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Seanad: Energy Bill 2016: Second Stage (28 Jan 2016)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister to the House and advise him that I may go on a tangent. It is one of the final opportunities I will have to address him on issues pertaining to his portfolio. We are dealing with a miscellaneous Bill that includes provisions for the single electricity market so I will use the opportunity to briefly discuss the North-South interconnector. An argument made for this...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the State. Like many other Senators, I start by offering my sympathy to those who were affected by flooding across the country in recent weeks. I commend all those who worked relentlessly to help defend homes, to help bring supplies, to rescue people and animals and all those involved in the clean up as the flood waters recede. The devastation visited...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Kathryn Reilly: The House is in its final term and there will be a busy schedule, with a lot of legislation to be considered and debates to be held. Will the Leader arrange a debate on the HSE's programme for progressing disability services for children and young people? If not on that specific topic, perhaps the debate might be on the more broader themes of primary care facilities and disability services...

Seanad: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Second Stage (16 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I will briefly pick up on Senator Hayden's concluding point in which she welcomed the pre-legislative scrutiny process. Scrutiny of all aspects of public policy is needed and we should engage in the process to the best of our abilities. I welcome the Bill, which Sinn Féin will support. While many members of the public will not be familiar with the work of the Appeals Commissioners, it...

Seanad: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I do not intend to move the amendments at this point.

Seanad: Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I do not intend to move the amendments.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move recommendation No. 1:In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “3. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available for removing the USC liability for all workers earning less than €19,572 a year.”. The Minister of State mentioned that the Minister's...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his response. We will not get into the living wage argument here but the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation just published a report on the living wage with cross-party agreement. Perhaps the Minister of State will look at that.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for his response.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move recommendation No. 2:In page 16, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“15. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options on introducing a third rate of tax payable at 47 per cent on income over €100,000.”. We are used to doing the dance on this recommendation. It has...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move recommendation No. 4:In page 71, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(2) The Revenue Commissioners shall then make this country-by-country report available to the public on their website.". We welcome the move towards country-by-country reporting, as it will lead to increased transparency. However, this also misses out on public transparency. It is interesting that the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: Briefly, does the Minister of State have an idea as to when the European Commission's impact assessment will be published? Is there a timeline for its publication?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move recommendation No. 5:In page 71, after line 36, to insert the following: “35. The Minister shall, within nine months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the effective rates of corporation tax paid by companies in the State.”. This obviously relates again to the discussion on country-by-country reporting. The basis for...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move recommendation No. 7:In page 96, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “69. The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann an analysis of the tax changes in this Act, and the total of tax changes and spending adjustments of Budget 2016, setting out the continuing impact on people based on their gender,...

Seanad: Harbours Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I echo the sentiments of many Senators that the harbours are a very important part of coastal communities, providing recreation and commerce, and as a major asset in attracting tourism, especially for an island. They can be engines for growth and a sustainable source of good employment. Access to the sea brings many opportunities but it also brings the challenges of maintaining and growing...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State. I see that some of the amendments we have tabled have been ruled out of order, while there are others we will probably not reach. This is obviously not a tax with which we agree. While we do not oppose the Bill because there are some elements that are important in the granting of relief in pyrite remediation and for people with disabilities, we are opposed...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“3. (1) The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 is hereby repealed in its entirety.(2) This repeal will be deemed to have come into operation on the date of enactment of this Act.”. As I mentioned on Second Stage, we submitted a raft of amendments that would have the effect of completely...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “4.(1) All payments made by liable persons under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 shall be reimbursed where such payments are payments liable to be made for the year in which this Act is enacted.(2) Reimbursements under subsection (1) shall be of the same amount as the amount of tax paid by...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I too welcome the Minister of State to the House. We all know there is an election coming; it is inevitable. An election is about choices, but when we were faced with making choices to substantially address income inequality and deprivation, for example, it was not done in this legislation or in the budget. The fact that economic recovery has led to worsening inequality should be of major...

Seanad: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Kathryn Reilly: I second the amendment.