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Report of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion (Resumed). (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister oversaw it and——

Tax Collection. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take arising from the widespread abuse of the relevant contracts tax system; if he will allocate additional staff to the Revenue Commissioners in order that this sector can be adequately policed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26925/05]

Tax Collection. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Has the Department attempted to quantify the cost of tax fraud in the building industry, especially in regard to RCT, but also the knock-on consequences for PRSI to which this is intimately linked? Has the Department attempted to quantify the risk? Would the Minister accept independent conservative assessments which suggest the risk and the loss to Revenue is in the region of €200 million...

Tax Collection. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister attempted to quantify the loss to compliant taxpayers of the level of fraud and tax evasion in the construction industry outlined in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report? Surely the Department of Finance, as the lead economic Department, must have done a risk analysis of the amount of money involved in these scams. That is the question I want answered.

Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a report from the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners on the monitoring the Chairman had been asked to undertake of the application of the current non-residency rules for tax purposes; if not, when he expects to receive the report; if he anticipates any changes in regard to non-residency status in the next Finance Bill; and if...

Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister outlined his request of the Revenue Commissioners to monitor the application of the current non-residency rules. Was there any time limit to that request? From a management point of view, did the Minister ask the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners to report within six months, for example? In most organisations, if a report is requested, an indication is given as to when it...

Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister answer the question? If a person who is non-resident for tax purposes departs this jurisdiction at one minute before midnight for an undetermined duration, does that count in terms of non-residency? I understand that to be a critical part of Revenue's intelligence examination of non-residents. The Minister talks about chatting to the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners,...

Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I am entitled to the courtesy of an answer.

Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: May one return ten minutes later? Is the Minister confirming that one can simply be out of the jurisdiction for a short artificial period, which would mean that a coach and four is being driven through any normal understanding of the non-residency rules?

Tax Code. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Has the Government carried out a study on what would constitute a more environmental approach? We see a great number of what can only be described as mini tanks driving around areas in Dublin 4 where the roads, or their surfaces at any rate, would be in a much better state than those of the farm roads in Laoighis-Offaly. Has the Government undertaken a study on how we might take a more...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister of State not consider an average cost of €430,000 an acre for decentralised sites to be an extraordinary price? Is the Government intent on driving up land prices in the 53 decentralisation locations, with knock-on consequences for local businesses and indeed for young people trying to buy houses in those areas? The Minister has indicated that he now expects only 1,000...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State does not need to patronise me. Just as he knows about Dublin, I know a good deal about matters outside the capital. There is no need to patronise me.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: A different controversial site, at Thornton, cost €200,000 an acre. That was an extraordinary increase in land values. The Minister of State is basically celebrating driving up land values at 53 locations around Ireland. It is great for the landowners, the speculators, auctioneers and the people handling the legal deals because they are all on percentage cuts. What about the young couple...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The site next door sold for two-thirds of that amount.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: We are only going on what the former Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, said.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: He said there would be 1,000 by the end of 2006.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Does that mean staff who do not move will not have career opportunities?

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: It is moving to the north side of Dublin.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State indicated that thousands of civil servants will have moved by the end of 2006. Did he specify a figure of 3,000?

Economic Growth. (5 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister read recent commentary indicating that the economy is softening? A number of forecasters have suggested a revised figure for economic growth of 3.5% for this year. What would be the implications of such a development? Yesterday's Exchequer figures, for instance, showed an increase of approximately €1 billion in VAT receipts, whereas revenue from corporation tax and income...

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