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Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: Thank you. I was just clarifying where we are starting. In the budget announcement and provided for within the Finance Bill is a very welcome regional uplift of 5% with respect to the film tax relief. As I understand it, the uplift of the tax relief across the regions is underpinned by the European Union regional aid guidelines. The map accompanying those guidelines indicates the greater...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance the discretionary revenue raising measures in each of the years up to 2023, in tabular form, corresponding to row h. of table 3 in the 2018 ummer Economic Statement. [48575/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital allocations outlined in the National Development Plan are included both in the general Government expenditure figure and the gross fixed capital formation figure in table A8 of the Budget 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48576/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Expenditure (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the precommitted expenditure in each of the years up to 2023, in tabular form, corresponding to row j of table 3 in the 2018 summer economic statement; if he will divide this between demographics and capital expenditure, that is, divided into nominal and rolled over four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48577/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Deficit (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected structural deficit for the scenario outlined in table A8 of the Budget 2019 Economic and Fiscal Outlook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48578/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: 181. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make personalised budgets available for persons with a disability as an alternative to an adult day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (21 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the class of PRSI paid by persons under 66 years of age in respect of income from an approved retirement fund; if such PRSI paid is reckonable for the purposes of the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48608/18]

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: He has contributed twice.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: Yes.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: As I said at the beginning, the reason I tabled the amendment was that it was just not possible on Committee Stage to work one's way through pages and pages of amendments. I know the Minister of State is consolidating the text, but schemes such as this do not always get the scrutiny and attention they deserve. It is a really important scheme. We want to ensure that those benefiting from it...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Is he confident that the issues that affect the operation of this scheme are being dealt with and that we will see improved efficiency? The feedback I am getting consistently is that the scheme is overly cumbersome, an administrative nightmare and that it is taking too long to get approval, with the overall consequence of it not being an...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 14:In page 80, after line 35, to insert the following:“Report on operation of Employment Incentive and Investment Scheme 25.The Minister shall, within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report on the operation of the Employment Incentive and Investment Scheme.”. This amendment relates to the employment incentive...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: The Minister used numbers which were intended to be illustrative of the salaries people might earn and the benefit they would get. He said that somebody earning €9 million would benefit to the tune of €1 million per annum as a result of SARP. To the best of my knowledge, the salaries of those benefitting from SARP at the higher end have not been provided. Are individuals who...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: Some of the numbers put on the record by the Minister concerning the growth in the scheme are quite extraordinary. I have consistently made the point, on behalf of my party, that the kernel of the issue is whether there is a demonstrable link to employment creation and retention. It is only in that circumstance that such a scheme can be justified to the hundreds of thousands of workers who...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: That may be so.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: It is not for a constituent, in case the Minister of State thinks it is. I look at all the issues brought to my attention with an open mind and with fairness as the guiding principle. The wording used by the Minister covers where the car was first made available to the employee up to 9 October 2018, and in that circumstance the Department is not applying the €50,000 cap. In the case...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: Why not?

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: Like Deputy Ryan, this is an issue I pressed on Committee Stage. I welcome the Minister's amendment. I think it was patently unfair to change the goalposts for those for whom a car had been provided by their company over the course of 2018 up to budget day. That was certainly unfair. I think the Minister has recognised that because various promotional material was produced following the...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: I ask the Minister for clarification in respect of the flat-rate expenses system and the changes thereto. He is confirming that what was previously put on the Dáil record about changes coming into effect in January 2019 has now changed and that they will come into effect in January 2020. Will he clarify what will occur in the meantime? Revenue had already decided to withdraw the...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Michael McGrath: Any debate we have in this House on the income tax system must be placed in the context of the challenges the country faces, particularly the deficits evident across a range of public services. As elected representatives, we are all well aware of the deficits. In the health service there are issues with disability services, families waiting for extra home help hours or home care packages...