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Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: It was 100% but it was amended subsequently to allow them bring 50% of their losses forward. I want to explain this section, which is something that is connected but quite different. For the purposes of clarity, I want to note that section 11 does not restrict loss of relief. Rather, it introduces a temporary acceleration of losses relief in respect of 50% of the losses expected to be...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: In simple English, it means that in respect of a company that was in profit last year, paid corporation tax on it and is now expecting to have a loss this year, there is provision that it can carry losses forward from one year against its profit next year because business does not operate on a 12-monthly cycle. The business cycle can run for a period of years. In some years businesses can...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: Section 12 sets out to reduce the standard rate of VAT from 23% to 21% on a temporary basis from 1 September. The recommendation seeks a report from the Department within five months after the enactment of the Bill. This effectively means a report will be required by the end of the year. The reduction comes in on 1 September but VAT is mostly paid in a two-monthly cycle in arrears, so the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (29 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy Dillon for coming back with a specific question about the action that has been taken. The programme for Government has highlighted this issue as a key matter to be dealt with by the incoming Government. Already, there has been a meeting involving four senior Cabinet Ministers and the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and I with representatives of small businesses. We met face...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (29 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I thank Deputy Dillon for raising this matter. In his contribution, he outlined the importance of the issue of insurance cover during the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulties people are experiencing with many of the insurance companies upon which we have relied over many decades. This is an issue which is cropping up all over Ireland....

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Acting Chairman. We brought this Bill into the Dáil on Tuesday, with the former of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Jack Chambers, dealing with it. Yesterday was the second day we spent debating it, with thanks to the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. Interestingly, I was one of the Government backbench speakers on this legislation on Tuesday night and...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Acting Chairman. As I said already, on Tuesday evening I was contributing to the Second Stage debate as a Government backbencher. Some 36 hours later I am here. I thank the Members for the goodwill and good wishes that have been expressed in the House today. I really appreciate that. I want to respond as quickly as I can to the various comments. I might not pick up on...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I appreciate the Senator’s comments. However, this legislation has to pass. While the Bill is seven pages long, the schedules are lengthy and have been agreed by all of the 27 EU countries. I do not think any country can unilaterally change them without the consent of the other 26. The points the Senator makes will be very appropriate in the context of the upcoming budget...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I stated earlier that, as a result of the debate in the Dáil, the Minister has given a commitment, in the context of payments into the fund or repayments to Ireland, that there will be a report within three months. The details will be included in any annual or subsequent report. The Minister has also committed that when the fund's annual audited statements are approved, including by...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: The main objectives and policies of the fund will be debated and it is up to the Members of the Oireachtas in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann to decide how much detailed consideration they give to those debates. It will be there, and if Members choose to nod it through in a half an hour, that is up to them. If they want to give it three days, that it is up to them. The...

Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (16 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I thank all the Members for going easy on me on my first day.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (15 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the arrangements in place for persons with no Internet connection and who have difficulty with the English language who have not been able to make the online application for the back to school allowance; the arrangements that can be put in place to assist parents in such a situation; and if she will make a statement on the...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, on his appointment and I wish him every success in his future career in Dáil Éireann. I am glad to see him in the Chamber so early in the term of the new Government. Today is 14 July, Bastille Day, the national holiday in France. On this day in 1789, the Bastille, a French military fortress and prison, was stormed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 685. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a Covid-19 crisis payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14707/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons over 66 years of age who apply for the Covid-19 payment may have their cases judged on their individual circumstances;the process of dealing with applications from persons over 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15012/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the pandemic unemployment payment from persons over 66 years of age; the number of Covid-19 payments made to persons over 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 793. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the broadband points planned for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14934/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 796. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when surveys for areas (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15517/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 797. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason each of the rural regeneration development fund second call for category 2 applications by a local authority (details supplied) were rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15533/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2020)

Seán Fleming: 1220. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a cancer treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15560/20]