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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State might be aware that he and some of his colleagues are involved in a deliberate campaign of misinformation. Indeed, it is right out of the Trump playbook. Fine Gael representatives online, on radio and on television have all claimed no excise duty applies to home heating oil. I suspect this was done to distract households who use home heating oil, and those who are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: The price of home heating oil is the single largest increase on goods and services in this State in the past year. That is what is happening. With that information, the wise men and women in Government have said, "You know what we should do? We should increase it further on Sunday. Let us put another €20 on the cost of filling your tank on those hard-pressed workers and families."...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: In March, the European Commission issued a communication to all member states in addressing the energy crisis. Part of that, as the Minister of State may be aware, included the introduction of a windfall tax on energy producers and suppliers. This was echoed by the International Energy Agency, IEA, which warned that, given today's market design, high gas prices in Europe feed through to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: So the answer is no, is it? The Minister did not ask.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 3. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a windfall tax on excess profits made by energy suppliers in the context of the rising cost of energy; if his Department has undertaken any preparatory work on the introduction of such a tax and the revenue it could raise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: There were 35 energy price increases last year alone. We know the price rises are stark. We can see, for example, that Bord Gáis has increased its price by 82% since October 2020 and its electricity price has gone up by 72%, increasing the average energy bill by €1,313. The increases are massive. We understand the driving forces behind this: the price of fossil fuels, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 1. To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of energy for which he sought flexibility in relation to VAT in his written correspondence with Commissioner Gentiloni on 10 March 2022 and any subsequent correspondence or communication with the European Commission; and if he sought a special derogation or flexibility on VAT applied to home heating oil. [21562/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I extend my condolences to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and that of my party on the passing of his mother, Caitlin Donohoe. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his extended family at this difficult time for him. I welcome the Minister of State to take oral questions this morning. The first question is to ask the categories of energy for which the Minister sought flexibility in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: As the Minister of State will know, Sinn Féin has been calling for the Government to engage with the Commission to secure a VAT reduction on household energy bills since November of last year. We did that because we understand and are aware of the provisions of the EU VAT directive and the imperative to retain our existing derogations, and that is why we called for engagement back then....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: We are going to go for it now for the third time and let us see if we can make any progress on this, because the question is very simple. Did the Minister at any time in his correspondence with the Commissioner on 10 March seek flexibility or a reduction in regard to VAT as it applies to home heating oil? Home heating oil is the source of energy that has gone through the roof most. It has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason, despite repeated warnings from members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal to him and his Department, including in June 2018 and in December 2020, that the eligibility criteria for access to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme were grossly inequitable, excluded many genuinely disabled persons and needed to be changed,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance his interactions with banks (details supplied) since the announcement of their withdrawal from the banking market and with the remaining and receiving banks to discuss the preparedness of the banks for the transition; if he is satisfied that the banks are adequately resourced with reasonable timelines to ensure this process is managed successfully; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of development land in hectares held by NAMA for which NAMA had an interest or by which NAMA loans were secured and which were sold by NAMA in each of the years 2010 to 2022; the details of the land sold by location, size, residential zoning, planning permission and capacity for development of residential units; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (28 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market has since its establishment considered the difficulty in accessing home and property insurance for buildings with thatched roofs; if the office has engaged with brokers or providers in other jurisdictions in relation to same; if the office has engaged with the heritage division of the Department...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 4: In schedule 2, inserted by paragraph (1), in the cell located at the intersection of the row dated 1 May 2022 and the column headed “Heavy Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres – Other heavy oil” to substitute “€93.52” for “€111.14”.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: I move amendment No. 3: In schedule 2, inserted by paragraph (1), in the cell located at the intersection of the row dated 1 May 2022 and the column headed "Heavy Oil: Rates per 1,000 litres – Kerosene used other than as a propellant” to substitute "€0.00" for "€103.83".

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: On the basis that it reduces the cost of a fill home heating oil by €118 instead of increasing it by €20-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: -----I am going to press it.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oils Tax (27 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: Some of the Government backbenchers would not have known because they do not know what they are voting for here.