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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in managing the money supply and acting as a lender of last resort in the context of widespread adoption of private sector digital currencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34108/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to get loan approval and access to credit; his views on the refusal rate of 35% for requests for credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out in ensuring that a minimum effective tax rate is paid by companies offsetting substantial losses accrued against their tax liabilities during the crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34400/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Controls (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The Minister stated that he was a pragmatist, but if he were, he would have to recognise that the rental market has failed. When there is market failure, the Government must move in. Deputy Coveney cannot wash his hands of this matter as the Minister with responsibility. Like the previous Government, of which I was a member and a Tánaiste, the Minister has proposed a series of...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Controls (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Minister has had an opportunity to study with his officials yesterday's report by Daft.ieand the economist Ronan Lyons that shows a stunning and extraordinary increase in rents, specifically in big city areas such as Dublin, Cork and Limerick and throughout the country. The average rent has increased by 11.7%. As the Minister knows, that is way out of line with the consumer...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: On the prospects and outlook for the economy, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said of the deal struck on Garda pay - I assume it would apply to any additional costs arising from other negotiations - that the cost of approximately €40 million would have to come from existing resources. It would be helpful if the Minister would indicate if this means an axe will be taken...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The Deputy has not read my comments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: On the issue of the State's recognition of the cost of rearing children, our tax system is probably a little unusual in that we do not recognise that cost through our tax system. As we all know, we recognise the cost of other adults who are partners or spouses and we recognise the dependency cost, perhaps, of somebody with a specific medical condition or disability. When it comes to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I commend this amendment to the Minister. The cost would be relatively modest but it would address an anomaly which I do not believe it was the Minister's intention to create when the scheme was created. The scheme has been very successful for people renovating their homes and it has had the effect from the Revenue Commissioners' point of view of being done by registered contractors,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his comments. The negative response is from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: It was concerned about it. Consider the history of housing in recent decades. Twenty-five years ago, the local authority carried out many of the repairs and improvements. That practice died away during the collapse and because people often did not like what the local authority did. I grew up in a rented house and lived there until my 20s. I know what I am talking about when it comes to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: On a point of information, as I said, there is a very large number of local authority houses and former local authority houses in my constituency. Unless something extraordinary was done, such as the conversion of a small local authority house into some kind of mansion, I would not be aware of any case in which the quality of work done by a tenant to a house would be taken into account in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I will not press the amendment but I will reserve the right to bring it in on Report Stage. If the Minister can bring forward his own proposal, my party would be supportive of that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Chairman, amendment No. 15 has been ruled out of order, but can I just say that in regard to the help-to-buy scheme, we were given a commitment over a long period of time that a cost-benefit analysis would be set out and an impact assessment statement would be done in relation to various tax reliefs and introductions into the Finance Bill? That has been a fundamental principle which has been...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I want to pick up on one of the elements of the Minister's commentary on the Central Bank. The Daft.iereport published yesterday which showed a massive increase in rents included as an example the cost of a mortgage to buy in Dublin 5 as being €1,287, whereas the rent on the same house would be €1,500 per month. There is a sector of people who are renting and may have very...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Yes. Was this the one that inadvertently negatively affected some people who were involved in self-builds and had the wrong date?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I wanted to move my amendment, No. 49.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: It covers a lot of the same material. Therefore, can we agree to conclude on this and proceed to amendment No. 49?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I move amendment No. 49:In page 20, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“8. The Minister shall, within one year of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the impact of section 477C “Help to Buy” on prices for new houses in the property market inclusive of an econometric analysis of the scheme.”. To some...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: No, they are builders coming out of the bigger developers who own some of these sites. They are basically in NAMA or recently exiting NAMA.