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013 or whatever years practicable; if all the contracts were winning public tenders; if he will provide a breakdown of the contracts by date, purpose and individual value....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of contracts and their total financial cost awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013 or whatever years practicable; if all the contracts were winning public tenders; if he will provide a breakdown of the contracts by date, purpose and individual value....