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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: It is 15%, and it can actually be reduced based on the taxation agreements. I am going to go back to answer my core question. Non-resident investors are taxed at a rate of 15% and they comprise the majority of investors in a REIT structure. The Minister is saying that we should not apply capital gains tax to these structures that dispose of assets, and which have made a killing to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Let us compare that to a company that buys the same property. It has to pay corporation tax on the sky high rents that it is charging, and it has to pay tax of 33% on the disposal of the asset on the gains it has made. However, for non-resident investors, the tax liability is 15% at the most. This is what REITs do; they are for non-resident investors. That is what the structure is and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: As I have said, kicking, dragging and screaming. We might get to a point where the Minister may move on this, but the tax structure of these has not changed. They have been getting away with blue murder, and the problem here is not just tax. The problem is that they are significant players in the rental sector and set a baseline in terms of rents, and they are the largest landlords in the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 123: In page 37, after line 35, to insert the following: “Report on applying CGT to all sales of property by IREFs 17. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on applying the full rate of Capital Gains Tax of 33 per cent to all sales of property by IREFs, as opposed to current...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Can the Minister give us an indication of the impact that the section will have on intangible assets? In particular, will this only apply to intangible assets that are onshored following the passage of the Bill?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: That is okay with me.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Section 18 provides for the regional film development uplift. As we have discussed in respect of many Finance Bills, there is an ongoing concern in respect of the employment status of many people working within the industry that still needs to be enhanced. I want to focus on the situation that some of the industry currently finds itself. Those making films or television series are finding...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 124: In page 40, after line 35, to insert the following: “Report on restoring cap on intangible assets 22.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on restoring the 80 per cent cap on intangible assets onshored between 2015 and 2017 that can be written off against profits at the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I will deal first with amendment No. 124. I will withdraw it and consider tabling an amendment on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 125: In page 40, after line 35, to insert the following: “Report on restricting banks from carrying forward losses 22.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on restricting the banks from carrying forward losses against taxable profits in a manner which could result in many...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: Was the Tánaiste aware that she was a lobbyist for the NAGP?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: This must be reviewed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: The Government has belatedly approved the filling the two vacancies on the six-member Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO. The vacancies arose back in February. Sinn Féin welcomes this as it will allow the commission to do some of its work that it cannot do at the minute while the vacancies remain unfilled. One of the vacancies must be filled by a former Member of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: On 3 September during Leaders' Questions, I raised the findings of the review into the provisions of gynaecology services in Letterkenny University Hospital with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan. The report was commissioned after a hard-fought battle by patients and by their families. These were patients who had suffered delays in diagnosis and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I appreciate he may not be fully up to speed with the independent review published in August and its recommendation that there should be a statewide review to ensure Letterkenny is not an outlier. Will the Tánaiste, as a GP, read that report because it is absolutely shocking? People lost their lives. The Tánaiste knows that endometrial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to undertake a feasibility study on the development of a railway network in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure sufficient capacity to deal with the applications for driver licences ahead of the UK's departure from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36041/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding the decision not to increase special needs assistance supports in the school; if he will ensure that the reasons for the decision are provided to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal decision will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (12 Nov 2020)

Pearse Doherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability payment, including arrears, will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36048/20]