Burton, JoanWednesday, 27 May 2009 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Finance Bill 2009: Report Stage.
I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “PART 1 TAXPAYERS’ OMBUDSMAN OFFICE 1.—The Ombudsman shall include in her annual report a special report on the ove...
I thank the Minister for his reply. A role for an independent ombudsman for taxpayers has been developed in a large number of other jurisdictions, including the United States. I have seen such offic...
I am pressing it.
I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “PART 1 PAPERS OF COMMISSION ON TAXATION AND SPECIAL GROUP ON PUBLIC SERVICE NUMBERS AND EXPENDITURE PROGRAMMES 1.—...
Remarks were attributed to the Minister where he stated that in other countries there would be protests and demonstrations. I spoke to a young family man last night off the Navan Road. He has two chi...
I wonder at times where they were. Were they out doing the organic garden? Maybe the Cabinet has an organic garden and they were out looking after the cauliflowers.
Maybe they were doing that. The credibility of politics in Ireland has suffered greatly. Everybody knows sacrifices are required but that young family man on the doorstep is reeling from the €350 he...
It is not just about rescuing Fianna Fáil but the country. We need this information to see how we can put together a coherent, fair and just approach to taxation. We still have the people jetting in...
I want to thank the Minister for his reply about being open to the notion of the papers being published. There is a degree of fiction there, however, as regards how independent the commission is from...
Were he to suggest that papers were to be published and options discussed, I believe they would find a way of getting over their shock, coming to terms with it and doing it. That is my guess, from wh...
When articles appear in a variety of publications and locations, all of which identify a €1,000 house tax——
——they all came up with a suggested and magical figure of €1,000 in respect of a property tax. The Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland and various other institutions also used th...
I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “PART 1 REPORT ON TAX EXILES 1.—The Minister shall as soon as practicable after the passing of this Act publish a r...
They are in the newspapers and I think the Minister knows them very well. Some thought it was good that the Minister was getting at the public service and were delighted the Minister was imposing the...
It is about the amendment. Ordinary people need to know what the Minister will do to introduce fairness and address the continuing anomaly of tax exiles. They were delighted to see the levy on the p...
Finance Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
Although the Minister uses quite elegant language, the message remains the same, that people, many of whom are close to the ruling Fianna Fáil Party, have enjoyed extraordinary latitude in their tax a...
After the Minister’s long lecture, I want to point out that the world has been brought to the brink of financial ruin and this country has hundreds of thousands unemployed. The offshore tax havens an...
I support Deputy Bruton’s amendment. Fianna Fáil is addicted to tax incentives for property development and construction because it feels their introduction was the goose that laid the golden egg, cr...
——and to concentrate——
—— because of the tax breaks, on the development of private hospitals that will have the most up to date cancer, analysis and radiography equipment, all of which will be funded by taxpayers through ta...
Moreover, the capital for all of this——
The bulk of the capital for this development now will be funded by tax breaks. These amendments only seek that such tax breaks be costed to ascertain their true value and cost. In Ireland, tax expend...
It is a 15-year relief.
They are. Absolutely.
I thought both amendments were being taken together.
I am disappointed with the Minister’s response. It is obvious that he is not prepared to allow the vast amounts of money the Department of Finance is committing to these projects, on behalf of taxpay...
We know what “reconfiguring” means.
The Minister should not make it more complicated.
On a point of clarification, Deputy Bruton is suggesting that when a bank credits interest that might be shown gross, as well as the net amount of the tax deducted and the net amount of interest becau...
One can gross it up oneself.
It is only of interest to rich people to get a certificate.
The Minister’s reply does not quite reflect the fact that the assessment of these types of schemes is changing. It has changed very dramatically since the recent speech by President Obama in the Unit...
It is regrettable that, although the Government has talked a lot about pension reform, it remains the case that pension products in Ireland cost considerably more than those in comparable jurisdiction...
Yes. The taxpayer pays for the tax breaks, but much of that is recovered by the various investment intermediaries because our costs are higher. From the point of view of cost-benefit analysis, selli...
Question put: “That the Bill do now pass.”
Voted No
Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed).
The motion was purely an attempt to tease out the issue and make it work for the benefit of children. It will not work if the providers cannot afford to participate. We have suggested changes, partic...
Voted No
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