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Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I will address the merits of the argument. One difficulty with not having had the legislation to revise the bookmakers legislation before the House is that we will not have had a proper discussion on it before the dissolution of the Dáil. The incoming Government will have to introduce the bookmakers legislation to complete the legislative picture. I believed Deputy Hayes would raise the...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Fine Gael is not necessarily committed to amendment No. 43 as a party.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is wisely not doing so because it would lead to a lot of unemployment, both among bookmakers and employees in online businesses that have located in Ireland. Fine Gael is prudently withdrawing from that proposal. The difficulty with the amendment to which Deputy Hayes spoke is that I am advised there are difficulties associated with putting in place a very high license fee. The Deputy...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: What is the purport of the amendment?

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Yes. Section 50 provides for the taxation of bets that remote bookmakers enter into with persons in this State. This means, for example, that a business that engages in online bookmaking and which accepts bets from individuals in this country will be liable for a betting duty on those bets, irrespective of where that business is based. The existing betting duty of 1% is being applied to...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I move amendment No. 53: In page 225, to delete lines 1 to 24.

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that under the revised registration procedures (operated by the National Car Testing Service (NCTS) since 1 September 2010), the Revenue Commissioners continue to manage and administer the scheme of relief from vehicle registration tax (VRT) for Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers. In this regard, where Revenue approves an application for...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the person named is currently taxed under PAYE on a private pension and his tax credits have been reduced to take account of a Department of Social Protection pension of €5750. In view of the age entitlements of the named individual it is not however clear that the correct DSP pension amount has been included in the tax credit reduction and...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: If an employee is given free shares by his or her employer, the employee is normally chargeable to income tax on the value of the shares, just as the employee would be chargeable to income tax on the value of a cash bonus. However, where the shares are awarded by an employer to an employee through a Revenue approved profit sharing scheme, the employees are not chargeable to income tax on the...

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes outlined 43 rationalisation measures concerning State agencies and other bodies and information on the status of these proposals, including information on the numbers employed, as reported to my Department is set out in Table 1. In summary, 3 decisions have been taken to implement the proposed...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the HSE have confirmed a P45 was issued to the named individual on 24th January 2011.

Written Answers — Ministerial Correspondence: Ministerial Correspondence (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The correspondence which the Deputy refers to proposes that mortgage holders should be able to access monies invested in their pension funds before the date of maturity in order to meet mortgage repayments on their homes or investment properties. Responsibility for occupational pensions' policy rests with my colleague the Minister for Social Protection. However, as the Deputy will be aware...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that they are still awaiting further information from the taxpayer concerned before they will be in a position to deal with any possible refund.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position is that all income tax credits with the exception of the aged tax credits where reduced by approximately 10% in Budget 2011. In addition, the single standard rate band was reduced by approximately 10% and the relationship between the single standard rate band and the additional rate bands was maintained. For example, the one-parent family rate band which is available to widowed...

Written Answers — Universal Social Charge: Universal Social Charge (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position is that the Universal Social Charge (USC) is applied at the following rates: · 2% on the first €10,036 (€193 per week) · 4% on the next €5,980 (€193.01 to €308.00 per week) and · 7% on the balance. For persons aged 70 years and over the USC is applied at the following rates: · 2% on the first €10,036 (€193 per week) · 4% on the balance. In addition, I should...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: That decision came before any discussion with the Independents.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government meeting was on the Tuesday and the backbenchers were in total agreement.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am thankful for the general welcome for the provision on bankers' bonuses. The Government also looked closely at the social charge. Deputies will appreciate that with the pressure of negotiations, arrangements were arrived at and when we evaluated those arrangements, it was clear there was an unintended benefit to the self-employed in the budgetary arrangements and there was a particular...

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Let people understand that the party that says it defends the poorest in this society, for its own guff machine to work properly, insists on advocating this sort of solution to this complex problem.

Finance Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (27 Jan 2011)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: To get the cheap headline that his party craves all the time-----