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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans regarding the chronic problems with delays and no shows (details supplied) on routes across the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department set the new vacant home tax at three times the value of the LPT; his views on whether it will be adequate to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the new renter's tax credit is adequate to support renters given the extraordinarily high level of rents; if he will ensure all renters can avail of this credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to address the concerns, recently raised by an organisation (details supplied), that those in receipt of section 481 tax relief are not compliant with the EU's copyright directive in relation to the intellectual property rights of actors and performers and the remuneration that they should receive for their work in films funded by the relief;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an amendment to section 481 that clearly establishes that the producer company who receives tax relief under this section must be the legally responsible employer for all those who are employed on section 481-funded film productions rather than the DAC, which only has a transitory existence; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Sites (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on the effectiveness of the vacant site levy; if he needs to reconsider the timeline and the rate of the new zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55852/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would say the Department of Finance has a very particular responsibility to the residents and owners of apartment complexes that have fire or other building defects, and where the costs they potentially face are very significant indeed. They bear no responsibility whatsoever for the costs and defects affecting the apartments. Why do I say that? Previous Ministers for Finance - I...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is proposing a specific tax exemption on the one-off payment for people where there was an illegal or incorrect registration. Does it have an end date? I ask the Minister to repeat that date. He said it was subject to possible review if further illegal adoptions were revealed after that date. I think he gave a date of the end of this year. I ask him to repeat that date.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I understand that. It is to exempt that payment from tax.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is that the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Does what the Minister is proposing here in the Finance Bill also have a cut-off date - the same cut-off date?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the Minister decides that further ex gratia payments will be made beyond that date, will the tax exemption also carry on for those?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: From the Finance Bill point of view that is fine. The exemption will continue. It seems very odd to have a date at the end of September 2022 for deciding who is eligible for the ex gratia payment. It is very likely that some people will discover that there were illegal birth registrations after that date. The Birth Information and Tracing Bill is only really happening now and many people...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What was the figure on how much has been released?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: An amount of €10 million has been released.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A very small amount.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is difficult to understand the commitment of the Minister and the Government to the help-to-buy scheme, because it is not just the political Opposition that has been critical of it but pretty much every mainstream economist and economic thinktank. Just about everybody is saying this does not make any sense and that it will contribute to house price inflation. Like Deputy Doherty, I hate...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fair enough. The point has been made.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I have never accepted the argument about the independence of NAMA. The mandate of NAMA was set by Government and by legislation and Government can change that mandate. On other matters, I long thought it should change that mandate but this issue is a very big one and everybody acknowledges that. It is not certain precisely how we would go about giving redress to people; it could be through...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2022)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Yes.