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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: One hat off and another hat on.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I would suppose that everyone on this committee agrees with the idea of a fiscal union. I would say it was within the scope of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. If it cannot comment on whether they are sustainable tax proposals, I am not sure that commenting on proposals coming from the European Commission would be in its interests.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am also under a bit of pressure as I have another engagement at half past. I welcome the witnesses and the presentation was very good. There was a reference to difficult decisions and the value of members from the ESRI coming before us is that they can inform us of the consequences of those decisions. I welcome the focus the ESRI has put on housing because the housing crisis did not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I will ask Dr. Lawless this question. She can wear both hats for it. I agree completely with Deputy Calleary about the work the ESRI has done on Brexit and the report published in 2006, which was very clear. IFAC has raised suggestions that the position may be worse than what the ESRI is stating it to be and has said there may be an underestimation of labour supply, in particular due to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: It increases our reliance on corporation tax and makes our tax receipts very vulnerable.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost her Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to which the payments were made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the personal tax take and total tax take as a percentage of GNI* as opposed to GDP for the most recent year available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have plans to review their use of 1890 numbers or to provide alternatives, in view of the prevalence of mobile phones which do not have a local call rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which windfalls gained through Central Bank mandated redress schemes such as for tracker mortgages are treated for the purposes of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Knowledge Development Box (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2017 of the knowledge development box, by company size, SME or larger, that have applied to the scheme to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37123/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to receive the report by a person (details supplied) on the corporation tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37124/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance when the State will ratify the BEPS multilateral instrument; the process for doing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37125/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe and the process by which the anti-tax avoidance directives and the directives on administrative co-operation will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37126/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Banking (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to which the payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37224/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Prize Bonds (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the reduction in the yield that applies to the prize bonds prize fund; the yield value of old bonds and prizes distributed over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the capital investment and investment in education, health and child care, respectively, as a percentage of the GNI* data as opposed to GDP for the most recent year available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to which the payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37228/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties particularly in rural areas caused by the review of domestic travel and subsistence rates effective payable to members of education and training boards and statutory committees and that the new regime is creating difficulties in attracting suitable members from the community sector, in view...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual savings from the review of domestic travel and subsistence rates effective payable to members of education and training boards and statutory committees introduced on 1 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéim na nOibreacha Éigeandála (11 Sep 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuarthas Iarratas ar Oibreacha Éigeandála atá curtha isteach ag scoil i gContae Dhún na nGall (sonraí curtha ar fáil) chun dul i ngleic leis an bhfadhb taise atá ann i bhfoirgneamh na scoile; cathain a bheidh cinneadh déanta faoin iarratas seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina...