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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Will you answer any of my questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I want to know what you are thinking of doing.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is because you do not have the detail. That is the problem.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We know that some of these large profitable companies will organise their tax affairs in a way to limit their tax liability. In 2017, after parliamentary questions and campaigning by Christian Aid, the Minister called out aggressive tax planning and closed it down as a result of the agreement. The problem is that while the agreement appears to be working in terms of what is in it, it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister said, I have acknowledged the fact that the agreement does work to a certain point. All the four companies are Abbott subsidiaries so surely someone is looking at this. Does the Minister dispute the findings of the Christian Aid report? The key thing here for me - and let us be clear about this - is that Abbott broke no law. It wants to reduce its tax liability. Revenue...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a vacant property tax in the context of budget 2022; if so, the current status of those plans; the date by which it will be introduced; and if he will expedite those plans in the context of the housing emergency. [44866/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We all know the State and its people are in the grip of a housing emergency and there is a lack of genuine affordable homes. We have rip-off rents that continue to squeeze incomes and harm people's lives. There are policies that could change the dynamic and provide solutions to people who need them. The Government's Housing for All plan kicked the can down the road when it comes to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is the problem; the Housing for All plan does not actually deal with the urgency of the crisis that we have. In June 2017, my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, called on the Minister to introduce a vacant home tax. Time went on and on and house prices became unaffordable. Rents are going through the roof and families are pressed in terms of their housing needs, and more time went on....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 1. To ask the Minister for Finance the correspondence or contact he has had with retail banks and the Central Bank regarding the use of allowances under the mortgage lending rules for mortgage applicants who are required a minimum deposit of 20% but have properties affected by mica and pyrite. [44865/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: In June, thousands of homeowners and families affected by the mica and pyrite scandal travelled to Government Buildings in order to send a clear message, which was that they would not be forgotten. While I will ask the Minister about his involvement and responsibility in ensuring these families get 100% redress, I want to focus on families looking to move house because their houses are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I would appreciate it if the Minister would do so. While we do not expect the Minister for Finance, even where he is the majority shareholder in a bank, to tell it how to lend its money. I am sure there has been communication between the Department, if not the Minister, and some of these financial institutions on the motion passed by the House which called for 100% redress and that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Banking Sector (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the Minister will raise that specific issue which has affected many families who want to buy a second property. I have asked the Minister about the wider issue and given voice to the motion he supported in the House which called for 100% redress and that the financial institutions would play their part. Can he outline to the Dáil whether he or his Department have had...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of the competent authority agreement entered into by the Revenue Commissioners and the Maltese tax authorities in shutting down the structure known as the "single malt"; if he or his officials were at any time aware that the single malt structure was still in use despite the provisions of that agreement; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revised revenue and deficit projections for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form in view of recent tax performance as demonstrated in the latest Exchequer tax returns outlined in the Fiscal Monitor for August 2021. [44864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2022 (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will undertake in Budget 2022 to address remote working tax rules which can impose a double tax on cross-Border workers seeking to work remotely post-pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2022 (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of changes announced to the research and development tax credit for small and micro-companies under section 25 of the Finance Act 2019; the reason engagement with the Commission began only in March 2020; when the changes are expected to commence; if he will consider amending the research and development tax credit in the context of Budget 2022 by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the revised revenue and deficit projections for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in view of the latest Exchequer tax returns outlined in the Fiscal Monitor for August 2021, in tabular form. [44691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of maintaining the State pension age at 66 years is included in the base for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in the Summer Economic Statement. [44690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proportion in percentage and nominal terms of the €1.1 billion additional core capital for 2022 outlined in Summer Economic Statement 2021 allocated to capital measures outlined in the Housing for All Plan recently published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [45241/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Tánaiste is part of a Government that is notoriously leaky, and I am not going to go into his own issues as it is subject to a criminal investigation. Yesterday, the Taoiseach could not update the House in regard to the investigation into the leak regarding the mother and baby homes commission after that report made its way to Government. As he knows, this was a leak that caused...