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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Containers and trucks come into Dublin Port where checks are undertaken and there is a possibility of random physical checks. I am not trying to put Mr. Cody on the spot on this matter, but it is reasonable to believe that in the absence of a backstop agreement that as part of their work, the Revenue Commissioners will require that they must have some sort of presence along the Border. Are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Does that activity explain the 600 staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: They had better open an office here. Will that not hold up everything? It certainly has the potential to do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Mr. Cody spoke about the budget and the cost to Revenue being roughly €30 million or €32 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Is that €32 million on top of the €13.5 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Will that be €45 million in 2019?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: It will be €30 million or €45 million from that point onwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Yes, depending on the running costs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: I would love to see a really stark warning to businesses around the issues we discussed. I am aware that Mr. Harrahill is doing different interventions with the business representatives but there are also people who do not attend these conferences and they are reliant on the matter being fixed. They believe it is too big to fail and it will be fixed. I do not think that businesses in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: The issue of VAT on food supplements was raised yesterday in the House. I understood that food supplements were classified under an EU directive. Suddenly we have now moved to this imposition of a 23% VAT rate on these goods. This will cause serious problems for small shops dotted around the country, some of which are located in the high streets of our towns and villages, and to their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: With whom has it been discussed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Is there any truth to the matter of EU Directive 2002/46/EC that deals with the labelling of these supplements?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: The Revenue Commissioners interpretation of this is given to the Minister. I gather the Minister said yesterday that he normally accepts the recommendations of the Revenue Commissioners.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: I listened this morning to a representative of all the small shops and those in the whole area of selling supplements. I got the clear impression that there was no consumer consultation or awareness of this. That was what was being said. You might let us know, Mr. Cody, which representatives were met by officials from the Revenue Commissioners.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: I imagine all of us have been contacted at this stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Did she fail? Obviously, she failed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: Do other members wish to ask about this critical matter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: We could look at it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit Preparedness and Related Matters: Revenue Commissioners (24 Jan 2019)
John McGuinness: The figure is 92%.