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Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It did not say so in so many words. I admit that I am paraphrasing. It said the party's taxation policies and the shift from personal taxation to a volatile corporation taxation sector is very damaging.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is also talking about the reduction of USC constituting a threat of inflation or to the delivery of public services. Sinn Féin is saying, "By all means create a broad tax base, but do so in a way that reflects the incomes of individuals". Why design a tax rate that is ignorant of the incomes of individuals? For nearly 300 years, western society has been trying to order its tax to...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“3. (1) The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 is hereby repealed in its entirety.(2) This repeal will be deemed to have come into operation on the date of enactment of this Act.”. The purpose of the Sinn Féin amendment is to exempt everybody in society from the local property tax,...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: No.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Or a Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Government.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: They are likely to have to eat their Christmas dinner elsewhere. Members of the Government will stand in the photographs highlighting this disaster while the people to whom I refer will still be expected to pay their property tax. That is cynical. I find this Bill cynical because it represents and admission that the value of a house no longer represents the wealth of a family. A recent...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: If property price inflation continues, the average family will face a property tax bill approximately €180 higher by 2019. As a result, the Fine Gael backbenchers from south Dublin and elsewhere come into the House and create a racket and burn the ear off the Minister for Finance. They say that now, as the election approaches, people are facing a massive increase in property charges...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: There are no Labour Party Deputies present in the House. However, Labour Party Deputies have been singing about this matter during the past year. Where they are on local authorities with Sinn Féin, which has been using its mandate to reduce local property tax, they have been criticising what Sinn Féin has been doing and saying it is hollowing out the income of local authorities,...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Sinn Féin has submitted amendments and I hope we will have time to debate them. It will be a travesty if we do not. I hope the Government will respond and say that it will amend the Bill to ensure that exemptions will include people suffering as a result of the floods. Mention was made of exemptions from the tax for people whose homes have been affected by pyrite but only 80 people...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom i dtús báire freagra a thabhairt ar an méid a bhí le rá ag an Aire Stáit faoi "stability" i gcomhthéacs an cáin mhaoine áitiúil. Dúirt sé go bhfuil an cáin seo mar shaghas tacaíochta do "stability". It is clear that the Minister of State has not been listening to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's latest...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Exactly. There is no doubt about it.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the fact there should be taxation on jobs.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: In 2004, 2005 and 2006, Bertie Ahern shifted taxation from personal taxation towards stamp duty, which applies in a very unstable section of the economy. The current Government is doing the exact same thing and thereby creating instability.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Incredibly, some 140 companies pay 70% of all corporation tax. The focus on this narrow sector of society reminds me of the focus on another narrow sector of society - the construction industry - some years ago. The Government has created an unbalanced economy, with 90% of exports coming from the foreign direct investment sector. Countries like Denmark and Austria provide approximately 40%...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 5:In page 39, line 19, to delete “High Court” and substitute “Circuit Court”.

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: This is the opposite of what happened with the previous amendment, when the Government moved in respect of a view of the committee. This time, it has decided not to move. I am curious to know why the Minister is travelling down this road. It is not particular to this Bill, as a pattern has developed across a number of Bills in recent times. The Customs Act 2015 springs to mind. The new...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 2:In page 34, line 2, to delete “Subject to subsections (2) and (3), every” and substitute “Every”. Transparency is the ally of a citizen and in most cases involving central, local government or tax affairs where there is transparency, it usually results in better behaviour by all involved. The purpose of these amendments is to remove the...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 3:In page 34, to delete lines 4 to 25.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: If the land is under water, where will the herd go?

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government did not come into office overnight.