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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 19: In page 96, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “Report on the introduction of a higher rate of capital gains tax on high-income individuals 40. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of a 40 per cent rate of capital gains tax on the disposal...

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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 20: In page 96, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “Report on the treatment of capital gains tax with respect to worker-owned cooperatives 40.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the treatment of capital gains tax in instances where a company or shares of a...

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

Pearse Doherty: What is interesting about this Report Stage amendment, unknown to myself, is that the Government's increase on biofuel from 11% to 13% will mean that there will be an increase in the price of petrol and diesel at the pumps. That is expected to take place from 1 January 2022. Many families out there are seeing the price of petrol and diesel increasing. Regardless of the amounts involved,...

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

Pearse Doherty: To respond to the Minister, policy should be scrutinised and I have no problem in him scrutinising my policies. I welcome the fact when we get down to the detail of it and have to put details on the record. Deputy Durkan thinks we are misguided and all of the rest of it, and I like him too, on a personal level. There is no harm in this but his party members are supporting a party that has...

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

Pearse Doherty: Deputy Durkan's comment was that I am putting forward the idea of capital gains tax and hammering those who have the money. I am not putting forward the idea of capital gains tax. Capital gains tax applies to everybody else, it just does not apply to IREFs or REITs. What I am saying is that everybody else has to pay capital gains tax, but there is an exemption for these two funds. Deputy...

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

Pearse Doherty: That is not right. I will give an example. If a handful of us set up a company and we purchased a number of rental properties and we have a rental income of €10 million per annum, then the company will have to pay corporation tax on the income. If we dispose of some of those properties, we will have to pay capital gains tax at the upper limit. If the company then wants to give us...

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

Pearse Doherty: This is irrelevant. We are talking about a tax issue.

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

Pearse Doherty: This is a strategic intervention.

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

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 18: In page 96, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "Report on the application of capital gains tax to all sales of property by REITs and IREFs 40.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the application of the full rate of capital gains tax of 33 per cent to all disposals...

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

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is at it again saying how terrible things would be under Sinn Féin. Many of the companies Deputy Ring mentioned were here since long before the SARP, including Coca-Cola, Allergan's predecessor and Apple. Is he really suggesting that if we get rid of SARP, they will pack up and go? That is nonsense. The taxation proposals we have on individual incomes above...

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

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is increasing the taxes for corporations. The Deputy might not have got the memo.

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

Pearse Doherty: It might not have reached Mayo yet.

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

Pearse Doherty: No, we are not.

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

Pearse Doherty: We need to have a rational and sensible debate on corporation tax. This is no reflection on the passion I heard from Deputy Ring but, unless I am misreading it, that is not what this amendment is concerned with. Some companies operating in Ireland will pay a higher rate of tax of 15%. That is acknowledged in the amendment. The Minister for Finance signed up to that on behalf of the State...

Finance (European Stability Mechanism and Single Resolution Fund) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome that we will be dealing with the Final Stage of this legislation. As we discussed during the debate on the Finance Bill, the purpose of this Bill is to ratify agreements to the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, treaty and the Single Resolution Fund, SRF, intergovernmental agreement. This is required to fulfil the agreement that was reached by the Eurogroup on 30 November of last...

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

Pearse Doherty: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the derogation under which Ireland enjoys a reduced rate of VAT on energy for households; the conditions that are attached to this derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59596/21]

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

Pearse Doherty: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Union toolbox on energy on tackling energy prices statement that member states may decide to apply reduced VAT rates on energy products as long as they respect the minima laid down in the European Union VAT Directive and they consult the European Union VAT Committee and that the right to a reduced rate is a general albeit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding was sought in 2020 from the estimates to provide seven day per week respite at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59598/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: This throws into stark contrast the discussions we had earlier. We had discussions about cross-Border workers and the Minister spoke about equity and fairness among taxpayers. Many people would ask a question about that in respect of the SARP policy being pursued by the Government. It has been said previously by me, Deputy Boyd Barrett and others, and this is probably a reflection on us in...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has taken out his big, bad wolf script again about how terrible things would be if Sinn Féin's policies were accepted. He wants us to thank him for this provision for these special people, which is not my language but his. This provision is called the special assignee relief programme. The Minister named them special, not me. This provision for these special people, who...