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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Therefore, we are reasonably secure regarding the borrowing we have. We will not have a sudden increase in rates as happened ten or 15 years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I wish to ask about two other issues. Our contribution to the European Union has increased substantially in the past 12 months. I believe it is about €3.5 billion now. Will that increase over the next three to four years or is it set at the same rate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: We need to plan to take into account that the contribution will increase.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding the changes that will come on taxation as regards the 15% corporation tax, over what time period will that come into place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: My understanding is that the forecast for corporation tax yield is approximately €21 billion or €22 billion. Am I correct in that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Regarding the 15%, I know there will be a variation because we will not be able to collect the same level of tax from companies here because of the new rules. By how much is the yield expected to change by 2025, even if the production and export levels of these companies remain the same?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Could we see a substantial drop in corporation tax as a result of the alignment in how we deal with taxation?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise for being late and I may go off the point a bit. Are people employed through Departments being looked at? I know RTÉ is separate from any Department but I have an issue with one aspect of the Department of Education.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: It is but the issue is the Department pays home tutors but also deducts tax. At the same time, home tutors are limited in what they can do outside of providing home tuition and what other work they can take on. It seems to be a difficult one from the point of view of the limitations the structure imposes on home tutors. All the indications are that the Department of Education is dictating...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which funding provided by her Department in the arts sector is helping revitalise rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56911/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that consideration will be given to immediately increasing the ECCE capitation paid to service providers from €69 per child to €76 per child to assist in meeting costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way and when parents can avail of the indicated 25% average reduction in childcare fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to removing VAT from the supply and installation of solar panels to assist those who wish to be more eco-friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made for an ASD class by a school (details supplied) given that over 20 children from the area have had to go to schools in other areas due to the lack of an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57059/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has liaised with a school (details supplied) on the possibility of providing an ASD class given that over 20 children from the area have had to go to schools in other areas due to the lack of an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57060/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the planned €500 disability support grant announced in Budget 2023 will be amended to include those who were in receipt of the disability allowance but have moved to FET training allowance given that these families and the organisations supporting them anticipated they would be eligible for the grant and had...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the dates that the manufacturer of evusheld initially offered availability of the treatment in Ireland and applied for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56868/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE Winter Plan 2022-2023: HSE (16 Nov 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank all the witnesses for coming before the committee and for setting out a comprehensive plan to deal with challenges facing all our hospitals in the coming months. There are problems which, if they were resolved, it would deal with some of the issues arising in hospitals. For instance, I have come across hospitals where consultants cannot hold clinics because nursing staff are not...