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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was a social welfare payment for workers (employees and self-employed) who were out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The taxation arrangements for the PUP, as legislated for in Finance Act 2020, reflected the standard approach to taxing social welfare type payments, which meant they were liable to income tax but exempt from the Universal Social...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that VAT returns do not require traders to separately identify specific product or service types. Therefore, there is no information available on which to estimate the costs that would arise from the proposed measures.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not propose to make an opening statement as this is Committee Stage of the Bill. I flagged on Second Stage in the Dáil all the amendments that have been tabled.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: It might be helpful to the committee to give the current state of play in respect of EWSS. That will frame the answers I give to the Deputy. As he stated, we are now in the final stage of the exit from the EWSS. Most businesses will exit the scheme at the end of April and some businesses, mainly hospitality businesses that were affected by the 8 p.m. closing time, are due to exit at the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The main information we have is the employment figures for the fourth quarter of last year, which would not be relevant to the Deputy's question. The period for which figures will answer his question will be the first quarter of this year. We will not have those employment figures for a few more weeks. From anecdotal evidence and my engagement with a wide variety of employers, I have...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I view it slightly differently to the Deputy's good self. What I believe is happening is that there are many jobs that were available before Covid and were not available over the 18 months of the dark days of the pandemic but that are now returning. They might not all be in exactly the same sectors, but there is no sign at all of job opportunity erosion happening within our economy. As...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy raised two questions, the first of which has to do with who will receive the payment. I have a list with me regarding the forms of job that will be receiving the payment. It includes doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, porters, cleaners, medical laboratory staff, health and social work professionals, swabbers, vaccinators, home carers who were carrying out duties contracted...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I expect that, for most, it will be paid this month.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Regarding the two duties that the Deputy mentioned, my understanding is that they are not included in the list currently. However, engagement is under way with the healthcare unions on the full list. I expect that all of the details of who will be receiving the payment and, I assume, the pro rata issue will be published later this week.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand that it will cost between €130 million and €150 million.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: It will be made available. I understand that the full public list of who will be part of the payment will be made available this week.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I expect most payments will be made available within the month. It is the case, however, as the Deputy knows, that there are many different payroll operations included in the different sets of workers to whom I have just referred. It may well be the case, because of when payrolls are run, for the workers I referred to, some of that may happen in early May and not all within April. However,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 1: In page 11, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following: “(iii) the scheme commonly known as the Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme;”. These amendments make changes to sections 5 to 10, inclusive, to delete references to the scheme commonly known as the "live performance support scheme phase 4" and replace that with the new name of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his questions. The key issue first is what the Government has done to try to offer support to companies that will be facing difficulty or viability challenges as we exit from the emergency supports that are in place. As the committee will be aware, we have put in place two significant legislative changes to try to provide support to smaller businesses, in particular,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 2: In page 13, to delete lines 26 and 27 and substitute the following: “(iii) the scheme commonly known as the Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme;”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 3: In page 16, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “(iii) the scheme commonly known as the Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme;”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, to delete lines 11 and 12 and substitute the following: “(iii) the scheme commonly known as the Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme;”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 5: In page 20, to delete lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: “(iii) the scheme commonly known as the Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme;”.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 6: In page 22, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following: “(iii) the scheme commonly known as the Live Performance Restart Grant Scheme;”.