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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...in Leinster House yesterday. It is important we have that debate. Local Ireland's focus yesterday and when it was here last year was on revenue. Last year, it looked for a reduction of VAT to 0%, which the Government acceded to and put in the budget. Yesterday it spoke about a fair share of Government advertising. It should have acknowledged that some of the biggest contributors in...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...the United Kingdom, where the former media secretary introduced a similar scheme. There are two issues. First, local newspapers might not be alive to be able to avail of it. When we introduced a 0% VAT rate on newspapers in last year’s budget, as the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, was on his feet announcing it, Independent Media owner, Mediahuis, announced the closure...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Shane Cassells: ..., given it is worth over €10 billion to the economy. However, there are so many different aspects that we literally have it on the agenda every single month, whether it be accommodation, prices, the VAT issue, skills shortages, reports into working conditions in the sector, the growth in the number of visitors or short-term lets, and last week we discussed rural tourism. My point...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion (29 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...would have on the price of rooms. That sounded very ominous. Earlier this year, Mr. O’Mara Walsh and all the representatives here argued very strongly at this committee for the retention of the 9% VAT rate. The sector was asking for fair play from the Government. All the Government parties supported the industry in that regard and argued hard for retaining that rate. A little...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion (29 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...in prices and said with retention of strong value, this would not have an impact on the sector. That is not what he told the committee only a couple of short weeks ago when he said an increase in VAT prices would have a detrimental impact on the sector. We cannot have it both ways. That is a point I consistently make at this committee. I know Mr. O’Mara Walsh cannot say what...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion (29 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: Just on that point, I am well aware of the point Mr. O’Mara Walsh is making that the businesses would not been able to absorb the VAT increase and that it would have been passed on to the customer. However, he also made the point that prices will go up regardless of the fact that we kept VAT at the 9% rate and he does not believe that will have a detrimental impact on the sector....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Print Media and Journalism: Free Media Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...let alone at provincial level. I worked for a relatively small newspaper and we still had seven full-time journalists. That newspaper went out of existence before Christmas on the day that the VAT cut was announced. I am aware of the irony of that. How many journalists are employed across the three titles?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Print Media and Journalism: Free Media Ireland (25 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: I said at the outset that this is a particular interest of mine but I acknowledge that that cut in VAT last year was significant in allowing newspapers to have breathing space in the transitional period we are in. This is also the case with regard to the report of the Future of Media Commission, in allowing for funds which can be used. That is something that was done in the UK ten years ago...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (18 Jan 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...to 16.5% in that regard. We are talking about the future of public broadcasting. We dealt with the print media at the committee before Christmas. Of course, in the budget the Government reduced VAT to zero but it is a stop-gap measure. As a person who has worked in the print media, I know that section of our media is in a dire state. In the context of the growing number of...

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...year at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sports and Media, the Irish Hotels Federation, IHF, attempted the magic trick of on one hand arguing for the extension of the 9% VAT rate and on the other hand defending escalating costs in the hotel sector for bedroom prices, a trick that Paul Daniels himself would have been proud of. However, in sawing that body in half...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...Departments. A very small aspect of the budget mentioned yesterday, on which I had certainly campaigned for a number of years in association with Local Ireland and NewsBrands, was the elimination of VAT on newspapers. It has gone from 9% to zero and this will give the industry a fighting chance to survive. What will help the industry to survive is people buying newspapers. Yesterday...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Media Commission Report: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...go back to the commercial viability of newspapers. We can provide all the reporters we want but if there is no publication, they will not be reporting for anybody. One of the requests is to cut VAT on print and digital newspapers to 0%. We will have to have a serious conversation with publishers and newspapers about their commercial viability. We will be putting good money after bad if...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...policies. The Government has very much adopted a pro-business and pro-tourism policy, which Mr. O'Mara Walsh has acknowledged, not only in the support it has provided but also in acceding to the request made in respect of the VAT rate in order to give people a fighting chance to provide services, given that there have been staffing pressures. However, that is not operating as a two-way...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: I have a quick question for Ms Gleeson from the Department. The Government and the Department also have a key role in this because we supported the industry. Is it a case that the 9% VAT rate is under pressure because of the hotel pricing and that maintaining that rate is an uphill battle? In particular, because there are other aspects to this and businesses which avail of this rate, such...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...are Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia. They extrapolate both sectors and take the restaurants away from the hotels, so that the restaurants can still benefit from the VAT rates. Is that something that the Department has examined? I am not asking for a policy initiative from the point of view of what the Minister might do but is it something that the...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Hospitality Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...on issues relating to the hospitality and tourism measures. We were able to bring to her attention the demands that have been laid out in respect of the CRSS payments, the commitment to the 9% VAT rate, rates waivers and so forth. I brought those directly to her attention yesterday. Also, and this is the crucial part, in terms of the roadmap, Mr. Anderson and others have spoken about...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...demands are clear and have been laid out by others. They include a doubling of the Covid restrictions support scheme, a new enhanced restart grant, the extension of tax warehousing, a commitment on 9% VAT for tourism and the continuation of waivers for rates and so forth. If we do not act, there will be a break in compliance, confidence and the trust that has been built between the State...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Challenges facing Public Broadcasting and the broader Media Sector as a result of Covid-19: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...industry by overtly penalising another which is relevant in the here and now. I am interested in teasing out further the point on support for the industry and whether this would be through a reduction in VAT, on which the industry has lobbied us previously in the audiovisual room. It would be a retrograde step to move into a scenario of penalising one area just to try to support another...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Public Service Broadcasting and Impact of Covid-19 on the Media Sector: Discussion (11 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...it. Equally, I would make the point that if the Government steps up to the mark, there has to be an investment in newsrooms by radio station and newspaper owners.There cannot be a reduction in VAT that is only used to clear debt or that goes into the coffers of media companies that are no longer family owned but are owned by corporations, with no investment going to newsrooms. I am glad...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Shane Cassells: ...quoted. I want to keep things straight so we can focus on drilling down into the figures. In answering the Chairman's question about the €637 million, Mr. Breslin said that was not inclusive of VAT. That is at odds with what the then Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, said in April 2016. He said it was an all-in figure, inclusive of VAT, add-ons and contingencies. That is a...