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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I refer more to the offering, whether the rate or the cap, to have more or less, or to have a skills requirement. Is Ms Gunnell in favour of any other changes in that regard?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Is there a limit to how many years can be claimed for?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: The purpose of the programme is to allow highly skilled executives to come here to drive expansion in business and create jobs. I do not understand how a new hire, who was not involved in the business previously, can be the person to drive business expansion in a company that he or she is new to. I do not understand the logic behind that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: The whole point is that they should be employed in the parent company for six months first.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Why does Ms Gunnell feel the need to remove that requirement? Would it not be unusual for somebody who has never worked in the company to be sent to start expanding the company that he or she has just joined?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Who did the Irish Tax Institute survey?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Moving on to the research and development section, the Irish Tax Institute has identified that only 7% of Irish indigenous businesses are availing of this credit. Besides removing some of the administration or difficulties in accessing it, does Ms Gunnell have any recommendations about how we might improve that number?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Coffey and all of his team. As always, we welcome the engagement. Other members and I place a lot of weight on the advice provided to the committee by the council. I have concerns that perhaps the Minister does not place enough weight on what the council says on the basis that the advice over recent years appears to have been, for the most part, ignored and not acted upon. ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: I was going to reference the 6.7% growth rate for 2018. In the council's non-technical summary, it compared this to a 4.9% growth in 2015. That is a significant increase in the pace of spending. The witnesses touched on the issue of spending drift. In 2018, spending was almost €10 billion higher than originally projected. That is a colossal amount. It seems as though spending...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: My party has been very critical of forecasts and budgets not being credible and as we have been taken to task on that quite heavily, it is good to hear an independent voice saying the very same thing. Looking at corporate tax receipts, it appears the Government has become quite accustomed to using corporate tax windfalls to plug major holes in the budget and the State finances. This has...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Regarding the health overspends, I am quite concerned to hear the phrase "soft budget constraints". The witnesses are saying that because the overruns in health have been persistent, the Department of Health and the HSE have become accustomed to getting the surplus funds they require and management is therefore becoming more difficult. The more one facilitates overruns, the more they will...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Other members did go slightly over. I have one final question.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: A final comment related to the €2.8 billion package and that it could increase by a further €1.3 billion. Is that based on what the Government has already committed to? Is the council saying that we should stick to the €2.8 billion figure even in the event of a hard Brexit, but it is projecting a €4.1 billion spend by Government? Am I taking that up wrong?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: Where does the €200 million in extra spending committed to cover the overruns in the national children's hospital and the national broadband plan fit in? Is it in the €2.8 billion figure or is the Government seeking to spend that outside that figure?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: It tends to go up that way.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the background of the campaign his Department and others commenced on 4 September 2019 regarding increasing Brexit preparation; the details of the procurement process; the person or body responsible for co-ordinating same; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36782/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the involvement of his Department in the public relations campaign that started on 4 September 2019 on national and local radio on Brexit preparation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36800/19]

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

Lisa Chambers: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms that have still not obtained an EORI number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35458/19]

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

Lisa Chambers: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms without an EORI number that have been telephoned by the Revenue Commissioners to inform them of the need to obtain an EORI number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35459/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (6 Sep 2019)

Lisa Chambers: 727. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of SMEs that have commenced actively planning for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35456/19]