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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Exactly. They have halved.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the Revenue Commissioners' review of the taxes paid by Irish real estate funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5042/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I start by congratulating Deputy Brabazon both on his election and on his maiden contribution. I know he has been a very hardworking, committed public representative for many years. In 2020, the Minister said that investment funds were engaging in aggressive behaviour to avoid tax. He introduced a range of measures that were supposed to clamp down on this tax avoidance. Since then,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will come back to the Minister on the source of that figure. So that I am clear, is the review commissioned by Revenue in 2022 published? The Minister referred to the other reports and reviews that are going on but will he clarify if that review is published? A report published by the Central Bank last year found that 78% of the homes owned by investment funds were bought as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister has been very selective in the years he quoted in relation to taxation. The Minister knows well that the tax decreased. In fact, he said that there was aggressive behaviour to avoid tax. The purpose of the review conducted by Revenue was to look at how those loopholes could be shut down. Has there been any action on foot of that review, the results of which have not been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce extremely high interest rates being charged to mortgage holders whose mortgages were sold to financial institutions after the crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulatory Bodies (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that the Central Bank is not facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes that were brought back into use in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ‘above-the-shop’ homes that came into use in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has specific targets for bringing vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has specific targets for bringing ‘above-the-shop’ back into use as permanent dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5427/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Industrial Development (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: On competitiveness, the Taoiseach knows housing is a key challenge. The Taoiseach said himself there are issues with the refurbishment of long-term voids on a large scale. There is something that could be done to change this. On the cost of refurbishing long-term voids, the assumption is that it is spread over ten years. For other capital projects, it is usually spread over 30 years. If...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: On the issue of infrastructure and education, I recently visited Gaelcholáiste Reachrann along with my constituency colleagues. It is an incredibly impressive Gaelcholáiste with a brilliant atmosphere. The staff are hugely dedicated and students achieve brilliant results both academically and on the sports field. Most of the school has been housed in prefabs for the last 20...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: In relation to the programme for Government and what it says about pensions, I want to ask the Taoiseach about the pension entitlements of retired postal workers. As the Taoiseach knows, when An Post was founded in 1984, postal workers were promised at that stage that they would not lose their pension entitlements. That promise was copperfastened by the Postal and Telecommunications...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Can the public trust this Government? More importantly, why should it trust his Government? I ask because people were misled by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael during the election campaign. They were misled on the issue of the number of homes that were delivered last year. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the former Minister for housing were all adamant that the figure in that regard...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Influence.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Taoiseach accept the evidence that shows the countries in Europe with the largest and most successful rental sectors also have very strong rent regulation? Does he accept the evidence that shows that rents in Ireland are among the highest in Europe? The Taoiseach asked for solutions; I will give him just two in the time available. One would be to introduce specific zoning for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Did the Taoiseach even read that Housing Europe report?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: Did the Taoiseach read the report?