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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Some people are finding it difficult to transfer to other banks. Those include people with health issues and mobility issues who are unable to visit a branch. Some have sought power of attorney, which is a costly issue. What support is the bank giving its customers in that regard? Customers without current valid photographic identification are also finding it difficult. That problem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: May I ask one final question because I know the Chair will not let me back in? This is a tangential issue in respect of tracker mortgages. The Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, FSPO, is dealing with a large number of cases as a result of legislation that I brought in to allow for the timeframe to be waived and to allow for people to take action beyond the initial time limit. How...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Will Ms Howard also share the number of appeals? I do not need the details but would like to know how many there are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Ms Howard. Perhaps she would respond to my other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market (Resumed): Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (19 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: What about the issue in respect of valid photographic identification?

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Workers and families are facing a cost-of-living crisis. They are seeing mounting energy bills and massive strain being put on their household finances. Many of them are facing sleepless nights. They are facing the stress of how they can keep on top of mounting bills, how they can heat their homes and how they can keep the lights on as we approach winter. The Government has refused the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate in the form of dividend withholding tax paid by Irish real estate funds as a proportion of operating and pre-tax profits respectively in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2023 (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has made of the planned payment of three €200 electricity credits to multiple homeowners in their distributional analysis of Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51313/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the tax compliance measures, including PAYE compliance interventions and increased debt management activity, and the revenue associated with each. [51339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update with respect to the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the funding that was allocated towards it in 2023 compared to 2022 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is scope without new legislation for refundable tax credits to be introduced through the income tax system given the use of refundable tax credits through the research and development tax credit regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51341/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compliance interventions made by the large cases high wealth individuals division; the money recouped as a result of these interventions in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51351/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of properties that will fall under the scope of the vacant homes tax in 2023; the average tax in nominal and percentage terms that will be payable with respect to those properties in 2023; the planned means to assess compliance with the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with mortgage lenders with respect to forbearance measures and solutions put in place for mortgage holders where their mortgage loan is with respect to and secured against a property affected by defective concrete blocks; if he has a view with regard to the need for a coordinated approach among lenders with respect to such mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 288. To ask the Minister for Finance the recent assessment or analysis his Department has made in the trends and levels of incidence of push payment fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tracker mortgage cases currently before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, disaggregated by complaint stage, investigation, preliminary decision, final decision and appeal by respondent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52011/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of section 481 tax-relief claims that have been rejected on application stage in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the number of section 481 tax-relief claims that have been subsequently recovered with interest following inspection of the post-production compliance report; the total value of recovered claims in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s plans for the fire stations in Ballyshannon and Bundoran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 645. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Donegal roads policing unit as of 31 March 2021 and 5 October 2022, in tabular form. [51228/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time optometrists employed by the HSE working in County Donegal in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the locations where these optometrists are located. [51236/22]