Results 9,001-9,020 of 25,999 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of introducing a special 9% VAT rate on residential construction. [53420/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing local property tax deductibility for landlords when calculating rental profits. [53431/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of establishing an enhanced loss relief for landlords to allow relief for rental losses against other income sources in the same year. [53432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing a deduction against rental income for the capital cost of the property in the initial years of ownership of a rental unit; and the corresponding reduction in the base cost of the property on a future disposal. [53433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing CGT relief for properties acquired and retained as rental accommodation. [53434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of developing a separate method of taxing rental income, for example, a flat tax or a separate rate of tax, as a policy lever to support the sector as a whole; and if he has considered supporting specific sub-sectors, for example, affordable housing and urban housing. [53435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52564/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the review of a decision not to expand a pilot shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector in 2018; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full-year costs of reinstating the payment of apprenticeship fees in phase 4 and 6. [53426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of bogus self-employment; the steps she plans to take to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inspectors in the employment status investigation unit established to focus solely on bogus self-employment; the number of inspectors she plans to have in place; the target number of investigations to be carried out by the unit in 2020; the percentage of workplaces that will be inspected; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inspections carried out by inspectors in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 focusing solely on the issue of false self-employment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53166/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of suspected false self-employment cases that were and are being dealt with in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53167/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full-year cost of increasing rent supplement payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of finance available per annum for the Housing Finance Agency to lend to approved housing bodies; the amount loaned out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-cost of replacing revenue from residential construction development levies with funding to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53421/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the potential impact of a €650 million increase in the Housing Finance Agency borrowing for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme on the general Government debt, general Government balance and calculations of available financial resource fiscal space under EU and national rules; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Finance Agency; and the staffing costs per annum. [53423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current capital plan expenditure allocations of achieving 10,000,11,000,12,000,13,000,14,000 and 15,000 intervals of new build social housing units, respectively. [53425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53427/19]