Results 16,281-16,300 of 19,445 for speaker:Brian Cowen
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I am not distorting the record.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: Let the record show who is doing all the name calling in this debate.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: This name calling took place on Second, Committee and Report Stages.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I will live without them.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I will be waiting for transfers from Deputy Boyle's colleagues.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: The day that happens, I will be there.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I propose to deal with amendments Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive. These propose changes in respect of the standard rate bands. The costs of the increase in the income tax bands, as proposed by Deputy Bruton, would be â¬438 million in a full year. The proposal would increase the standard rate band for a married one-earner couple to â¬46,000, which is â¬5,000 more than was envisaged in the budget....
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I have nothing further to add. As I said with regard to the budget, we introduced a good package of tax reliefs for many PAYE workers, including those in single income families, and the argument that the commitment to these families should be equated with increases in home carer's credit is a flawed one. Significant improvements in take home pay have resulted from the budgetary provisions...
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: If I understand the Deputy's amendment correctly he proposes that I make regulations to provide that where payments made to the State or other bodies qualify for income tax relief that relief be given by way of deduction from the payment, rather than as part of the taxpayer's tax credits. In that case the Deputy is proposing an extension of the principle of tax relief at source, which...
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: There seems to be some amnesia on the opposite side about the fact that this Bill provides for the first time in the tax code for limits and fixed amounts beyond which the State will not provide relief for pension provision. This has not been done before by any Government. I did not hear much comment about that in the contributions. I remind Members that I commissioned the internal report on...
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I was quoting from the report.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I am quoting the chief executive.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: That is the Deputy's view.
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: The amendment relates to the home carer's tax credit of â¬770 which, under section 466A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, is granted to married couples where one spouse works at home to care for children, the aged or incapacitated persons. The amendment proposes that the amount of the home carer's credit should be the same as the maximum of the employee tax credit, commonly known as the...
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: The Deputy will be aware that I made provision of â¬20 million in the budget for the purchase of carbon credits in 2006. I assure the Deputy that this is already represented as a subhead in the Book of Estimates in Vote 25, for the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. This amendment asks me to establish a new subhead, but it has already been put in place. I indicated...
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: Crowds would flock to meet people from Revenue. Is that what the Deputy is suggesting?
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: We discussed this on Committee Stage, when I said the Ombudsman's office is not appropriate in this regard. I do not propose to accept the amendment. The Revenue Commissioners do not deliberately withhold repayments of tax due to taxpayers, or unduly delay such repayments. They make every effort possible, through mail shots, information leaflets, customer inquiry units and their website to...
- Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: There are trade fairs and many other places where Revenue is anxious to see people and discuss a range of matters. Deputy Richard Bruton asked if the formatting of the information could be improved and made more simple and client friendly. We should always consider improvements and I have no objection to that. However, despite all these customer focus initiatives by Revenue, the taxpayer has...
- Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I object to the Deputy's unfounded assertions.
- Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)
Brian Cowen: I do not agree with the Deputy.