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Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The dividend withholding tax applies to IREFs.

Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Tóibín. If an individual or company resident or non-resident makes a gain on the disposal of Irish property, it is standard practice for them to pay capital gains tax at 33%. If an individual resident or non-resident has Irish rental income, they pay Irish personal tax. Likewise, companies, both resident and non-resident, pay...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the fact the penny seems to be finally dropping in Government Buildings and the parliamentary party meetings of Fine Gael, and of Fianna Fáil as it made a very similar promise as it wanted to abolish 90% of the USC. Fine Gael wanted to go the full hog and abolish 100%, which would erode more than €4 billion of our tax base. By 2021, with no policy changes, this tax...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Of course I do, and I appreciate the Minister pointing it out.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister stands there and says I have no track record or the right because of my track record to make these points. Let me be clear, there was a discussion earlier on the help-to-buy scheme. It needs to be abolished, and in my view it will be abolished, because it is a reckless policy which the Government introduced.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Fianna Fáil and Deputy Michael McGrath sat on their hands and allowed it to be introduced at a time when we knew what would happen. I said at a meeting of the finance committee it would partly result in double-digit increases in house prices. All the people out there worth their salt are pointing out it was a reckless decision.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Excuse me, Chair, this is a follow-up question and I have my time.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: With regard to this policy, the Minister entered into a populist position in the general election arguing a €4 billion tax base could be eroded. Fianna Fáil had a similar position. It has now been pointed out to the Minister, not only by Sinn Féin but by the European Commission, the IMF, the ESRI and many other external bodies, that it is reckless. What is the current...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Now the Commission is telling us the Government may have underestimated the amount last year's cut could have cost.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I remind Deputy Doherty he asked a question when his time was up, one minute after he began to speak. The Minister has one minute to respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Abolishing the USC.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Wrong. We said not to abolish the USC.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to the universal social charge in view of the conflicting positions of the programme for Government and the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31769/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Universal Social Charge (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: The manifesto on which the Taoiseach won the internal Fine Gael election included a promise that, "Rather than abolishing the Universal Social Charge (USC) outright, we will merge the USC and PRSI into a new single Social Insurance payment". The programme for Government states something different: "To make Ireland’s personal taxation system more competitive, we will ask the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether his Department’s projections of the potential impact of Brexit are reliable in view of recent comments by the ESRI and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will suspend the help-to-buy scheme immediately for new applications; and the status of the review of the scheme. [31451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure agricultural mart owners are not faced with high increases in the costs of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31450/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of the reduction of USC in budget 2017 was underestimated in view of the Exchequer figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will end the dividend withholding tax exemption for non-resident shareholders in Irish real estate funds related to capital gains distributions from the fund when the fund holds the property for five years prior to sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31448/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds for males that have become available in a residential facility (details supplied) in County Donegal since 31 March and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31614/17]