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Corporation Tax: Motion (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "— recognises that the Programme for Government clearly states that the Government will "Keep the corporate tax rate at 12.5%"; — recognises that the 12.5% corporation tax rate will support Irish economic recovery and employment growth by attracting foreign investment; — recognises that the...

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: That is the point.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: The Deputy should know all about that.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: I would like to share my time with Deputy Mathews.

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: It is an enormous privilege to have been elected by the people of Dublin South-West to represent them in the 31st Dáil. I recognise the presence of Deputies Maloney and Crowe, who were also elected by the people of that constituency. I congratulate them on their election. I want to work with all Deputies on all sides of the House in a spirit of co-operation and partnership. Every Member...

Order of Business (15 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: Sinn Féin is very good at splits.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2011)

Brian Hayes: Good try.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I understand the Ceann Comhairle's office has ruled out of order the amendments I submitted, amendments Nos. 37 to 42, inclusive, on the basis that they would pose a charge on the people. What I am trying to do here is to raise more revenue for the Minister and the State. It is a strange definition of the people in terms of posing a charge on them that levying an additional tax on an...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: We are. I have taken the trouble of putting down these amendments and I want to briefly raise the issues involved.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I am trying to raise revenue for the Minister in a difficult situation. In the Finance Bill the Minister proposed a 1% turnover tax and there is fair support for that as a fair compromise in terms of the measure that has been proposed. The problem is that seven of the ten providers have their servers outside this State; they are offshore companies. What the Minister proposes to do in...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I will conclude on this point. These operators will simply put on their websites that they have been fully recognised by the Irish State as an operator in this country for a licence fee of €5,000. We are underselling ourselves. An amendment I proposed, which astonishingly is regarded as a charge on our poor people, given the fact that it is a charge on companies outside this...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: That is not mine.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I am making another point.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I thank the Minister for his very helpful comments. He is absolutely correct. Ireland has many people employed in this area and it has done well at devising Internet gambling websites and ensuring the relevant technologies are in and place. We have a very proud new industry that has done very well. The only dilemma involves determining the 1% turnover to a company that, while registered...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to hear me out on this point. Unless we have an army of people in the Revenue Commissioners who are prepared to go to Gibraltar and the Isle of Man constantly to check the books of the operators in question, we will face a dilemma. We must consider the issue of fairness. We must ensure that the industry that has been established here has a level playing pitch for...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: Amendment No. 38 concerns the argument I have just been making so I will not move it.

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: We will be here.

Finance Bill 2011: Motion. (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: Will the Whip provide clarity on the point? As I understand it, the order provides that the amendments offered to Part 1 should conclude after three hours. Given that effectively all the amendments deal with Part 1, there could be a position where the House would have dealt with the grouping by 1.45 p.m. The question is whether we can have more time if we have only dealt with 28 of the 52...

Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: I would like to pick up on the issue raised by Deputy O'Donnell. I am sure the Minister agrees that difficulties will exist regardless of the deadline one sets in this regard. Deputy O'Donnell made the point that there is a fundamental difference between 1% and 4%. It could be worth many thousands of euro to young couples who are finding it difficult to get 10% from the banks to furnish...

Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)

Brian Hayes: Hear, hear.