Results 881-900 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 15, Revised Estimates for Public Services 2014 [Votes 1 to 41], back from committee; No. 15a, motion re referral to select sub-committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2014; No. 1, European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013 Seanad - Second Stage (resumed) and...
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: All of these Estimates were considered in the individual committees.
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: They get a much greater degree of scrutiny at the individual committees than they ever got when Estimates were debated on the floor of the House. They are now considered programme by programme, which involves looking at the various objectives of Departments and measuring the Estimates against those objectives. To my knowledge none of the committees has asked that a particular Estimate...
- Order of Business (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: These have now come back from the committees.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I share with Deputy Healy a wish to see equity in our society.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I want to see fair taxation that ensures those who are in the best position to contribute to the finances of the State do so. The problem is that every time we propose any measures in that regard, Deputy Healy opposes them.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: For example, this Government has introduced a number of measures to increase capital taxation. I refer to taxes like capital gains tax, capital acquisitions tax and deposit interest retention tax. To my recollection, Deputy Healy opposed all of those measures.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: When we introduced a property tax, my recollection is that Deputy Healy opposed that as well.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I am certainly open to hearing from Deputy Healy specific proposals about taxation or other measures that will contribute to greater equity. There is no point coming into the Dáil to bemoan inequality and excessive wealth and then opposing every measure that is introduced to deal with those issues.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: If one studies the OECD's examination of our taxation system, one will find that the top 1% of earners in this country, who were mentioned by Deputy Healy, now pay approximately 20% of the income tax. He also referred to the top 5%, who now pay approximately 40% of all the income tax that is paid in this country.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The OECD now considers the Irish tax system to be one of the most progressive among the countries it covers.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I am open to hearing any specific and worthwhile proposals to improve the current position that Deputy Healy might have.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Okay. I will comment on the issue of wealth taxes.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: There are three essential forms of wealth: property, pensions, which account for a large part of wealth these days, and money. This Government has introduced additional taxes in each of those three areas of wealth. We have introduced a property tax.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: We have introduced additional capital taxes. We have introduced an additional tax on pensions that yield over €60,000 a year. We have also introduced additional taxes on money. The idea of coming in here and saying "let's tax wealth" is all very well. It is a grand idea.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It sounds great and wonderful until-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----the Government actually comes to do it. The reality is that when the Government comes to do it-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----Deputy Healy opposes it every time.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: On the issue of water, the Government has decided-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----to make sustainable provision for water services in this country for probably the next quarter of a century or more. That is a prudent thing to do.