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Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 9:In page 14, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“(e) the percentage of workers in the identified economic sector earning two-thirds or less of median income; (f) the pervasiveness of part time and/or short hour contracts in the identified economic sector;”.Much of the focus of the debate has been on the fact that many workers are not getting a...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: In the case of Tara mines, the majority lies with those who have the interests of the company at heart, and who seek to reduce the exposure of the company. Notification in that process is really not worth a damn, because it just tells individuals what is going to happen. With amendment No. 24 as is, if we take a case of a Tara mines worker who is 20 years retired and who has had a pension...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem exists right across labour law that, if the law allows for companies to reduce exposure and costs and increase their profits, no matter what consultations or moral responsibilities may apply, those companies will employ individuals specifically to seek out the legal gaps to maximise their profit levels. Therefore, it is our responsibility in this Chamber to make sure those gaps do...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the amendments the Minister of State is discussing affect the issue of pensioners? Pensioners, for example the former Tara Mines workers, have already lost money through the pension levy and now, by way of section 50 of the Pensions Authority order, are losing a proportion of their funds. Will the amendments govern that issue?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I concur with Deputy Calleary. There is a disastrous situation across the State regarding pensioners, and examples include Irish Airline Staff Superannuation, IASS, ESB Retired Staff Association and Tara Mines, which is close to my area. Section 50 supersedes the trustee deeds to which these workers signed up and in which they invested money over a long period of time. These people have no...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Tacaíonn Sinn Féin leis an smaoineamh taobh thiar de An Coimisiún um Pá Íseal. Mar is eol do chách, tá géarchéim sa tír maidir le pá íseal agus daoine atá ag iarraidh a bheith ag obair go lán-aimseartha sa gheilleagar. Tá an géarchéim seo ag dul in olcas agus táimid ag bun an dréimire i...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a new employers’ rate of Pay Related Social Insurance of 15.75% on the portion of salary paid in excess of €100,000 per annum. [25265/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Wage (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under her aegis. [25359/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of introducing capital gains tax tapering relief for new companies who hold assets for eight years, to 15%. [25302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the rate of capital gains tax from 33% to 40%. [25266/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by abolishing capital gains tax exemptions for private principal residences sold in excess of €1 million. [25267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of allowing entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprise start-ups a three-year capital gains tax window for selling on their ideas and or businesses. [25286/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of dividing the capital gains tax categories into passive and active, and applying a 40% rate to the passive tax activity, for example, buying shares and the existing rate to active engagement, for example, selling on a business. [25287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by introducing a tax on e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine. [25260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by enacting the taxation provisions of the betting Bill but applying 3% to online bets and a 15% tax on gross profit for remote betting intermediaries, as well as extending an additional 2% to the betting shop tax, bringing it to 3%, and ensuring this tax is passed on to the customer, as opposed to being...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by applying 3% to online bets and a 15% tax on gross profit for remote betting intermediaries; as well as extending an additional 2% to the betting shop tax, bringing it to 3%, and ensuring this tax is passed on to the customer, as opposed to being paid by the bookmaker, and payable on winnings. [25291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by placing a tax on soft sugary drinks, as proposed by the Irish Heart Foundation, at the rates of 0.25%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 5% and 10%. [25263/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer from the introduction of a new rate of 48% on an individual’s income in excess of €100,000. [25264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the cost to the Exchequer of exempting income earners below €17,542, €20,000, €22,500, €25,000, €27,500 and €30,000 per annum, from the universal social charge. [25285/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost to the Exchequer of providing a Pay As You Earn credit for self-employed earners, up to €50,000. [25299/15]