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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: The Senator fired a few of them in here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: I raise a parochial or county matter about an organisation that has come in for a lot of heat over the past few weeks. I am curious because the GAA gets quite a lot of funding from the Government. It came up in general conversation with some members recently in the Mullingar area how Cusack Park is constantly overlooked as a venue, particularly for certain Leinster games. We had teams from...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: The Member would not be picked again for a good while, a Chathaoirligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: I listened to the introduction. I was in the office for a while and in the Seanad with Senator Higgins. I have a couple of specific queries first. I have a good deal of experience of Mr. Cody's, the Collector General's and the team's dealings with small business, particularly warehoused tax. I commend them, as I did at our previous meeting with them. The Revenue Commissioners have taken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: From my experience a long time ago, going back through the years with the Revenue Commissioners, people were afraid to ring them and talk to them. Now if people have a problem or are not sure, they are more inclined to ring and find out, talk about it and get an answer and try to solve a problem. The work that has been done within the Revenue Commissioners to make them more approachable,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: It would be unusual changing the age at which somebody is entitled to buy an excisable product to 21. That is the point I am making. It is a bit-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: I am just interested to hear Mr Cody's opinion. There has been a change in how small businesses process their expenses which are now tied to their wages every week or every month. Many small businesses find it very onerous. What is the feedback from the Revenue Commissioners on this? I am not sure if people here are aware that if an employee went out and bought dinner with clients or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: Out of how many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: Revenue would know because they would be claiming them every year in general. Mr. Cody has mentioned 33,000; would there be 80,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: Would it be 60,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: So, it is less than half.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: I know a business can go into its big red book and can change week 20 if a mistake was made or something else and it does it itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: Of course, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: I agree with everything Mr. Cody is saying and it is the way forward. However, this is easier for bigger businesses and even medium-sized businesses which have somebody sitting at a desk preparing accounts. However, smaller businesses with two or three employees are finding it extremely onerous. The uptake has been 50% at best since this was implemented in January. By the end of the year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: As many of them are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: It is outdated and not tied into Big Red Cloud, Sage or whatever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revenue Commissioners: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Aidan Davitt: Which all those ones have.