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Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...told to expect a deficit of more than €1 billion this year but, as was put on the record earlier, we are likely to have a surplus of approximately €1.6 billion. That is an incredible turnaround and the resources generated through VAT windfalls, perversely on the products that have become the most expensive items these days, such as energy, need to make their way back into...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (28 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently announced temporary reduction in VAT, excise duty and lump-sum payments are to be paid from a surplus in the public finances or by adding to the public debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/22]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Gerald Nash: I appreciate the opportunity to speak on these resolutions here this evening. Like Deputy Doherty and his party, the Labour Party and I have been arguing for the application of VAT reductions on energy bills for some time now. We see this is an opportunity to help to drive down the ever-rising cost of living for hard-pressed families across the country. This is just one tool or weapon in...

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

Gerald Nash: ...the cost to the consumer of fuel and energy. Many of us, at least those of us on the Opposition benches, have been arguing for some months that the Government should seek a derogation from the VAT directive to allow the State to reduce VAT rates on fuel and energy for a period of time. This derogation could ensure that the VAT rate would not go up to 23% on the conclusion of that...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...households that are borderline, as I recommended as far back as October's budget? That is a simple measure that would alleviate, address and counter fuel poverty. The Exchequer has made windfall gains on VAT as companies like Bord Gáis shamelessly protect their profits with massive price hikes. It should be a source of embarrassment for the Taoiseach that he has only in recent days...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Gerald Nash: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance if an update will be provided on discussions with the European Commission regarding a temporary derogation on the rate of VAT applied on energy and gas usage; if he held discussions with other European Union Finance Ministers regarding the relaxation of such rules as part of a common approach to tackling rising energy prices; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Gerald Nash: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the prohibitive VAT rate on defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9648/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...the Government voted down a comprehensive Labour Party motion on the cost of living, 13 more days lost as the bills piled up. We have tabled a range of comprehensive proposals on energy taxes, VAT, social welfare and wages. Bills are up more than 30% for fuel, electricity and gas. Prices for other utilities and food are rising sharply. The Taoiseach knows that the rate of home...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...rates in Budget 2022 is not enough to keep pace with rising prices resulting in a real cut in living standards for those on fixed incomes; — the Department of Finance reported a record tax take for 2021, with Value Added Tax (VAT) alone raising €3 billion more than in 2020, and €1 billion ahead of projections; — the Irish Congress of Trade Unions issued...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...have. I am long enough in these Houses to remember a period when that was the type of problem a Minister for Finance and a government would like to have. I am not claiming it is not a good problem to have. Corporation tax is running well ahead of forecasts, VAT receipts are €1 billion ahead and income tax receipts are €1 billion more than forecast. These are signs of an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Dental Services (7 Dec 2021)

Gerald Nash: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to a new VAT interpretation which impacts on their sector; if officials in his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have discussed this issue with the Department of Health; his further views on the potential impact this interpretation will have on the provision of dental...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Gerald Nash: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a short-term reduction in the rate of VAT charged on energy and certain other household utility bills to assist households with escalating heating and energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54318/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...the State of significant social insurance moneys and tax, especially PRSI. It needs to be tackled once and for all but there seems to be a continued marked reluctance to do so despite a number of carefully crafted and considered Private Members' Bills that have come before the Houses in recent years. Chapter 5 covers the area of corporation tax. It would be useful if on Committee Stage...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...has exposed some stark and uncomfortable truths about our society, economy and environment. We have a health system with yawning gaps that could only be filled by taking control of beds in private hospitals. We have a precarious housing system unworthy of a modern republic, where it took a ban on evictions to slow the rise in homelessness, the figures for which are once again increasing....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (28 Sep 2021)

Gerald Nash: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of a reduction of the rate of VAT on energy bills from 13.5% to 9% for a 12-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46807/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (27 Jul 2021)

Gerald Nash: 348. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from raising the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sector from 9% to 13.5% in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Jul 2021)

Gerald Nash: 357. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield minus costs of developing systems and structure to support the new EU VAT mini one stop shop initiative as set out in a comprehensive review of expenditure 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39915/21]

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Gerald Nash: ...rates and do not operate bricks and mortar premises have been neglected for too long. I made the case for a scheme such as this months ago and it is very welcome. I will move now to the extension of the 9% VAT rate cut. I do not question the motivation because I know we all want to do everything we possibly can to help a bruised and battered sector that has been through the mill in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (27 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost implications of extending the reduction in VAT from 23% to 21% for six months beyond February 2021; if he is considering this step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Jan 2021)

Gerald Nash: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the relief that local authorities can seek in regard to their obligation to pay VAT and tax as a local Government body (details supplied); his views on whether some form of VAT relief for local authorities is required given that they are currently being charged VAT for services, including the construction of council owned homes; and if he will make a...