Written answers

Thursday, 22 November 2018

  • VAT Rate Increases
    6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13.5% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the...
  • Carbon Tax Yield
    13. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected on solid fuels in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; the steps he is taking to ensure...
  • Insurance Fraud
    14. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the recommendations in the Cost of Insurance Working Group plan that a publicly funded Garda anti-fraud unit to deal with insurance fraud be...
  • Banking Sector
    16. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for legislative and regulatory changes in relation to the business culture of banks and the accountability of senior banking officials; and if he...
  • Brexit Staff
    17. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the preparedness of the Revenue Commissioners for Brexit; the number of extra staff that have been hired by the Revenue Commissioners since...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme
    18. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a review of the help- to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48423/18]
  • EU Budget Contribution
    19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the likely additional contributions Ireland will make to the EU budget from 2020 onwards in the event of British withdrawal on 29 March...
  • Insurance Industry
    20. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that residents affected by the liquidation of the structural warranty of an underwriter (details supplied) are not unfairly...
  • Credit Unions
    21. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to develop a new strategy for the growth and development of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48564/18]
  • Tax Reliefs Application
    22. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent revelations that certain high net worth individuals are paying significantly lower rates of income tax than persons of much more modest...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
    23. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can intercede with the EU institutions in view of the need to clear the way for an emergency local authority and affordable housing...
  • Insurance Costs
    24. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers particularly in counties...
  • Licensed Moneylenders
    25. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to legislate to place a cap on the rates that can be charged by moneylenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48598/18]
  • Insurance Costs
    29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the progress of the implementation of the Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance; and if he will make a statement...
  • Tax Compliance
    30. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or plans to take to simplify compliance for small self-employed taxpayers in respect of income tax returns with a self-employed gross...
  • Tax Code
    32. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of digital taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48585/18]
  • NAMA Assets Sale
    33. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the latest progress report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the National Asset Management Agency; his views on...
  • Mortgage Arrears Proposals
    34. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on debt write-downs for customers who have engaged with their financial institutions in respect of household mortgages; his plans to offer more...
  • Tax Code
    35. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the results of a report issued by a company (details supplied) illustrating the effects on employment in the retail...
  • Insurance Industry
    36. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make suicide clauses in life insurance policies illegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48426/18]
  • Financial Services Sector
    40. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the Central Bank monitors the activities of regulated and unregulated lending institutions, with particular reference to their dealings...
  • European Central Bank
    41. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ending of the asset purchasing programme quantitative easing by the European Central Bank; the estimated impact this may have on interest...
  • Insurance Industry
    42. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the liquidation of a company (details supplied); when the Insurance (Amendment) Act 2018 will be fully commenced; when the next payment will take...
  • VAT Rate Increases
    43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the...

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