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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The argument that if regulatory measures are introduced, whether that is controlling rents to make them affordable or other measures to protect tenants, it will lead to an exit of landlords simply proves that the private rented sector is incapable of dealing with the crisis we now face. That is the inescapable conclusion. Notwithstanding the specifics of this credit or this or that measure,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 19: In page 59, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “Wealth Taxes 21.Within 3 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay a report before the Dáil, on the amount of revenue that would be raised if he were to tax the top 5 per cent of households 2 per cent of their accumulated wealth less 1 million for a family home.”. ...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 20: In page 59, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "Reports 21.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the revenue gained from increasing corporation tax to 25 per cent for corporations with over €800,000 in profits and in closing loopholes that exist that allow...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would not mind responding briefly.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would be very-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have been very economical in comparison with some of what I heard in earlier discussions. How we invest in key areas like developing our renewable energy resources is an important question, even more so as a result of the current crisis. It is a mistake to cling on to the belief that we have to kowtow to international investors in order to get the level of investment we need to do...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 24: In page 60, after line 42, to insert the following: “Reports 22. Within 3 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay a report before the Dáil on the cost to the Exchequer of taxing the disposal of patent rights at the same rate as the disposal of patents.”. I would like to put a direct question on the treatment of capital...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will ask the Minister a number of questions. He is saying that if our proposal were adopted and patent rights were taxed at the capital gains tax level - at the same rate as the disposal of patents - it might or might not increase revenue, and therefore he is not going to do it. Can the Minister elaborate on why this might increase revenue and why it might not?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I see the gain. I do not see the other side.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Can the Minister elaborate on those reliefs?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes, exactly. So we could get more tax if we just applied the 33% in both instances, but we are worried that we might not as a result of the group reliefs under capital gains that can be availed of. The Minister could just get rid of the group reliefs. I think he should do so. The wider section 22 deals with inter-group transactions, to which the Minister has referred. Indeed, they were...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans his Department has to address the crisis in recruitment across multiple areas of the public sector; if these plans include changes to pay scales or other allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding a complaint made to the Ombudsman Office concerning a breach of a statutory requirement, under section 53(1) of the Building Control Act 2007 by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56252/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an EU student resident in Ireland for the past three years is eligible for the free fees Initiative if their parents are resident in Romania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56318/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is interesting. The amount of revenue that is coming in is even higher than expected. Given that €21 billion in corporate tax revenue is projected, I presume the Minister at least has a pre-tax gross trading profits estimate for 2021 and 2022. He must have if he can project the revenue amount. All the figures are not collated and there is a bit of a delay on that, which I...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 21: In page 59, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "Reports 21.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on a levy on energy supply and generation companies to offset the increased cost of heating and energy for households.". As the Minister is aware, one area in which...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not agreed. I will briefly comment on the section. We have a concern about this credit, which has ballooned over recent years. It is one of the biggest apart from the one I mentioned earlier. Notwithstanding some of the amendments the Minister is making to benefit smaller companies, the intragroup transactions or group relief and the research and development tax credit, which cost...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We heard a call for humility or an acknowledgement of the mistakes that were made, are still being made and have led us to an absolutely disastrous housing crisis. There is nobody out there who does not think this is a disaster. The Minister must have clinics, the same as the rest of us, and he meets the people who are affected by the housing crisis. The situation that people are facing is...