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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: I just wanted clarification on the point.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: It is the reason I am highlighting this. Brexit cannot be used as an excuse to stall the type of advances and restructuring that we need in health and dealing with the crisis in housing. My fear is that the public is being led to believe we will not be able to do anything because of Brexit. A no-deal scenario is not a pretty picture and nobody wants to be in the scenario where a general...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance (17 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: Does the Minister know how many companies will close between now and budget day?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing by €100,000, €500,000, €1 million and €2 million, respectively, the threshold at which businesses must use the invoice system as opposed to cash receipts system for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies and economic operators that have applied and received an economic operators' registration and identification number by month and operator headquarters location by country from July 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance when the key information report on employer and public liability insurance claims will be published; if an organisation (details supplied) has submitted the required data in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts the Revenue Commissioners make to engage with subcontractors to ensure that they are reimbursed the relevant contract tax and to resolve related filing issues; and the amount of tax which has not been retuned in each of the years 2005 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [35952/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital gains exemption on properties sold if they have been held for three years or more will apply to a company (details supplied) once it acquires assets currently owned by a company for three years or longer. [36088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if anti-avoidance measures introduced in the Finance Act 2017 by which stamp duty of 6% applies to the sale of shares which derive their value or part of their value from commercial property applies to Irish REITs. [36089/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of stamp duty that will be applicable to the sale of a company (details supplied). [36090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance the stamp duty that will be paid as part of the sale of a company (details supplied). [36091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the shareholdings of a company (details supplied) between domestically held and international investors, respectively; and the increase in value of shares held by both domestic and international investors following the sale of the company to another company. [36092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) could be exempt from anti-avoidance non-resident rules in view of the grandfathering provision of 31 December 2020 regarding the non-resident exemption from capital gains tax on the sale of REIT shares; and if the company now controls 10% of another company and could potentially be exempt from capital gains tax on the sale...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the assessment of the 2012 tax strategy papers that the introduction of a REIT regime here with generous tax exemptions for international investors and stipulations in double taxation treaties that dramatically reduce the effective tax rate paid by international investors, would result in significant tax leakage. [36094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an analysis of the potential gross tax that will be exempted from payment as a result of a number of tax benefits afforded to REITs and property investors due to the sale of a company (details supplied). [36095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance if funds from the contingency reserve fund established under the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019 can be withdrawn and used to fund supports for businesses exposed to markets affecting the UK's withdrawal from the European Union within the terms of the legislation and the fiscal rules; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rent paid by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to a company (details supplied) for the rental of a location since the lease began or since it was acquired by the company, by year and average annual and monthly rent. [36086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rent paid by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to a company (details supplied) for the rental of a location since the lease began or since it was acquired by the company, by year and average annual and monthly rent. [36087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact on returning emigrants who cannot access student grant funding which excludes them for three years on their return; his plans to change the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34978/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to build a new school building at a school (details supplied). [35948/19]