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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am asking the Minister how the officials are wrong. I ask him to explain to me how they are wrong.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: No.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister cannot defend his position.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I ask the Minister to explain why his officials are wrong.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This is a €500,000 tax break and he cannot defend it. Not one official supported the Minister's €500,000 tax break, and he cannot defend it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I ask the Minister to send in his officials. They might be able to explain it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the estimated deadweight costs associated with the rented residential relief introduced in the Finance Act 2023; his views of the costs, inequity and effectiveness of the measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4693/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: In the latest Finance Bill the Minister introduced the residential premises rental income relief scheme, which was a tax break for landlords. It will cost €160 million by 2026. It is important to ask whether, in the first instance, this is good value for money for the taxpayer, given its cumulative cost will reach more than €500 million by 2028. Could the Minister, therefore,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) and his Department with respect to the defective concrete blocks redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4692/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Before I come to question, I have another question for the Minister. Given the deadline for parliamentary questions and that the report was published yesterday, I invite him to make some comments on my belief that Revenue should investigate the tax arrangements of the exit payments by RTÉ. We were not able to table questions on it because of the deadline. It is a significant issue...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The proposal was put forward last autumn. The BPFI is pressurising the Department to make a decision on this issue. It speaks about the harm being caused and the distress to individuals. This is not the only issue on the table. Other issues relate to the ability of the homes to be mortgaged, which is something we all take for granted. Is it the case that the Government is giving a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the Minister's response but he said that once a house is certified, it will be able to be mortgaged and insured. The core issue is that the banks cannot give a guarantee that these properties will be able to be mortgaged. Why is that? It is because the engineers cannot give a guarantee that they will certify the works. That is what is at the very heart of this. It is one year...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of Revenue no longer accepting certain items of expenditure for the construction, extension, alteration or reconstruction of farm buildings or structures with respect to VAT refunds for unregistered farmers; if he has engaged with Revenue on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4621/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the recent letter from the Chairperson of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council with respect to a proposal to reduce the rate of pay associated with the chairperson role; if he has concerns that such a proposal risks diminishing the role and capacity of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4622/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the small benefit exemption and, in particular the restriction by which only the first two benefits qualify for the exemption, regardless of their combined value falling beneath the threshold of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4618/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his Department are considering measures to tackle financial fraud and scams; to outline policy considerations in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4620/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the rate and reducing the threshold at which the 10% stamp duty with respect to the purchase of certain residential property applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4619/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate of VAT applying to the hospitality and tourism sectors from 13.5 to 9% to end-2024 and in full-year terms, respectively. [4835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate of VAT applying to the hospitality and tourism sectors from 13.5% to 9% excluding hotel and other accommodation, to end-2024 and in full-year terms, respectively. [4837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate of VAT from 13.5% to 9% with respect to services (details supplied) of the kind normally supplied in fairgrounds or amusement parks and hairdressing services, to end-2024 and in full-year terms, respectively, disaggregated by service type listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4842/24]