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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 896. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20802/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 2422. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Joseph's Community Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal will continue to be used to provide dental treatment to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 2423. To ask the Minister for Health if residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 2424. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add i-ports for children to the long-term illness scheme or otherwise reimburse costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 2425. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and timelines for the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in County Donegal for housebound persons by the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Remote Working (21 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: 2591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application process is planned for interested pub owners in the recently announced proposal for a pilot scheme to turn rural pubs into remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20800/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an chur i láthair sin ar na Meastacháin. My first question relates to the revenue side. The Minister is familiar with President Biden's tax plan, particularly his support for pillar 2 of the OECD plan, which contains a minimum effective tax rate for OECD countries. While President Biden is advocating that be at 21%, it may fall somewhere...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister stands behind the 12.5% tax rate and we have had resolutions passed in the Dáil across the political divide in support of that rate. The Minister acknowledges that obviously there is a process under way whereby they are looking at a minimum effective corporation tax rate and while President Biden in America is suggesting 21% others may be suggesting something lower or...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. My next question relates to the stability programme update, SPU, published last week. Do the revenue forecasts in it include the projected increase from revenue as is scheduled in carbon tax increases, provided for in last year's Finance Bill? Is that captured?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is okay. Do the expenditure forecasts also provide for the cost of maintaining the State pension at 66 years of age out to the year 2025?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, but when the ceiling was set did it include a pension age at 66 years or 67? I ask because that would have changed the figures presented in the SPU.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: That is fair enough.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Maybe we can get clarity on that in written correspondence.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The SPU provides for annual expenditure increases of approximately 3.5%. We see in the medium term fiscal strategy that 3.25% growth projected but since then we have had the programme for Government and the Climate Action Bill. On that basis, can the Minister credibly say the commitments entered into in the programme can be delivered with these expenditure ceilings? I point to the words of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: We may come back to that later on. On banking remuneration, a review was to be done, it was one of the outputs listed in the 2019 Estimates. The Minister appointed the advisor Korn Ferry to undertake a review. How much was Mr. Ferry paid for that review? If the Minister does not have the figure to hand, will he give it to the committee? Lastly, has the review been published?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. The review was carried out in 2019 and it is now 2021. When is the Minister going to get around to actually putting the document on the Department website?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: Is the Minister therefore saying he is not going to publish the report?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister, in fairness to him, is someone who has always been open to sharing information. I encourage him to publish the report. I raise the acquisition of Goodbody Stockbrokers by AIB, or "Project Gold" as it was renamed, from "Project Oibre". The CEO of AIB wrote to the Minister on 8 January with a consent request. He said: Under the terms of the State agreements, on completion of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: To be clear, in layman's terms, the Minister had to change the rules because, under the rules, Goodbody would be deemed to be a group company. Is that correct? Did the Minister have to change the rules so that it would be deemed to be a group company and that therefore the remuneration provisions would not apply?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: What was the policy decision?