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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: There will be long-term benefits.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: That is the difference between Sinn Féin and the Green Party. We think about the future. We are honest and direct in our policies. We know exactly what needs to be done and we are delivering on that. Sinn Féin's energy policy announcement today is an endorsement of that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: That was to the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: On the retrofitting budget, I understand there is an €8 billion State investment. It should have been done a long time ago but the truth of the matter is it is there now and, over the next ten, 20 and 30 years, every house, building and structure will have to be energy-retrofitted. We are scaling up to that at the moment and there is investment in it. Many jobs are being created in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I have a similar question. On budget day the Minister did seem to include periodicals. Many magazines are very informative and very educational and bring opportunities for journalists as well, so I would also like clarification as to why the reference to periodicals was dropped and what the implications would have been of including-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 61 and 62 are related and may be be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Can the note be sent to all committee members?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 67 has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 68 is in my name and I understand I have to vacate the Chair to speak to an amendment. Deputy Boyd Barrett's amendments are included in this, as is Deputy Doherty's amendment. I propose that Deputy Doherty take the Chair/

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I move amendment No. 68: In page 153, line 17, after "commences," to insert the following: "except where properties have been deemed not liable for local property tax due to being unsuitable for use as a dwelling. In all cases where properties are residential properties and deemed unsuitable for use as a dwelling, such properties shall be registered as derelict by the local authority and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Regarding properties that would meet the criteria for being deemed derelict, by being damaged, uninhabitable and unsightly, is the Minister saying it is not within his remit under the tax Bill to request that such properties be put on the derelict sites register? Could he advise whether it is a matter for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: A person has to make a return to the Revenue Commissioners indicating a property he or she owns is uninhabitable and therefore not subject to the vacant property tax. Is there a mechanism whereby the Revenue Commissioners can inform the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage that such a dwelling has been declared uninhabitable, after which the property would be automatically...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: In other words, the Revenue Commissioners would not be aware there is an uninhabitable property because it would not have been declared liable for the tax.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Nobody would be aware of the status of a property of the kind in question because the owner would not have declared its liability for the vacant homes tax to the Revenue Commissioners. Since it would be unknown to the Revenue Commissioners, it could not pass on the information to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, or the information would not be available for the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I seek clarification on one more matter. What is the definition of "uninhabitable" under the local property tax Act?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Is the definition of "uninhabitable" as contained in-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Okay, but-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Exactly. This appears to create properties that might fall into it. For example, if the front is missing from a house, would it be considered uninhabitable and therefore not liable under the local property tax and therefore not liable under the vacant home tax? We do not have a definition of what “uninhabitable” is. How do we prevent houses being made uninhabitable in order...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Neither am I, but I just-----