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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (18 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposals to modernise the electoral registration process following public consultation in early 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers of a residential property. [52559/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue from a 1% stamp duty surcharge on residential property purchases by REITs, IREFs and section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52560/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated by stamp duty receipts from residential property purchases by REITs, IREFs and section 110 companies per annum since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52561/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue from a 1% stamp duty surcharge on residential property purchases by non-Irish resident purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52562/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review taxation of REITs, IREFs and section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52563/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual anticipated number of recipients of the help-to-buy scheme in 2020 and 2021; the anticipated median payment under the scheme; and the anticipated expenditure per annum. [53212/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Building Finance Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by Home Building Finance Ireland; and the staffing costs per annum. [53417/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Building Finance Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of finance available per annum for Home Building Finance Ireland to lend to developers; the amount loaned out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53418/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Building Finance Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential impact of a €650 million increase in Home Building Finance Ireland borrowing on the general Government debt, general Government balance and calculations of available financial resource fiscal space under EU and national rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53419/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of introducing a special 9% VAT rate on residential construction. [53420/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing local property tax deductibility for landlords when calculating rental profits. [53431/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of establishing an enhanced loss relief for landlords to allow relief for rental losses against other income sources in the same year. [53432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing a deduction against rental income for the capital cost of the property in the initial years of ownership of a rental unit; and the corresponding reduction in the base cost of the property on a future disposal. [53433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing CGT relief for properties acquired and retained as rental accommodation. [53434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of developing a separate method of taxing rental income, for example, a flat tax or a separate rate of tax, as a policy lever to support the sector as a whole; and if he has considered supporting specific sub-sectors, for example, affordable housing and urban housing. [53435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52564/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the review of a decision not to expand a pilot shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector in 2018; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full-year costs of reinstating the payment of apprenticeship fees in phase 4 and 6. [53426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of bogus self-employment; the steps she plans to take to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53164/19]