Results 161-180 of 1,718 for long speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of a Budget decision.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of a Budget decision.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of a Budget decision.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of a Budget decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the chief economist, has indicated the kind of action it will consider in the future. If inflation in Ireland becomes a core part of our economy for years to come, it will make us even poorer for longer. I accept that a change in interest rates can bring difficulty for those who are borrowing and who want to borrow in the future, but any changes that are made are made with the aim of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...now seen more than 600,000 new accounts being opened. All that being said, however, there is no reason to derive early satisfaction regarding this huge consumer project being complete. We have a long way to go in that regard, and there are many different consumer issues we need to monitor. What are we going to do about it through our regulator and what are the banks doing in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sorry to have to inform the Deputy of this. I would have thought, as a long-standing and distinguished member of the committee, that he would be aware of that fact. It is the Central Bank of Ireland that determines it. The Central Bank is intensively engaging with Ulster Bank with regard to its withdrawal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...from the Irish business sector but they are not meeting all of it. That, for example, is why we have organisations such as Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, which has a mandate to invest in more long-term and higher risk investment decisions. It is why we have the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland. It is also why we have a number of State-backed lending schemes, for example,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decision.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...working from home. Employees may incur certain expenditure in the performance of their duties working from home, such as additional heating, electricity, and broadband costs. Revenue operates a long-standing administrative practice which allows an employer to make payments up to €3.20 to employees, for each day worked from home, subject to certain conditions, without deducting...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 213 together. As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of a Budget decision.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 to 217, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice of the Minister for Finance not to comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, it is a long-standing practice that the Minister for Finance does not comment, in advance of the Budget, on any tax matters that might be the subject of Budget decision.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...on mileage. Conversely, high emissions vehicles will be subject to higher rates of BIK. This will bring the taxation system around company cars into step with other CO2-based motor taxes as well as the long-established CO2-based vehicle BIK regimes in other member states. In addition, Ireland currently has a BIK relief for electric vehicles which is due to continue until end 2025. Further...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commissions of Investigation (15 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...welcome clarification of the intended meaning of the term “capital loss”. I am advised that this issue was not raised in the Commission’s next ten interim reports, nor in its Final Report, which is some 1376 pages long, plus appendices of a further 165 pages. In the circumstances, it seems reasonable to conclude that the Commission, having considered the matter and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...go up, and we know what happens after that. We will do all that we can to help to make a difference. The Minister, Deputy McGrath, used the phrase "incomplete information". We do not know for how long this situation could continue and what else could be around the corner. We have to temper what we are doing with that in mind. I ask the Deputy to consider that, every time we have to...

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...meant we had the resources to meet the challenges of that moment, and we deployed those resources in full. The cost was enormous, but we got the balance right. Government action prevented a deep and long-lasting recession and laid the groundwork for a strong economic recovery when we had moved beyond the most severe phase of the pandemic. Nowhere is this more evident than in the jobs...