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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I am told they are by the Department of Finance.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I do not have the answer. We do not have the answer here but we will get the Deputy the answer.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The 85% has to be paid out. We have tax treaties. While 8% is paid here, other amounts are paid when they receive their dividend in other jurisdictions. The Deputy is not calculating those.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: Two weeks ago, the committee dealt with the latest tax treaty with Kazakhstan. There are international tax treaties between Ireland and 74 countries.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I do not have that figure but I will accept it from the Deputy.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I do not have an answer to the Deputy's question. He is throwing accounts at me which I have not seen. I accept the figures he has presented. We will ask the tax strategy group to review and analyse them. Information will be facilitated by the Department and Revenue. If what the Deputy has presented is unreasonable or unfair, the tax strategy group can present ways in which we can level...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The strategy group will analyse where the structures are, how they are taxed and the options available to the Government and the Oireachtas to deal with them. However, I do not want to prejudge what comes back to us. Many figures were thrown out and many statements were made. We can take the opportunity to get the tax strategy group to do an analysis, in conjunction with the Department and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I am happy to facilitate this and pull it together with the Department and Revenue to ensure a good scope. We will cover all the issues we have discussed.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: Taxpayer confidentiality cannot be ignored and no individual’s information will be made available. The aggregate data can be applied to REITs and IREFs, however. I am happy with amendments Nos. 22 and 25. Amendment No. 23, requiring a report on the influence of REITs and IREFs on property prices, is somewhat broad, however. I do not want to commit to a report we might not be able...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: Yes.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: We have to consider some facts. Some 2.7 million of the State's population of 4.7 million live in Leinster and the move towards the east coast has been astonishing. I drove from Wexford to Dublin this morning. The Ceann Comhairle is from a county adjacent to Dublin and my neck of the woods is also close to the capital. A person from my locality needs to be on the motorway at 6.05 a.m. in...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The language, a Cheann Comhairle.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: It did not work particularly well in the North.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: He forgot about the motorways going north, east and west.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Marine Resources (26 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I thank the Senator for highlighting these important marine environmental issues. I know that she is passionate about the marine environment and all of the issues connected with it, as was evidenced by the debate on the Private Members' Bill she introduced in this House in November 2016 to prohibit micro-beads. On the proposed legislation on micro-beads, work has been ongoing on the...

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I move amendment No. 1:(a) To delete the following after “calls on the Central Bank of Ireland to:”: “— provide a firm deadline in which the Government expects all affected accounts to be identified and corrected and for all redress and compensation to be paid;” and replace with: “— provide a firm deadline in which it expects all affected...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: It does not sound good when the Deputy says we were locked up for a few years.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: I would expect no less.

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael D'Arcy: The Deputy knows how I feel.