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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 36: In page 68, line 42, to delete “(13)” and substitute “(14)”.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 37: In page 69, line 6, to delete “(14)” and substitute “(15)”.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 38: In page 72, line 18, to delete “in which” and substitute “in respect of which”.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 41: In page 73, line 1, to delete “(13)” and substitute “(14)”.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 42: In page 73, to delete lines 5 and 6 and substitute the following: “(5) Subsection (4)applies in respect of accounting periods the specified return date (within the meaning of Part 41A) of which is on or after 23 September 2023.”.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I will come back to the Deputy with an answer on that in a moment but I want to check with the Chairman that amendment No. 28 was disposed of.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Chairman. On Deputy Doherty's question about how we can offer assistance to small and micro enterprises, the Finance Bill introduces measures to support companies undertaking smaller research and development projects and to encourage new claimants to engage with the research and development tax credit regime for the first time. The first €25,000 of a claim that represents...

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

Paschal Donohoe: Yes. If it is for amounts more than €100,000 that it will be payable over a three-year period. There will be €50,000 payable in year 1, €30,000 in year 2 and €20,000 in year 3. That is the way it will work. I believe the changes we have made will be of help. I, or the Minister for Finance of the day, will assess whether any further changes are merited and...

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

Paschal Donohoe: May I respond very quickly? I know we are coming to a quick break. I have three points. The Deputy called for more research to be done regarding the operation of the research and development tax credit. The Department published a paper evaluating the operation of this credit in September, which is publicly available, because the Deputy is right, this is a large amount of taxpayers' money....

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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 43: In page 73, line 14, to delete “or section 766C(2)” and substitute “or 766C(1)”.

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

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 44: In page 73, line 16, to delete “or section 766C(2)” and substitute “or 766C(1)”.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191, 192, 196, 207, 209, 213 and 214 together. Ireland’s taxation of fuel is governed by European Union law as set out in Directive 2003/96/EC, commonly known as the Energy Tax Directive (ETD). The ETD prescribes minimum tax rates for fuel with which all Member States must comply. There are three national legislative frameworks which provide for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 194 together. Given the critical role that newspapers play in our society at both local and national level, and the very challenging environment they have to operate in, I made the decision that the VAT rate on newspapers and electronically supplied newspapers be reduced from 9% to zero from 1 January 2023. This measure has an estimated annual cost...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that an annual levy was charged on pension schemes from 2011 to 2015 in accordance with section 125B of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999. The levy was introduced in the wake of the financial crash, at a time when the economy was in very serious difficulties. It was charged on the market value of assets in pension schemes held on 30 June in each year, at a rate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government includes a commitment to facilitate and support remote working. The National Remote Work Strategy aims to make remote work a permanent feature of the Irish working experience in a way that maximises the economic, social and environmental benefits. As part of the national remote working strategy: Making Remote Work, the Tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy’s question relates to the applicability of the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme to elected representatives at local government level. Cycle to Work Scheme Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997 provides for the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a new bicycle...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: First, neither I nor the Central Bank of Ireland has a role in providing exemptions to data protection legislation. The application of the data protection legislative framework is a matter for the Data Protection Commission. As the Deputy is aware, KBC and Bank of Ireland have entered an agreement where Bank of Ireland would acquire the majority of KBC Bank Ireland’s loan assets...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is a quoted company, used as a collective investment vehicle to hold rental property. The function of the REIT framework is to facilitate collective investment in rental property by removing a double layer of taxation which would otherwise apply on property investment via a corporate vehicle. The Department of Finance has not undertaken research into...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) that it resolves most of the complaints it receives through methods other than adjudication, such as mediation in its Dispute Resolution Service, or early-stage assessment. So far this year, complaints resolved by way of a legally binding decision have accounted for only 9% of all complaints closed. For example, in October...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (15 Nov 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department published a report in December 2019 by Indecon Consulting on an Evaluation of the Concept of Community Banking in Ireland. This was a follow on to a previous paper on Local Public Banking published by my Department in 2018. The Indecon report concluded that there is no business case for the State to establish a community banking system in Ireland;...