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Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: This seemed to confirm he was quite satisfied with the deal that had been negotiated. If the IFA was satisfied with the level of compensation its members would receive, it seems probable that level was well above what farmers had expected or hoped to receive either through compensation or the sale of agricultural land. I cannot accept the recommendation in its present form as it is far too...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: All these sections concern tax on tobacco products. Has the Government decided not to raise tax on tobacco products? Has it decided that the saturation point has been reached or is it a once-off delay? Most of us feel that further increases in tax are a necessary part of the package of measures to discourage smoking.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Section 97 deals with hybrid vehicles. I am surprised this is still a temporary provision, rather than a permanent one. The Government can change that in the future if it wishes. I would have thought the environmental benefits of hybrid vehicles were so obvious that we could make this provision a permanent one. Automobile manufacturers would not have a degree of security for future investment...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am speaking as an engineer. Businesses need a climate of certainty within which to plan. If governments in other countries and the EU were to establish a vehicle registration tax cut of 20% but refused to extend the measure beyond one year, that would not encourage investment decisions about car manufacturing that encouraged innovation. It would be better to remove the termination date from...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister of State is not dealing with my question.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, said that section 7 revises the method for valuing land for benefit-in-kind purposes. The section contains a short provision which states that 'premises' includes lands. What does the revision mean and would it cost much?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: If an individual is given development land by his or her employer, would the benefit in kind be assessed on the basis of the potential to rent the land or to rent the property that is on the land?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: This section intrigues me. The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, said yesterday that section 10 provides an exemption from benefit in kind for security provided to a director or employee by the employer, where there is a credible and serious threat to the personal security to the director or employee. What is at issue here? I have no objection to this, but it...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Is it correct that the provision of protective clothing for the employees of a security firm is treated as taxable benefit in kind?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister of State did not answer my question. If equipment for personal security is supplied to an employee of Securicor, is it regarded as a taxable benefit in kind?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Fianna Fáil backbenchers challenged it too.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I agree with everything Senator Mansergh said. Fortune magazine carried out a survey of people working in New York, in which large number of highly-paid professionals were asked about their daytime concerns. The magazine was seeking business information but was astonished to find that the major concern of young professionals in New York is who is minding the children. Even for extremely well...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I will not hold my breath.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: We will not dispute that.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Nobody else is surprised; we all have stories.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I have only spoken once on the recommendation.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister made a number of assertions which must be challenged. We can all see the benefits of high levels of child benefit, and those of us in Opposition saw them on the doorsteps during the general election. Child benefit is paid for all children until they are 18 years old, and 21 years old if they go to college. Paying child benefit for my two college-going under-21s is not much of a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: This section deals with the extension of Revenue on-line services to PAYE payers. Will the Minister of State explain why, after all the years of extending electronic payments into various areas — including the PAYE sector — Leinster House cannot pay Members various irregular benefits, such as travelling expenses, by electronic means and still insists on writing cheques? We should start by...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: Section 23(3) states, "The Revenue Commissioners shall make known, in such manner as they think fit, any terms and conditions for the time being specified by them for the purposes of this section." The section deals with electronic claims. I would have thought that we would be more prescriptive and stipulated that the Revenue Commissioners shall use means, electronic and otherwise, and that...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (23 Mar 2005)

Brendan Ryan: I am not entirely keen on Senator John Paul Phelan's recommendation but we will not fall out over it. It will not cause the alternative to collapse.