Written answers
Thursday, 1 April 2021
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Covid restrictions support scheme is biased against rural-based businesses; the action he will take to rectify this; and if he will... - Economic Policy
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of specific economic interventions that might be needed in the economy if and when Covid-19 is brought under control; and if he will make a... - Brexit Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of actions to date to combat the economic impact of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on... - Insurance Industry
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department continues to monitor developments in the insurance industry, with particular reference to the need to provide cover for all types of... - Economic Policy
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the economy to remain competitive in the short to medium-term notwithstanding the impact of Brexit and the Covid-19 virus; and... - Mortgage Interest Rates
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which it might be possible to bring mortgage interest rates here into line with those applicable throughout Europe; and if he will make a... - Financial Services Sector
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he continues to monitor activities in financial circles post-Brexit with a view to ensuring that financial services here are not in any way... - Economic Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the economic fundamentals remain stable here notwithstanding the impact of Brexit and Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Code
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that taxation matters remain within the competence of national governments throughout the European Union and that no... - House Prices
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take action to discourage house price increases that currently make it difficult or impossible for first time house buyers to build or acquire a... - Mortgage Lending
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank to enable applicants for mortgages to use their time in rented accommodation as a reference for the ability to service a... - Economic Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects, along with his EU colleagues, to design a benign lending system to assist economic recovery and job retention in the aftermath... - Tax Data
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the sugar sweetened drinks tax to beverages containing milk fats with more than 119 milligrams of calcium per 100 millilitres;... - Tobacco Control Measures
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided to the Revenue Commissioners for 2020 and 2021 to combat tobacco smuggling; if the Revenue Commissioners are developing a dedicated... - Tax Data
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be raised annually if an excise tax of €0.06 per ml of electronic cigarette liquid was applied; and if he... - Cycle to Work Scheme
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications under the cycle to work scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021; the cost of the scheme in each of the past five years; and if he will... - Tax Data
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of category A vehicles that were charged with the nitrogen dioxide emissions levy in 2020 and to date in 2021; the revenue raised each year; and if... - Insurance Industry
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurers have refused to provide flood risk cover even in situations in which no flooding has ever occurred;... - EU Funding
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will be applying for loans under the EU recovery and resilience facility; if so, the amount that will be applied for; the potential interest rate... - EU Regulations
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the new EU environment taxonomy will impact on future regulation of the financial sector and projects put forward for funding under green bond... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
91. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to remove the present €5,000 weekly cap on payments under the Covid restriction support scheme due to the reality that many larger hotels will... - Departmental Staff
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the higher executive officers, administration officers, assistant principal officers, principal officers and assistant... - Banking Sector
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have held meetings with a bank (details supplied) in relation to the recent announcement of 88 branch closures; if so, when these... - Departmental Data
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of the data sets, databases and file types his Department has shared with the Department of Health since 2000. [17972/21] - General Data Protection Regulation
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in... - Tax Reliefs
97. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the tax relief for working from home can be claimed when there are multiple persons in a household working from home but the bills are only in...
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