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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Customs and Excise (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing households and their impact on trade for businesses in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22786/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Customs and Excise (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Last month, the Minister increased the price of petrol and diesel and we see that now at the pumps across the State. The Minister is set to increase the tax further in just over 70 days and then again two months later. This will push the price of petrol up by another 6 cent and diesel by another 5 cent. This is happening at a time when workers and families continue to face a cost-of-living...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Customs and Excise (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: This morning, Social Justice Ireland pointed out that the Minister's budget would widen the gap between the rich and the poor. If he has not noticed, low and middle-income families the length and breadth of this State are still struggling with high costs. Yet, what the Minister has planned are more price hikes for them. The Minister increased the price of petrol and diesel last month and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: From the figures the Minister has put on the record today, it is patently obvious that he has taken a very good idea from Sinn Féin, although he and his Government resisted it for quite a while. However, when he finally gave in, he made a mess of the design of it. The fact that despite there being 700,000 mortgage holders across the State, only 18,000 households have received the full...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has made a mess of the design of it, as we pointed out at the time, because he took too long to acknowledge what Sinn Féin had spent a year arguing for. It is not just that; he has locked out countless homeowners, tens of thousands, who have seen their mortgage interest rates increase. For example, by requiring that claimants have a balance of over €80,000, he has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is because the Minister took so long to make this decision.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: We had deduction at source for years.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the success of the mortgage interest tax credit; and if he will consider amending its design to ensure that all mortgage holders who have seen a significant increase in the mortgage costs they are facing will receive adequate support. [23004/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: In the past two years, mortgage interest costs have soared for households. They have increased by 71% over the past two years. As the Minister knows, some mortgage holders are being charged more than 7%. These are loans that were sold, in particular to vulture funds, as a result of the policy of two of the parties in government. As the Minister knows, Sinn Féin has called for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the provision in insurance law with respect to consent to settle, whereby policyholders must provide consent where an insurer wishes to make a settlement with respect to a third-party claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department undertook a review of the 10% stamp duty with respect to the bulk purchase of residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22788/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Strategies (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department's strategy regarding financial scams and fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22791/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on consideration of changes to legislation to address the inability of consumers to make complaints to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman with respect to vulture funds as a result of gaps in its regulation. [22787/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the European Commission's opening of an infringement procedure against Ireland and issuance of a formal letter of notice regarding incorrect transposition of the 4th and 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22790/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability. [22485/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared with 2022. [22486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the mortgage interest tax credit that were unable to receive the full 20% relief under the credit on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared with 2022. [22487/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful claims to date under the mortgage interest tax credit relief. [22488/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of money disbursed to date under the mortgage interest tax credit. [22489/24]