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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date to deliver a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Operations (14 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to use the State's printing services such as the currency production division of the Central Bank for its printing of secured works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47790/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (14 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 526. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which non-Irish registered ships and vessels have been boarded by the Naval Service following which wild salmon has been found to be on board in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the location in which such discoveries were made on each such occasion; the quantities of said species found to be aboard...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Legislative Programme (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the Data Sharing and Governance Bill will be introduced; the number of staff in his Department tasked with its drafting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47609/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: My amendment No. 45, like Deputy McGrath's amendment, relates to the carrying forward of bank losses. I have been raising this issue since 2014, when the then Fine Gael-Labour Party Government decided to change the provision which allowed for only 50% of losses to be carried forward. That provision was a deliberate inclusion in the NAMA Act 2009 by the then Minister, the late Brian Lenihan,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: First, if we had the ability to table amendments that would impose a charge on the State or the public purse I would not have drafted amendments to provide for a report. I and my party want the Minister to revert back to the pre-2014 position. I do not want the Minister to justify the fact that AIB will pay no taxes for 20 years and Permanent TSB will pay no taxes for 22 years. Some of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I got the information from AIB. That is what I said.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am pressing my amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We have not discussed it yet.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 44: In page 39, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: "22. The Minister shall within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report in relation to the tax neutral status available to Section 110 companies that are involved in loan origination businesses, which examines removing this tax neutral status." This...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The company is meeting its tax commitments. I would not suggest otherwise. Last year, when the Oireachtas dealt with section 110, a carve-out for loan origination was clearly written into the Bill. These changes did not apply to loan origination. Therefore, these companies can still use section 110 vehicles to write down their tax liabilities. They have special purpose vehicles under...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am still looking for an answer to my basic question. How can the Minister justify the fact that a company which lends to Irish companies and records €9 million in profits pays tax of €250?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I know that is the legislation. However, does the Minister not think that we should change the legislation? That is what we are doing here with the Finance Bill and what we are looking for in this amendment. We are seeking to change the legislation. Companies making €9 million in profit here should be asked to pay a bit more than €250 in tax.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The amendment calls for a report on the tax neutral status available to section 110 companies that are involved in the loan origination business. It would examine removing this tax neutral status. That is what we are seeking and what we will be voting on. It is immoral that companies which record millions of euro in profits pay €250 in tax. The Minister and others who will vote...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: For the record, Fianna Fáil went beyond the supply and confidence arrangement to make sure that these companies which record millions of euro profit continue to pay €250 tax. It is a scandal that they would not even support a report into examining this issue.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 45: In page 39, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “22. The Minister shall, within six months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available to restrict banks from carrying forward losses against taxable profits of the banks, which could result in many institutions paying no corporation tax...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 46: In page 39, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “22. The Minister shall within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report in relation to specific actions to be taken to reform the Research and Development tax credit, which would reduce the cost of the credit, stops abuses in relation to inflated...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I support Deputy Joan Burton's amendment which is a sensible one. It proposes that we examine the merits of having such an effective tax rate. I wish to comment on and question the Minister's current position on a number of matters. Listening to him one would think the Government was great in leading the charge on the issue of tax transparency in the global process and whatnot and that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That did not happen. We want harmonisation.