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Public Service Remuneration: Motion (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The review body benchmarked their salary against their counterparts in five other countries. The report noted, when comparison was made on an adjusted income basis, the salary of the Irish post of assistant secretary is behind that of four other countries The United Kingdom's is 102% ahead, Germany's, 29%, Belgium's, 6% and the Netherlands', 1% ahead. Only in Finland was the salary level...

Public Service Remuneration: Motion (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The substantial reduction the Government has applied to the pay of persons at this level is starkly highlighted when net reductions are examined. The Government, in taking the difficult decision to reduce all public servants' pay, has sought as far as possible to protect the pay of the lowest paid and apply the major adjustments to those who can most afford it. Similar performance-related...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It was abolished last year.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That is defamatory.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Is the Deputy suggesting the banks should lend at the rate they were lending?

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The loans have not transferred yet. We were not told differently by the IMF. I am sorry but the Deputy is not correct.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are no revelations. What revelations does the Deputy mean?

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy would have let the banks collapse in 2008.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I addressed it in the NAMA legislation.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There is a crock of gold at the end of most of our rainbows.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It had no reservations about NAMA at all.

Finance Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Finance Bill 2010 ensures that all sectors play their part in the critical task of stabilising the public finances. We know from our experience of recent decades that unless we restore order to the public finances, our economy will not recover. The extraordinary budgetary adjustments the Government has introduced during this economic...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (9 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will be there.

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (4 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is estimated that the carbon tax, inclusive of VAT, will yield approximately €250 million in 2010. The revenue will, amongst other things, be used to boost energy efficiency, to support rural transport and to alleviate fuel poverty. It is the general practice not to ring-fence revenues for specific purposes but rather take an overall view on priorities in the context of Expenditure...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Stamp duty is charged on the transfer of ownership of property by way of any instrument as specified under the First Schedule of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999. In this case, it appears that as ownership of an interest in a property is being transferred such a transaction, if effected by the execution of an instrument, could be liable to stamp duty under the provisions of the Stamp...

Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (4 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: North South cooperation continues to be a high priority for the Government. In particular, the Government is committed to realising the full potential for the development of all-island co-operation through the North South Bodies and the areas of co-operation established under the Good Friday Agreement. My Department, together with the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland,...

Written Answers — Tax Clearance Certificates: Tax Clearance Certificates (4 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that an application for a Tax Clearance Certificate was issued to the person on 3rd December 2009. If he returns the application form to his Revenue District, or applies on line through www.revenue.ie, the application for the Tax Clearance Certificate will be considered.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position is that with effect from 1 January 2009, relief in respect of qualifying health expenses, with the exception of relief in respect of nursing home expenditure, is granted at the standard rate of tax. Prior to that date, the relief was available at the taxpayer's marginal rate. Relief in respect of qualifying health cost is normally claimed for expenses that were paid in each tax...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (4 Feb 2010)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The identity of companies awarded public contracts is not held centrally in the Department of Finance; it would be held by individual contracting authorities. The following table provides aggregated information on the number of contracting authorities (including commercial State bodies covered by public procurement rules) which awarded contracts in excess of €10 million in the years 2005 to...