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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 257 together. At both the ECOFIN and Eurogroup meetings, my fellow Ministers and I work alongside the European Commission and the European Central Bank to take stock of the latest economic situation, including inflation developments throughout the EU. The latest Eurostatestimates point to euro area annual inflation of 5.1 per cent in January. This was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Insurance reform is a key priority for this Government as evidenced by the fact that implementation of the Action Plan on Insurance Reformis overseen by the Cabinet Sub-Group on insurance reform, chaired by the Tánaiste. The establishment of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market is a Programme for Government commitment. This Office is situated within the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Inflation Rate (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Government is conscious that the rising cost of inflation is putting significant financial pressure on households. In order to alleviate this pressure, last week, Minister McGrath and I announced a €505 million package of measures to mitigate the cost of living pressures faced by households. This is a suite of policy measures targeted at the main underlying problem - higher energy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware Section 597AA of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides that disposals of qualifying business assets (in most businesses but excluding those involving dealing in land or holding investments) by qualifying individuals are charged CGT at a rate of 10% up to a lifetime limit of €1 million in chargeable gains. To qualify, among other conditions, an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a general principle of taxation that, as far as possible, income from all sources should be subject to taxation. This is a well-established and broadly accepted principle. Section 19 of the Taxes Consolidation Act (TCA) 1997, sets out that tax under Schedule E shall be charged in respect of every public office or employment of profit. Section 112 of the TCA 1997 brings into charge...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Since the Financial and Banking crisis, a number of regulatory, supervisory and legislative changes have taken place at International, EU and domestic level to ensure a safer, more stable and resilient financial and banking sector. These changes include the implementation of revised capital requirements for banks under the Capital Requirements Directives and the Capital Requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: It should be noted that, as with investment vehicles generally, taxation in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Irish Real Estate Funds (IREFs) occurs primarily at the level of the investor rather than within the investment vehicle. Additionally, both REITs and IREFs apply withholding taxes on distributions to investors to ensure collection of tax revenues. Finance Act 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Research and Development (R&D) tax credit allows companies to claim a 25% tax credit in respect of expenditure incurred on qualifying R&D activities. It is intended for a review of the R&D tax credit to take place during 2022, alongside an evaluation of the Knowledge Development Box (KDB). My officials plan to facilitate public consultation and stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As part of his role as Chair of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market, Minister of State Fleming has had a wide-ranging series of engagements with stakeholders across the insurance industry, including providers, state bodies and representative groups. The Office has had more than 60 meetings since its establishment. As part of this work, in late 2021 Minister Fleming met...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Cabinet Committee Sub-Group on Insurance Reform, which oversees the Action Plan for Insurance Reform, met earlier this month to assess the work completed during 2021, and to look ahead to the priorities for 2022. It is anticipated that the second Implementation Report will be brought to Government by An Tánaiste very shortly and published thereafter. That report will show that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Enterprise Policy (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Irish Innovation Seed Fund Programme (IISF) is designed to provide seed venture capital to innovative Irish companies and is an important step in developing the Irish venture capital market. While the overall venture capital sector in Ireland is strong and continues to grow, there is a trend towards growth being driven by larger, later stage deals and investments. The Irish market is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 118(5G) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (TCA 1997) provides for the ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme. This scheme provides an exemption from benefit-in-kind (BIK) where an employer purchases a bicycle and associated safety equipment for an employee.  Under section 118B TCA 1997 an employer and employee may also enter into a salary sacrifice arrangement under which the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The detail of the amount of revenue raised by VAT by quarter from 2015 to 2021 is listed in the table below. Period VAT €m 2015 Q1 3,797.39 2015 Q2 2,202.39 2015 Q3 3,701.61 2015 Q4 2,242.65 2016 Q1 3,894.97 2016 Q2 2,324.08 ...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 to 222, inclusive, together. I am advised by Revenue that the available information in relation to Carbon Taxes, Electricity Tax, Excise on oils and fuels, and VAT on energy products and electricity is presented in the table below. As traders are not required to identify the VAT from the supply of specific services on their (VAT) returns, the VAT on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I note that the question refers to the impact of the Personal Injuries Guidelines on insurance premiums. At the outset, I would like to point out that there is no single solution to reducing insurance costs. This is why the Government is pursuing insurance reform on a whole-of-Government basis, through 66 cross-departmental actions in the Insurance Reform Action Plan, including, but not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 225 together. I am advised by Revenue that the available information in relation to the cost of tax relief on pension contributions is available on the Revenue website at: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/documents/statistics/tax-expendi tures/costs-tax-expenditures.pdf. The information includes the number of taxpayers availing of the relief as well...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I can confirm that this fuel grant claim was processed and paid as part of second claim file for January and should be with the claimant now.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Single Person Child Carer Credit (SPCCC) is a tax credit that is available to a single person who has a qualifying child resident with him or her for the whole or greater part of the tax year and who satisfies the other conditions of the relief. To qualify as a single person for the purposes of the SPCCC, the claimant must not be jointly assessed for income tax as a married person or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware, for Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) purposes, the relationship between the person giving a gift or inheritance (i.e. the disponer) and the person who receives it (i.e. the beneficiary) determines the maximum amount, known as the “Group threshold”, below which CAT does not arise. The Group A threshold (currently €335,000) applies, inter alia,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: The Finance Act 2012 introduced section 825C to the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997. This section, as amended, provides Income Tax relief for certain individuals assigned during any of the tax years 2012 to 2022 to work in the State. The relief is commonly known as SARP (Special Assignee Relief Programme). The aim of the relief is to reduce the cost to employers of assigning skilled individuals...