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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will apply sanctions on airline and ferry companies that fail to verify inbound passengers are in receipt of a valid professional antigen test; and the way in which he will enforce this rule. [60300/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 23 November 2021, if he will provide a timeline of the dates on which access to the registers was made; if he plans to expand on the time limitations that currently exist in respect of accessing the registers; and if he will provide clarity in respect of the person or body that is the decision maker in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to each local authority in 2021 in respect of funds to be disbursed for retrofitting homes under the methodology for eco-design of energy related products and end-to-end resource planning for the energy efficiency renovation works scheme in tabular form; and if he has received indications from local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the supplementary welfare allowance grant awards that were issued in respect of supporting clients with household costs relating to heating and electricity bills; the number of supplementary welfare allowance grant applications for assistance with heating and lighting bills that were refused over the past...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and amount of supplementary welfare allowance grants in respect of kits for new homes; the number of grant applications for assistance grants in respect of kits for new homes that were refused by county over the past four years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he has put to airlines and ferry companies in respect of ensuring inbound persons have taken a valid professional antigen test; and if he has communicated to them the definition of a professional antigen test. [60299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 519. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of trials of ivermectin on critically ill Covid-19 patients here. [59975/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 588. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of a professional antigen test in respect of antigen tests for inbound travel. [60297/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (3 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: When the country first shut down last March in an attempt the flatten the curve of infections, we knew absolutely nothing about this virus. We did not know how it was spread or how quickly it was transmitted. Everyone in this House was on board when, shortly after, we were asked to pass emergency legislation. It was a global emergency and we all understood speed was of the essence. Human...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We are all braced to see if the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, recommend further restrictions later today to suppress Covid. Media reports suggest that the level of socialising during the Christmas period could be the target of that advice. We are told this could extend to new limits on the numbers allowed in hospitality settings, reduced booking sizes and even reduced...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: People, in their droves, heeded the advice from NPHET and the Government to reduce their contacts. People have been cancelling, for example, Christmas parties, going to events and so on. One of the people who contacted me, and I am sure people in the same situation are contacting the Tánaiste, told me that 80% of his or her bookings have vanished, with the expectation that another 20%...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Good morning everyone. It is not ideal that we are not in the committee room but those are the times we are in. I would like to ask Mr. Cody a few questions and time is short so I would appreciate it if he could keep his replies as short and succinct as possible. I want to start off with the debt warehousing scheme. Understandably, that was an initiative that sought to keep as many...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: They could end up with quite a lot of debt because it is for a protracted period of time that this tax bill is being deferred. I presume reviews will be undertaken. Are there any plans with regard to the how this will work? Is it likely to be targeted or will it continue to be general?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Cody. I want to move around some of the areas we are going to cover this morning. I want to discuss the suspicious transaction reports, STRs. I note there is a very low level of additional tax relative to the number of reports that Revenue gets, but we do not know if, following a Revenue audit, something further and substantial would be gathered as a consequence. How do...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Okay. The rating system was devised in 2014. Has it been reviewed since then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Cody, but I want to ask a few more questions. In regard to the review, would Revenue be looking at bitcoin cryptocurrencies which are much more dominant now than they would have been in 2014. In a reply to a parliamentary question, I was told that VAT applies where payments are made using those types of currencies. For example, Revolut was not used in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Has Revenue received an OECD policy framework in respect of cryptocurrency assets? Does it implement such frameworks when it receives them? How does that function?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I will skip to a couple of other issues. I do not mean to be rude. Time is short. I appreciate the 1997 Act, but there have been high-profile cases. I refer to one case in particular that went to the Tax Appeals Commission but was still being negotiated with Revenue at the time. It was subsequently settled for substantially less than the original amount of money for which the firm was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly (details supplied) in respect of redundancy calculations for persons that were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; and the steps that he has taken or will take to address these matters. [59585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (2 Dec 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59700/21]