Results 32,941-32,960 of 33,289 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 and 278 together. The Central Bank has advised that it does not publish data on mortgages by loan size issued over the past five years or on self-build mortgage loans. The Central Bank does however publish other data on residential mortgage lending in the Credit and Banking Statistics, including Retail Interest Rates and Mortgage Arrears tables, as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that under Section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 it is precluded from disclosing taxpayer information and therefore neither I, nor Revenue, can comment on the specifics of the topic discussed during the referenced interaction in the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport on 28 May 2025. In relation to the Deputy’s query...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281 and 282 together. I am advised by Revenue that the current VRT rates for Category A and B electric vehicles (EVs) are 7% and 13.3% respectively. Category M motorcycles are exempt from VRT. EVs with an Open Market Selling Price (OMSP) of up to €40,000 are granted VRT relief of up to €5,000 while EVs with an OMSP of greater than...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 284 together. The Deputy should note at the outset that the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal (DDMBA) is independent and wholly determines the approach and methods for the appeals process as set out in legislative requirements. This independent approach also applies to the timeframe of its work. I understand that a validation system has been put in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: There is a legal and regulatory macro prudential and consumer protection framework in place which governs the provision of residential mortgages to consumers by banks and other Central Bank regulated mortgage providers. For example, in order to protect overall financial stability, the Central Bank has put in place macro-prudential measures for residential mortgage lending which apply, with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286, 287, 288 and 289 together. I am advised by Revenue that the disposal of call recording records was undertaken without a corresponding disposal authorisation from the Director of the National Archives. Revenue’s current request to the National Archives for a disposal authorisation for call recordings is to address this administrative oversight and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 290, 291, 292, 293, 294 and 295 together. HBFI’s total loan approvals from inception to the end of December 2024 amounted to €2.67bn. The approved funding is across 184 projects, in 23 counties, and can support the delivery of 13,186 new homes. See table below of annual funding approved by county by year since inception: County...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: An exchange traded fund (ETF) is an investment fund that is traded on a regulated stock exchange. A typical ETF can be compared to a tracker fund in that it will seek to replicate a particular index. There is no separate taxation regime specifically for ETFs. ETFs, being collective investment funds, generally come within the regimes set out in the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 for such funds....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: It is important to note that neither I as Minister for Finance, nor the Central Bank of Ireland, can intervene in the provision or pricing of insurance products. This position is reinforced by the EU framework for insurance (the Solvency II Directive). Officials in my Department engage regularly with Insurance Ireland – the official industry body – on a range of insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Websites (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department's web presence on Gov.ie is managed by the Office of Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO). OGCIO employs analytic tools for Gov.ie centrally and can provide breakdowns to individual Departments on request. OGCIO have advised that visits to the Department of Finance web presence on Gov.ie recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: There were no contracts awarded to communications and PR firms by the Department of Finance in 2024. Regarding the bodies under the aegis of my Department, the Central Bank of Ireland and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners have provided the requested information in the below tables. Central Bank of Ireland Name of the contractor Description of the work...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that as the NPPR is a historic charge, Revenue does not currently hold adequate information to prepare NPPR costings. As a result, the costing has been based on properties liable to Local Property Tax, excluding the first property for each liable person and excluding all other properties owned by Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies. The table below...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: Ireland’s excise duty treatment of aviation fuel is governed by European Union law as set out in Directive 2003/96/EC, commonly known as the Energy Tax Directive (ETD). ETD provisions on liquid fuels are transposed into national law in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Finance Act 1999 (as amended). This legislation provides for the application of excise duty in the form of Mineral Oil Tax (MOT)...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I am informed by Revenue that the estimated full year yield from decreases in the earnings limit for Occupational Pension Schemes, Retirement Annuity Contracts and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts can be found by consulting page 9 of Revenue’s Revenue Ready Reckoner, available on their website at The Ready Reckoner will be reviewed later in the summer , in advance of Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: Under section 825C to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, the Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) provides Income Tax relief for certain individuals assigned to work in the State. The relief aims to support employers in relocating individuals with key skills from foreign-based operations to positions in Irish-based operations, thereby facilitating the creation of jobs and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by Revenue that fully verified figures for Turnover from Company iXBRL files are not yet available for the periods in question, due to the complexities of these files. However, in order to provide some information for the Deputy, the approach was adopted to use Gross Trade Profit figures, as these provide reliable data on which to quantify the losses forward used by this cohort...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The Department of Finance has estimated that the yield from the Universal Social Charge (USC) in 2025 is c. €5.5 billion. I am advised by Revenue that the estimated yield in 2025 of restructuring the USC rates and bands so that only individual income in excess of €100,000 would be subject to a charge, at a rate of 10%, is an estimated €2.34 billion on a full year...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Schemes (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: As you are aware, at EU level, the European Commission recently launched the SIU Strategy, which includes measures to advance the Capital Markets Union (CMU) project. The SIU (Savings and Investments Union) seeks to increase investment in the economy and promote EU companies’ competitiveness through various measures, such as supporting the development of national capital markets,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: With regard to your suggestion of establishing a savings scheme to allow citizens to invest their money for use by the State, I would refer the Deputy to Ireland State Savings products, which are managed by a body under my aegis as Minister for Finance, the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA). Through Ireland State Savings products, including Savings Certificates, Savings Bonds and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Judicial Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not possible to provide the information requested. There is an erroneous assumption in some legal circles that the Minister for Finance should be named as a defendant whenever damages or costs are being sought from the State. Damages or costs are sought in almost all judicial review cases. The Chief State Solicitor, under the direction of the Attorney General, has carriage of...