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Industrial Relations (Sectoral Employment Orders Confirmation) Bill 2020: First Stage (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: The July stimulus package is eagerly awaited by working people and businesses across the country. They are anxious to see the colour of this Government's money. Will the Taoiseach state when precisely he intends to present the July stimulus? Will he also commit to present the package to this Chamber? It is important to do that, rather than to launch such a significant State investment...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of agency staff employed by a bank (details supplied) in which the State is a majority shareholder;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14204/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a lower VAT rate for the tourism sector; his views on the findings from the 2018 OECD economic survey of Ireland report which recommended that preferential VAT rates be eliminated and lower rates for discretionary categories of expenditure, for example, hotel and restaurants are regressive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a lower VAT rate for the tourism sector in view of the July 2018 report of his Department stating the regressive nature of the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase general spending as a percentage of GDP in view of the low rate here when compared to the European Union 27; if general spending will be increased and sustained in line with the eurozone average during the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14587/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his plans to manage the public finances to ensure necessary investment in infrastructure and skills required to enhance competitiveness as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14588/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the temporary wage subsidy scheme beyond the scheduled deadline; if he plans a comprehensive audit of companies receiving the scheme to ensure they have met the stated criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to move to a more sustainable tax environment as stated in the programme for Government in view of potential international corporation and digital tax changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the Roadmap on Corporation Tax Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14609/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase purely domestic activity as indicated by GNI as part of a more sustainable tax environment outlined in the programme for Government in view of identified external market risks such as Brexit and increased trade tensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14593/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to utilise taxation measures to close the deficit as outlined in the programme for Government; if he plans to predominantly use progressive or regressive taxation measures to achieve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14598/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the establishment of a commission on welfare and taxation as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14594/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to bring forward legislation for the local property tax on the basis of fairness as outlined in the programme for Government; his plans to increase the local property tax yield on the basis of fairness in view of the comparative low local property tax yield as cited in the 2019 report (details supplied) by his Department; if he plans to bring...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to enable and support the credit union movement to grow as outlined in the programme for Government; the way in which he plans to help credit unions deliver an expanded range of community banking services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14596/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a national recovery fund; if he plans to use windfall gains as identified in the programme for Government to reduce borrowing requirements; his views on whether such windfall gains would be more appropriately utilised as part of a national recovery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14597/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to focus tax rises on behavioural taxes with negative externalities such as carbon tax, sugar tax and plastics as outlined in the programme for Government; his views on whether the cited behavioural taxes are not a sustainable source of revenue in view of the fact the stated objective of the tax is to reduce consumption of the good producing the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review capital gains tax in each budget over the next five years; his views on the matter (details supplied) by the tax strategy group 2020 relating to the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14600/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the self-employed earned income tax credit with the employee tax credit as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14601/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ameliorate the USC surcharge applied to self-employed income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14603/20]