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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: If I walk into my branch in Bunbeg, I cannot get cash.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: That is outside the branch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We can use all the spin we want but when I walk inside the door of the bank, there is no way for me as a customer to get cash. It is cashless.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: There is no ATM inside the branch that gives out cash. It only accepts lodgements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Not in this branch. That is the case in many branches. There is an upgrade of the facility that will allow for lodgements and withdrawals. At this point it is only lodgements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: One of us is obviously wrong here. I will correct the record if I am wrong. I am sure the witnesses as well-paid bank officials know. Is Mr. McLoughlin telling me that all lodgement machines inside the bank premises allow for both lodgements and withdrawal of cash?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am glad that Mr. Mason has clarified that the machines in some branches will take lodgements but will not dispense cash.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (21 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will qualify under exceptional circumstances for a student grant in view of the fact that they have supplied SUSI with supporting medical evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh an bheirt chuig an choiste. Sa gcéad dul síos, ó thaobh ICTU de in terms of the 9% VAT rate, after leaving the ploughing championships yesterday I travelled to Monaghan, where I stayed last night. The reason for that was that Dublin was booked out. I looked quickly at where Dublin stands today and it is booked out again. Well, it is not really...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Dr. McDonnell spoke about the small amount of fiscal space that exists and about how the commission is calculating it. I do not want to go into the debate around how the one-size-fits-all approach does not fit Ireland. However, not only have the commission reduced our net fiscal space through their method of calculation, but the Department, through the Government, are reducing it...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, has advised the committee that the €150 million is available and we would still be within the fiscal rules if we used it. I wish to move on to what is something of a fake debate between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Let us leave the party political stuff aside, though, and deal with the policy issue, which is how best to give €200...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: We compare our marginal tax rate, which is the middle tax rate, with other countries' higher tax rates. We can abuse statistics, so I want to delve into NERI's own statistics to see whether it is also guilty of that to present its narrative.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Let us consider the comparison of the total tax wedge in 2016. Dr. McDonnell can correct me if I am wrong. Is the total tax wedge the cost to an employer of employing an individual?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. It is based on the OECD statistics. I assume that NERI has taken the average earnings in each of the 15 western European EU countries.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It has converted those figures to dollars.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It is all equal. Is that the best way to equalise this?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: If an employer wants to employ an individual in Belgium on the average Belgian wage, how does that compare with the situation in Ireland? According to the data being presented here, how much would an employer have to pay to pay the average?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: What does that mean in layman's terms?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. In Ireland's case, it would be 27%.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Out of the 15 countries, Ireland would have the lowest tax wedge for the average earnings.