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Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I will continue to monitor this industry and look at the implementation of this relief. I am not going to comment on the individual case the Deputy has referred to because it is not appropriate for me to do so in the Dáil. As the Deputy and I discussed on Committee Stage, we got to an important point in August 2020 when the Workplace Relations Commission reported on the outcome of...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides a 32% payable relief for eligible expenditure on film production in Ireland. The scheme is intended to act as a stimulus to the creation of an indigenous film industry in the State, creating quality employment opportunities and supporting the expression of Irish culture. The audiovisual sector has largely continued to function through the most...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As I informed the Deputy on Committee Stage of the Bill, wealth can be taxed in a variety of ways, some of which are already levied in Ireland. Capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax are, in effect, taxes on wealth in that they are paid by an individual or company on the disposal or acquisition of an asset through gift or inheritance. Deposit interest retention tax, DIRT, is charged...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers & Disabled Passengers Scheme provides relief from Vehicle Registration Tax and VAT on the purchase and use of an adapted car, as well as an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant. The Scheme is open to severely and permanently disabled persons as a driver or as a passenger and also to certain charitable organisations. In order to qualify for relief,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Disabled Drivers & Disabled Passengers Scheme provides relief from Vehicle Registration Tax and VAT on the purchase and use of an adapted car, as well as an exemption from motor tax and an annual fuel grant. The Scheme is open to severely and permanently disabled persons as a driver or as a passenger and also to certain charitable organisations. In order to qualify for relief,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The objective of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is to support employment and maintain the link between the employer and employee insofar as is possible. The EWSS has been a key component of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis. In money terms, the overall support provided to-date (25thNovember) by EWSS is almost €6.5 billion comprising direct...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Living City Initiative (LCI) (provided for in Finance Act 2013 and commenced on 5 May 2015) is a tax incentive aimed at the regeneration of the historic inner cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford. The scheme provides income or corporation tax relief for qualifying expenditure incurred in refurbishing/converting qualifying buildings which are located...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Union (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 and 29 together. I am advised by Revenue that the VAT rating of goods and services is subject to the requirements of EU VAT law with which Irish VAT law must comply. The VAT Directive obliges each Member State to have a standard rate of VAT and also allows that a Member State may choose to have no more than two reduced rates of VAT, which may be no less...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: VRT is a tax chargeable on the registration of vehicles in the State and is levied as a percentage of the open market selling price (OMSP) of the vehicle. It is a nationwide tax paid upon registration of a vehicle in the State, based on its emissions profile. A VRT surcharge based on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions levels was introduced in Budget 2020 in recognition of the negative...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Apple Escrow Account (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will know, in April 2018, the Minister for Finance and Apple Sales International Limited and Apple Operations Europe Limited entered into an escrow framework deed giving legal effect to arrangements for the recovery of the alleged State aid to Apple. The deed provides that each party pays its own fees and expenses incurred in respect of the drafting of the deed. Therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The amount expended on Light & Heat by the Department of Finance in each of the past five years up to end November 2021 is as follows:  2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Light & Heat Costs 130,422.80 115,759.74 138,807.68 135,404.05 106,788.12

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Properties (2 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: My Department continues to implement measures to improve ventilation across the buildings under its remit. The measures to improve natural ventilation of buildings includes the following; the opening of windows, a reduced onsite workforce facilitated through working from home, and the revision of the maximum occupational capacity of offices to ensure a safe physical distancing of staff. To...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The people I represent and the people who I want to have better public services, to have a good standard of living, who want their children to go to good schools and who I want to see living in good homes and having a better future in our country are the butcher, the street cleaner and the teacher, the people that the Deputies, in different ways, have referred to in their contributions. In...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is happy to see the jobs go elsewhere.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I am giving the Deputy the truth.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy should respond to my argument.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: The special assignee relief programme, SARP, is designed to help reduce the cost for employers of assigning skilled individuals in their companies from abroad to take up positions in Irish-based operations of their employer or an associated company, thereby facilitating the creation of jobs and the development and expansion of businesses in Ireland. The scheme currently has a sunset date of...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I do not know the answer to the specific question Deputy Barry put to me this evening. I do not have the answer to the question that he is looking for in that legislation. I will see if I can find the information and I will certainly share it with Deputy Barry if I can. On Deputy Healy-Rae's comments about how we can sustainably build homes, we can sustainably build homes by the State...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a recipe for fewer houses built.

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a recipe for fewer homes.