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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Subparagraph (4) states: "Subject to subparagraph (10), a rights commissioner shall not entertain a complaint under this paragraph if it is presented to him or her after the expiration of the period of 6 months beginning on the date of the contravention to which the complaint relates." What is the rationale behind limiting the right of somebody to make a complaint to six months and not...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is not a brilliant explanation.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would express concern about that. I can think of many circumstances where in the case of an employee, for example, there could be a delay of longer than six months in making complaints about things that contravened the conditions the holder of an authorisation should be meeting but maybe was not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will come back to the Deputies.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I would like to express concern about a few matters. First, I understand this allows for applications for development which, under paragraph 12, would include "the purpose of nuclear waste material storage". I would like an explanation of that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Excellent. We collectively deleted it. That is good. I also have concerns in respect of paragraph 15(b), relating to "a terminal, building or installation ancillary to a terminal that is used for the liquefaction of natural gas or the importation, offloading and re-gasification of liquefied natural gas", because some of us think that we do not need LNG infrastructure. If we are serious...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to be clear on this. First, on the LNG issue, the Minister of State said the Government decision in that regard is such that he does not envisage applications-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: -----or developments of that sort. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In that case, should that not be deleted as well? Is it not logical to delete it in the same that reference to nuclear storage was deleted?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will reflect on the response of the Minister of State. On the last point, for clarification, he is saying that in the case of reclamation or the building of storage facilities under those thresholds, they will be dealt with by the local authority through the normal process of assessing planning applications, with all the public consultation provisions and-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister of State would not explain that again, would he?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Deputy can say that again.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Briefly, this is the last chance to mention something we have not mentioned before Report Stage. I believe these issues arose yesterday but I want to ensure they are on the record. They are the concerns we have about access to justice issues in terms of the various consents for which the Bill sets out the provisions. Without making statements on it, there are concerns about the consents,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Everything else will be dealt with through the normal planning process.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Growing public outrage and international pressure has finally forced some moves towards having a minimum effective corporate tax rate to deal with the phenomenon of aggressive tax avoidance by some of the wealthiest corporations in the world. Although the Government resisted quite hotly, it has now agreed to an effective rate of 15%. Will it actually be an effective rate, because the 12.5%...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Revenue figures to which the Minister refers, which I have in front of me, do not say what he just said. What they say for 2019 is that there was €195 billion worth of pre-tax profits, before deductions and allowances, and that €10 billion was paid on that. That is not 10% or anything like it, it is 5.6%. The reason the Minister can claim that it is 10% is because about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to pre-empt what will probably be the Minister's final comment by saying we value the jobs these companies bring to this country. They do create employment and we want those jobs here. That does not mean they cannot pay their fair share of tax. Revenue figures show the major reliefs and allowances they benefit from are intragroup transactions worth €16 billion in 2019 as a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is what is recognised by the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the new 15% minimum global corporate tax rate will be an effective rate given the many reliefs, deductions and allowances which the largest and most profitable corporations avail of to substantially reduce their taxable profit and which results in many of these companies currently paying far less than the 12.5% headline rate on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (9 Nov 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing relief to low- and middle-income households struggling with the cost of energy through an exemption of VAT from domestic energy supplies or a rebate of VAT on domestic energy supplies in the winter months; and if he has discussed or will discuss these matters with the European Commission. [54745/21]