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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: I share that view and have shared it for a long period. Mr. Coffey has a point when he states there are certain things that should be reflected in the accounts, such as the Christmas bonus. The Christmas bonus was abolished by Fianna Fáil in the first cut and it was pretty shocking. There was much difficulty in trying to reinstate it. I think it is a positive payment in our system. ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Mr. Coffey is talking about the stability of corporation tax, but in any event we are in the last chance saloon on some of the taxation measures we have. Sooner rather than later, certainly in terms of the OECD process, it would make sense to show, as we have done in other areas, including the area of corporation tax every year, that we are not, and do not want to be, the tax haven that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: I would like to take up the issue of Brexit and the Border. Deputy Breathnach is very much an expert on this, but I have my own connections to the area. IFAC has no direct brief on Brexit but it seems, both to me and to many others with a knowledge of the Border, that the biggest problem will be smuggling, and we could face a 50 mile, or even 100 mile, zone on either side of the Border...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: On health, does the council have a ballpark figure at this point in regard to the likely deficit on the health side by the end of this year? Is the Supplementary Estimate likely to be €200 million or €300 million?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Additional spend has been provided for health for this year already. I assume that has been added to the base figure. All things being equal, the actual overrun by the end of the year should be relatively smaller.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Is there likely to be a repeat of money being found behind the sofa as happened last year and the previous year?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: Does IFAC have any advice for the Dáil or the Government as to how extra spending should be targeted in the context of a very difficult Brexit? During the previous crisis, Germany spent a great deal of money on direct subsidies to employers aimed at allowing them to retain employees. Everybody referenced, three or four times, the fact that a lot of unemployment could be expected. This...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional Army personnel he plans to assign to the border with the UK for preparedness for the forthcoming departure of the UK from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36014/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel he plans to assign to the border with the UK if there is an agreement with the UK by 31 October 2019 and in the event of a no-deal Brexit, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36015/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to date in 2019 and the expected cost in 2019 to his Department of expenses payable to staff being relocated to work in respect of the border with the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36016/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Repayments (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the repayment schedule for bilateral loans to the UK; the capital amount repaid to date by transaction; the amount outstanding; if the repayments are made in sterling or euro; the cost to date in euro of each repayment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35411/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Repayments (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost in euro of each sterling interest repayment to date on bilateral loans from the UK; the applicable interest rate in each case; the projected interest costs for the remainder of 2019 and in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Repayments (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected savings in 2019 and 2020 respectively to date on repayments on loans to the UK due to the fall in the value of sterling by interest and capital amounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional Revenue Commissioners staff assigned to the Border with the UK in respect of preparedness for the forthcoming departure of the UK from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners staff he plans to assign to the Border with the UK to work on counter-smuggling operations if there is an agreement with the UK by 31 October 2019 and in the event of a no-deal Brexit, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if land or premises within 30 km of the Border with the UK for customs checks has been leased or purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date in 2019 and expected cost in 2019 to the Revenue Commissioners of expenses payable to staff being relocated to work in respect of the Border with the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of real estate investment trusts here; and the estimated number of properties in the portfolios of such real estate investment trusts. [36029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the corporate tax arrangements in respect of real estate investment trusts; the level of corporation tax that applies to such entities; the rate of effective corporation tax paid by such entities; his plans to commission a study of the REIT model in terms of its appropriate contribution to taxation; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Budgets (6 Sep 2019)

Joan Burton: 206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected cost overrun in the health budget for 2019; his plans to address the cost overrun in Budget 2020 or via Supplementary Estimates by year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36031/19]