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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has made a mess of the design of it, as we pointed out at the time, because he took too long to acknowledge what Sinn Féin had spent a year arguing for. It is not just that; he has locked out countless homeowners, tens of thousands, who have seen their mortgage interest rates increase. For example, by requiring that claimants have a balance of over €80,000, he has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is because the Minister took so long to make this decision.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We had deduction at source for years.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the success of the mortgage interest tax credit; and if he will consider amending its design to ensure that all mortgage holders who have seen a significant increase in the mortgage costs they are facing will receive adequate support. [23004/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: In the past two years, mortgage interest costs have soared for households. They have increased by 71% over the past two years. As the Minister knows, some mortgage holders are being charged more than 7%. These are loans that were sold, in particular to vulture funds, as a result of the policy of two of the parties in government. As the Minister knows, Sinn Féin has called for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the provision in insurance law with respect to consent to settle, whereby policyholders must provide consent where an insurer wishes to make a settlement with respect to a third-party claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department undertook a review of the 10% stamp duty with respect to the bulk purchase of residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22788/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Strategies (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department's strategy regarding financial scams and fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on consideration of changes to legislation to address the inability of consumers to make complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman with respect to vulture funds as a result of gaps in its regulation. [22787/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the European Commission's opening of an infringement procedure against Ireland and issuance of a formal letter of notice regarding incorrect transposition of the 4th and 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22790/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability. [22485/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared with 2022. [22486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were unable to receive the full 20% relief under the credit on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared with 2022. [22487/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful claims to date under the mortgage interest tax credit relief. [22488/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of money disbursed to date under the mortgage interest tax credit. [22489/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Minimum Wage (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the increased revenue through income tax, USC and PRSI receipts as a result of planned increases in the minimum wage towards a living wage; if so, to provide estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a new housing development at the Gallows Lane in Lifford, County Donegal, is to be used as social housing; if not, if there is another intended use for it; when it is expected people will be housed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23003/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 557. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for an operation at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; if he is on the routine or urgent list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 585. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1542 of 9 April 2024, when a full HSE reply will be issued (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/24]