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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse plans to raise the price of petrol and diesel through increases in excise duty, scheduled for 1 August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28771/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Perhaps this will be the trend from the new Minister for Finance. It is a simple question. Did he engage with Revenue or not? It is a yes or answer. What is he trying to hide? He and his Department either did or did not engage with Revenue. He said they are exploring all options. He did engage with Revenue. Why did he not just say that? What is he trying to hide? There are, I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rule out the introduction of a new household charge to be collected by the Revenue Commissioners, instead funding public service broadcasting through direct Exchequer funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28770/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is almost two years since the Future of Media Commission published its report recommending the abolition of the television, TV, licence and having a system based entirely on Exchequer funding for public service media and content. The Government has dragged its heels on this issue for far too long. In the meantime, RTÉ has lurched from crisis to crisis and public confidence has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Television Licence Fee (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am sure the Minister will acknowledge that public trust in the national broadcaster has been shattered following crisis after crisis and scandal after scandal. We can see that reflected in the licence fee. Of those who are eligible to pay the licence fee, approximately one in three do not pay. That is how much of a drop-off we have, mostly brought on by the RTÉ scandal. The Future...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to supporting incomes by reductions in the rates and increases in the thresholds for USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28560/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the BIK exemption for employer contributions to PRSAs in light of concerns that it has facilitated aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to postponing scheduled increases in the carbon tax in light of the cost-of-living pressures that households continue to face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge, levied through the USC, on individual incomes with the respect to the portion above €140,000, in first- and full-year terms; and the estimated revenue raised in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, respectively. [29029/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (4 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by removing tax personal, employee and earned income tax credits on a tapered basis from individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000 at a rate of 2.5% per €1,000 above €100,000, in first and full year terms, and the estimated revenue raised in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This is a technical amendment which deals with the definition of voluntary winding-up proceedings. I have no issue with that. I welcome the legislation, as I did on Second Stage, although I will tease through some of the issues. In the main, as the Minister of State said, this is a directive we are required to transpose and we have already missed the deadline for its transposition. For...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Government could waive the money message.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I am happy to engage with the Minister of State on the results of the survey when it is complete. There has been a large response so far. Hundreds of people have presented their data. I have not had a chance to look at the trends. Everybody in this committee and the Dáil, when we passed personal injuries guidelines to allow for legislative change to take place and facilitate what...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is not accurate.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Come on. The Minister of State has responsibility for insurance. I have gone through this with every Minister. I mentioned the Central Statistics Office earlier in terms of the trends, but I qualified what I said. I said we have anecdotal evidence and all of the rest. The Central Statistics Office does an excellent job in terms of what it has to do and does so independently. The way it...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: I support section 5. A question was asked about MIBI earlier and it was said that it only pays out in respect of uninsured drivers, but it will also pay out in insolvent cases. I just wanted to make that clear because I do not think that information was correct on the record. The difference here is because it administers the insurance compensation or the motor insurance insolvency...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: On the payments to the funds, there is provision in this legislation in terms of sub-funds, the Minister's right to specify the rate and so on. Will the Minister of State outline whether any changes are coming regarding further levies or changes to levies as a result of this legislation or indeed anything on his agenda as a result of it?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is covered, so there will be no change. To clarify, the existing levies are 2% at the minute in terms of the motor insurance compensation fund. We also have the Quinn Direct Insurance levy, which will run out after a period of time, when we have paid back €800 million or something like that. It is a crazy amount of money. If the Minister of State has the data, how many more...