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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----in Israel or elsewhere-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and ISIF itself has decided-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and it has implemented this-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----to no longer hold those shares.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The rent tax credit was introduced by the Finance Act 2022 and may be claimed in respect of qualifying rent paid in 2022 and subsequent years to the end of 2025. The value of the credit was €500 for a single person and €1,000 for a jointly assessed couple. For 2024 and 2025, the value of the credit increased to €1,000 for a single person and €2,000 for a jointly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I am very much aware of the value and role that this rent tax credit plays in helping with the cost of living. That is why over a number of budgets I, along with the Minister, Deputy Chambers, and the former Minister, Michael McGrath, have made changes to the value of it. The decisions that will be made on budget day are being carefully considered at the moment. As I said to the Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Credits (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The figures I shared with the Deputy earlier show overall that this rent tax credit is being reasonably broadly used. I remember when the tax credit was brought in that in the early period in which it was being made available, I was concerned that the drawdown and use of it was not as broad as I would have hoped. Towards the end of the tax year, however, we saw more taxpayers who were...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Treasury Management Agency (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is a €16.6 billion fund comprising a discretionary portfolio of €8.9 billion and a directed portfolio of €7.7 billion based on its annual report. It has complete independence in implementing its investment strategy under the NTMA Acts under an investment committee reporting to the NTMA's board. At the end of 2024, ISIF held, both...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy is completely wrong. He said he would have been happy for us to keep shares in our banks when he is aware of the long-term risk of the relationship between the financial health of the State and our banking system becoming too close. He understands that as well as I do. Why would we want the financial health of our country to be some way influenced all over again by the movement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The total transaction-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: There we go.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: There we go. When did I make reference to Anglo Irish Bank?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: This has become a very familiar tactic of Deputy Doherty's over many years. He asked me a question about AIB and Bank of Ireland-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and I answered the question about AIB and Bank of Ireland. The Deputy then plucked the huge loss of taxpayers' money in relation to Anglo Irish Bank, which this question is not about.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: What the Deputy is doing-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----is putting forward an argument that does not make sense.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy tends to be quite hazy on the issue-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: -----of how companies are owned.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: I know that and he knows that. I have answered the question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Central Bank of Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Paschal Donohoe: As I said, I do not play a role in determining the investment decisions that ISIF makes. They are made independent of me and this decision was made by ISIF in the way I have just explained to the Deputy.