Results 21-40 of 945 for speaker:Aidan Davitt
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: Which probably should not have been or whatever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: It will bring them in under the net. I suppose it is something that will be adjusted in the future and whatever else. I appreciate that. I was just curious to see how it is working because there has been a lot of talk about it in small business. I am also curious about something else that was highlighted to me recently on the property side. Many larger farms are being bought by people who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: I did not hear it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: They want to pass their farms onto their own kids, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: I would suggest that if a purchaser wanted to pass on a farm, instead of a son or daughter applying over time to get a green certificate, the purchaser would need one as well in order to qualify for the tax exemption. I do not think this is the case at present. Perhaps something like this might be practical. At least the purchaser would have to make some effort to get a green certificate....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: Yes, the change in percentage and what we are buying into.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: Does Mr. Cody have concerns about our tax intake?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: It could be conservative. It is hard to know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)
Aidan Davitt: I appreciate that. I think the further it is changed up along the line, the fewer companies we will have looking to come here. This is the reality of it, contrary to what others might think.
- Seanad: Cost of Doing Business: Statements (17 Apr 2024)
Aidan Davitt: I welcome the Minister to the House. He is a Mullingar man the same as me. We soldiered on the town council and county council together and last week was a great week for the town as we now have a senior Minister. I wholeheartedly welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on his elevation. As the Minister knows, I am involved in running a business and employ quite a lot of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: I have only one question and Senator Higgins has a second.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: I listened to the whole discussion. I apologise; I was tied up in the office. Mr. Ashmore mentioned the "unintended consequences" of the Bill and whatever else a couple of times. He threw it out there a couple of times. We are looking at the UN database on which the companies are listed. We get the eight companies and whatever else. I am just curious about this Bill. Would it be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: Mr. Ashmore might respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: Therefore, they could get caught in the net of this. That is the reality of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: The way the Bill is being put forward at present could possibly impact on larger Irish companies that are based out of here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: It is a possibility, however.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: And quite a lot of large employers, which I do not think-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: -----is really Deputy Doherty's intention for the Bill. It is sort of a catch-all that is unintended really. I do not know whether it is going to work the way it is being proposed in its current form.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)
Aidan Davitt: You are not chasing a hard product. It is not that you are chasing coal or munitions. Now you are chasing an area.