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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 1. 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. [15273/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Prices (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: On 1 April, the Minister and the Government increased the level of excise duty on petrol and diesel. If the Minister gets away with this plan, this increase will be followed by two further tax increases, one in August and another in October. I am sure the Minister is aware that households are still facing a cost-of-living crisis. There is a widening gap between fuel prices North and South....

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: It is ridiculous.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: That is what the Government is offering.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Exactly. The Taoiseach should be here.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Ceann Comhairle has nailed his colours to the mast in relation to the Whips. All of our Whips represent our groupings and parties.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Well, the Ceann Comhairle did not say that. I am glad of the clarification.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 15. 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 and Services Pensions Ombudsman with respect to vulture funds as a result of gaps in their regulation. [15234/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department are considering increasing the rate of and threshold for the 10% stamp duty with respect to the bulk purchase of residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the deteriorating situation in Haiti and if he will support the humanitarian efforts in Haiti through both the Irish Aid programme and pooled funds such as the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. [15544/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15623/24]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Your time is up, just like the Government's.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a response to communication from this Deputy can be expected in relation to a foreign birth registration application (details supplied) submitted in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application can be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose mother was sent abroad from a mother and baby home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that a marked gap in the price of petrol and diesel in the South compared to the North that will result from scheduled increases in excise duty this year could pose a threat to the trade and viability of firms and petrol stations in Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13598/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Irregularities (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance following the Trilogue agreement on EU level anti-money laundering legislation, whether he will amend S.I. No. 308 of 2023 to allow greater access for civil society and others to the register of beneficial ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13681/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated by restricting the remittance basis of taxation with respect to non-domiciled individuals to a lifetime limit of two, three and five years respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of non-domiciled individuals taxed on a remittance basis in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [13710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify eligibility for the mortgage interest tax credit with respect to cross-Border workers in particular in situations (details supplied); if such individuals may qualify for the mortgage interest tax credit; if not, if he agrees that this reflects an inherent inequity in the operation of the tax credit; and the measures he will consider to rectify...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance to confirm if his Department received a submission in June 2022 from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the tax treatment of employer contributions to a PRSA; his views on the organisation’s view that “if the current BIK charge on employer PRSA contributions is removed and such contributions are no longer considered for tax purposes...