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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by reducing the standard fund threshold to €1.75, €1.5 and €1.2 million in first- and full-year terms. [27013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by increasing the rate of stamp duty on commercial property from 7.5% to 10% and 12.5% percent respectively, in first- and full-year terms. [27014/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by introducing a higher 40% rate of capital gains tax, applied to the portion of gains where an individual's ordinary income and gains exceeds €500,000, taking into account the continued operation of the revised entrepreneur relief, in first- and full-year terms. [27015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the revenue raised by introducing a higher rate of employers’ PRSI, at 12.05%, 13.05% and 13.55% respectively, in the portion of employee earnings greater than €100,000, in first- and full-year terms. [27012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported cases made to An Garda Síochána with respect to financial fraud; the number of cases investigated with respect to same; the number of cases closed with conviction with respect to same; the value of money recovered with respect to same in each of the years 2016 to 2022; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported cases made to An Garda Síochána with respect to authorised push payment fraud; the number of cases investigated with respect to same; the number of cases closed with conviction with respect to same; the value of money recovered with respect to same in each of the years 2016 to 2022; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a full response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied) sent in March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Jun 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 330. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have spinal surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital; the reason for multiple cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26798/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome our guests. Cuirim fáilte rompu agus gabhaim buíochas leo as a bheith anseo. I will start with Assistant Commissioner Kelly. Will he give us some understanding on what happens when somebody is a victim of an APP fraud? The BPFI told us that 3,967 transactions were affected by APP fraud in 2021. Was each one of those transactions reported to the Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: What type of fraud were there 800 instances of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is obviously massive. It is great news for the person who is committing this crime because, obviously, 700 cases where there were victims are not being investigated by the Garda, if it does not have the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Do the financial institutions not have automatic reporting to An Garda Síochána? I dealt with this matter previously in the context of a different committee. If someone is aware of a crime being committed - as far as I know, it is under section 10 of some legislation, but I stand open to correction - it is an offence not to report that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: To stick with the STRs, I do not have the numbers in front of me from the BPFI. We are focusing on authorised push payments here, but STRs deal with authorised and non-authorised push payments. From memory, the figures for both of those for that year was significantly higher than 47,000. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, please carry on with the section 19 reports which is the second level of report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Can Mr. Kelly tell us how many were received in the past year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is it thousands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Can we go through that? Is the latest data for 2022?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Accommodation fraud is one of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (31 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps Mr. Kelly could give those details to the committee. He does not know the number of victims, which is what I was looking for.