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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I have written to the Revenue Commissioners and anticipate a response from them imminently. When I get it, I will make the details from that available to the House. I am aware of the issues raised by Deputy Michael McGrath and the number of workers who would be affected by the measure. I ask the Deputy not to press the amendment. He could do this in anticipation of me making the Deputies...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware of the impact that this change will have on those who are affected by it. I agree that the House needs to be informed in a timely manner on how the issue stands. I was asked if there is any plan to remove the current collection arrangements for flat-rate expenses. The answer is that there is not. While I am aware of the effect this will have on those who are impacted by the...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter again. I know that it is of real concern to him, to the organisation involved and, of course, to his constituents, for whom this very important service is provided. Notwithstanding the appreciation I have for the issue and the way in which the Deputy has raised it, I have questioned it again since he raised it on Committee Stage and I cannot...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Remote working or e-working is defined by the Revenue Commissioners as when an employee works from his or her home on either a full-time or part-time basis, with the remainder of time spent in the normal place of work or working while on the move, with visits to the normal place of work. E-working involves working for substantial periods outside the normal place of work, logging on to a work...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In truth, I do not know if will be in a position to commit to anything in respect of budget 2021.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: They sure can be. The Deputy has heard my rationale for believing that this particular change is not merited. It is because of the array of supports already in place. One could go so far as to make the case, given that it has just committed to a massive capital investment programme for a national broadband plan to facilitate working from home, that the State has made the intervention...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which we discussed on Committee Stage. As he was good enough to acknowledge, the changes we made in this area were broadly welcomed by the SME sector. These particular changes followed on from consultation we had with the SME sector and that my officials had with them before the summer. We have followed up on this issue in the context of...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy was brief, I will also be brief. Given that I am sure he supports workers owning the practice and means of production, I would have thought it might be possible for him to see the attraction of ensuring workers are able to benefit from the value of the company they are in. I take his point, if I understand him correctly, on whether we need taxation to incentivise the issue of...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge the extraordinary importance of the work done by janitors and teachers. They truly are the definition of the public good and the work they do is essential to the public services provided in our hospitals and schools. I understand the clarification made by Deputy Pearse Doherty. Incidentally, I am never offended by what he says and I wish to put him at ease if that is a...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: First, to respond to Deputy Burton, we publish a report on SARP each year that makes all the information available insofar as it can be without breaching taxpayer confidentiality. Second, I heard a figure of €3 million raised by two Deputies. I remind the House that last year I introduced a cap of €1 million. While €1 million is still a vast sum of money, I introduced...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Beliefs are better.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: In light of what Deputy Mattie McGrath said, in particular, I reiterate that the Naval Service is a good employer and a good place to work. Our Defence Forces seek to pay and reward their staff well for the difficult and demanding work they do. I acknowledge, however, as the Public Service Pay Commission also did, that because of the strength of earnings growth across our economy at the...

Finance Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Sea-going naval personnel credit 5.(1) The Principal Act is amended— (a) in section 458, by inserting, in Part 2 of the Table to that section, “Section 472BB” after “Section 472BA”, and (b) by inserting the following after section 472BA: “Sea-going...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to clarify that this will apply for the minimum of 80 days that have been spent at sea on a naval vessel in 2019 and the amendment will allow the relief to be claimed for next year. On the Deputy's question regarding why this is being introduced as a temporary measure, the reason is that I anticipate, in the discussions following the conclusion of the public service stability wage...

Supplementary Estimates: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2019:— Vote 6 — Chief State Solicitor’s Office (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 7 — Finance (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 24 —...

Supplementary Estimates: Referral to Select Committee (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2019, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the following Select Committees, as appropriate, pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(c) and 182(3), which shall report back to the Dáil by no later than 12th December:— Vote 6 —...

Reappointment of Ombudsman: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on 19th September, 2019, nominated Mr. Peter Tyndall for reappointment by the President, as Ombudsman, recommends, pursuant to sections 2(2) and 2(4) of the Ombudsman Act 1980 that Mr. Peter Tyndall be re-appointed by the President to be Ombudsman, who shall hold office for a further term of six years from the date of his...

Reappointment of Information Commissioner: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That Dáil Éireann recommends Mr. Peter Tyndall for re-appointment by the President, to be the Information Commissioner.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Far from hiding behind anyone on this matter, I participated in a lengthy debate on it on Committee Stage of the Finance Bill in the week before last. There will be an opportunity to continue that debate on Report Stage. The Revenue Commissioners have confirmed to me that the current status of food supplements cannot continue. In the absence of the action being taken in the Finance Bill,...