Written answers

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

  • Tax Reliefs Availability
    177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce reliefs for first-time buyers who are self-building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/16]
  • Money Laundering
    178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the report of gangs utilising mortgages to launder money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30486/16]
  • Customs and Excise Controls
    179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of visits by Customs and Excise officers to a location (details supplied) in 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of those visits that...
  • House Purchase Schemes
    180. To ask the Minister for Finance if a couple who commenced building a house one year ago but have not drawn down their full mortgage on the build are eligible for the new first-time buyer's...
  • Property Tax Data
    182. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 80 and 82 of 6 October 2016, the reason for the difference of 1,813 units between the number of properties owned by...
  • Irish Strategic Investment Fund
    184. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the Irish Strategic Investment Fund divesting from fossil fuels as part of the current review of its investment strategy;...
  • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
    185. To ask the Minister for Finance the schemes available through his Department by way of tax relief or other measures for persons who carry out home improvement works; and if he will make a...
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing roll over tax relief to be given to persons who are subject to land purchase orders where the proceeds are used to replenish...
  • Tax Credits
    187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in respect of the earned income tax credit which has been increased to €950 in the budget; where a person also qualifies for the...
  • Tax Code
    188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of the costing of the measure with regard to the section 110 and funds changes item within budget 2017; and if he will make a...
  • Fiscal Data
    189. To ask the Minister for Finance further to box one on page C.22 of the budget book, when each of the adjustments to the fiscal space calculation became known to his Department; and the...
  • Tax Reliefs Data
    191. To ask the Minister for Finance the uptake of the special assignee relief programme in each of the years since its inception; and the amount of revenue foregone in each of those years. [30741/16]
  • Legislative Process
    193. To ask the Minister for Finance the date he will publish the finance Bill. [30745/16]
  • Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
    194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the assertion from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, that the State will miss its key borrowing target, the structural balance in 2017, as...
  • VAT Rate Application
    197. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the lower rate of VAT is not being applied to the hire of suits, dresses, costumes and so on, as the hire is classified as a service; and if he...
  • Tax Credits
    199. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the cost of introducing refundable tax credits. [30862/16]
  • Pension Provisions
    200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to a suggestion in terms of pension access (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30880/16]
  • Budget Measures
    201. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason full-year yield and cost figures were not included in the summary of 2017 budget measures and policy changes; if he will provide these figures, for...
  • Fiscal Policy
    202. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a detailed plan on the way to achieve the reduction of the debt to GDP ratio to 45% by the mid-2020s as outlined in budget 2017; if he...
  • Budget Measures
    203. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce for SMEs generally a loan scheme similar to the €150 million loan fund for the agrisector announced as part of budget 2017; the...
  • Exchequer Returns
    204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the gain for the Exchequer in 2017 through the non-indexation of the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Brexit Issues
    205. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to explore the possibility of establishing a national hedging strategy, involving the expertise of the NTMA, which may be able to give practical...
  • Budget Measures
    206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers his Department expects to avail of the help to buy scheme, announced in the budget, in 2016, 2017 and 2018; if he is putting...
  • Budget Consultation Process
    209. To ask the Minister for Finance the groups, persons or political representatives he has met in the context of planning budget 2017 and the finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on...

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