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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...

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

Gerald Nash: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a VAT exemption or claim system for local authorities, given that the application of VAT is prohibiting the construction of affordable social homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3239/21]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...As Deputy Howlin said, the third element of this provides for some onerous obligations on UK citizens who purchase goods here. They will go through an onerous process, including proving purchase, reclaiming VAT, and so on. As I said on Second Stage, from looking at the evidence provided to us by the retail sector and speaking to those who are directly involved, I believe the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...draw his attention to a policy that emanated in 2018 from the then Fianna Fáil communications spokesperson, Senator Dooley. He proposed a €30 million fund for print journalism, the ring-fencing of VAT and a 6% levy on all digital advertising. Is it the Taoiseach's intention to implement this proposal? Has the Taoiseach a view on the review and reform of our defamation laws?...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...be over-egged. Fáilte Ireland data show that shopping comprises just 11% of total expenditure when UK visitors take a trip here. I am not certain the displacement of consumer goods and potential massive VAT revenue loss arguments are ones of which we should be all that wary. The Minister also advises in his reply to me that this move and the other associated measure, which is that...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...It is a developer's policy that drives the cost of housing further beyond the means of most people who dream of owning their own home. Announcements were made in the budget about a greater level of spending on subsidising private landlords via the housing assistance payment, HAP, and a reduction of stamp duty for large developers, as referenced earlier, rather than considering more...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Gerald Nash: ...and economy into one that is fairer and more resilient? The pandemic has exposed massive gaps in the health services. Some months ago, a chronic lack of ICU and acute beds meant the State had to go cap in hand to the private sector to get access to beds because it feared the health service would be overrun. An extra 60 or so new ICU beds does not a national health service make. If the...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: ..., housing and childcare. Some of the measures contained in the announcement last week are welcome. It would be churlish to suggest otherwise. In particular, I welcome in principle the 2% VAT cut and the reformed temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS. The Labour Party proposed those two measures in our alternative set of July stimulus proposals. In those proposals, and as I always said...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (7 Jul 2020)

Gerald Nash: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a lower VAT rate for the tourism sector; his views on the findings from the 2018 OECD economic survey of Ireland report which recommended that preferential VAT rates be eliminated and lower rates for discretionary categories of expenditure, for example, hotel and restaurants are regressive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/20]