Written answers

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

  • Insurance Costs
    133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the ongoing issue of returning immigrants being charged high car insurance due to their no claims bonus expiring, even though no claims...
  • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
    134. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected budgetary impact of the national broadband plan from 2019 to 2024, or the latest available date; and the estimated way in which this will impact...
  • Connectivity Fund
    135. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department has used the funds the State received from the sale of its stake in a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Insurance Coverage
    136. To ask the Minister for Finance if measures will be introduced to prevent insurance companies from refusing insurance to family homes that are listed buildings; his plans for incentives to...
  • Tax Data
    137. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering the personal, PAYE and earned income credits by 1.43% per €1,000 on an individual income between €100,000...
  • NAMA Operations
    146. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed sale by NAMA of the National Asset Residential Property Services DAC, NARPS, special purpose vehicle and the impact of a sale on the...
  • Tax Code
    147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason childminders working in domestic houses are treated as employees; the reason their employers must pay PRSI in respect of this employment; if tax...
  • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
    148. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permissible under the codes of conduct and consumer protection of the Central Bank for a lender to charge legal fees to persons that are in arrears;...
  • Insurance Costs
    149. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his attention has been drawn to dramatic increases in insurance premiums affecting special needs and other schools, the result of which...
  • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
    150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a decision by the Revenue Commissioners to refuse the home renovation incentive, HRI, to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment
    151. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of loans issued by Home Building Ireland Finance, HBIF, to date; the number of homes anticipated from the loans; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Credits
    152. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on introducing a simplified process by which small and medium enterprises can avail of the research and development tax credit; and if he...
  • Insurance Costs
    153. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for insurance reform in relation to family adventure parks in view of the fact that insurance firms are repeatedly loading premiums ultimately...
  • Property Tax Data
    154. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the local property tax and replacing the funding with central funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21604/19]
  • Tax Data
    155. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by adding 50c of duty to a packet of 20 cigarettes with proportionate increases on other tobacco products. [21605/19]
  • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
    156. To ask the Minister for Finance the budgetary impact of freezing the phasing out of mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21606/19]
  • Tax Reliefs Data
    157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of restoring trade union tax relief at the level it was at before its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21607/19]
  • Tax Credits
    158. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the earned income credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21608/19]
  • Tax Appeals Commission
    164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases before the Tax Appeals Commission; the quantum in euro terms of the amount with the commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • NAMA Operations
    165. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the general Government balance of the transfer of the €2 billion National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, surplus for 2020 to the State....
  • Tax Data
    168. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of companies that were involved in aircraft leasing assessed to tax in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in tabular form. [21667/19]
  • Company Data
    171. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated gross assets of companies that were involved in aircraft leasing in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in tabular form. [21670/19]
  • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
    174. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish actors are required to be hired by a production company for a film to qualify for section 481 tax credit; if so, the status of the roles for the...
  • Insurance Coverage
    175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding adults with autism being denied life insurance; his plans to address same to ensure that all...
  • VAT Rate Application
    176. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a policy regarding VAT on public projects within his Department; if it applies to all Departments; if it is up to each Department to decide...
  • National Broadband Plan Implementation
    177. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was consulted on the budgetary impacts of the national broadband plan. [21857/19]
  • Brexit Preparations
    178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs officials that will be hired due to Brexit; the number of additional hires to date; and the number expected to be in place by...
  • Tax Code
    179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by increasing capital gains tax by 3% on passive gains only excluding active gains through the sale of an active...
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
    185. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from ending the capital gains tax exemption from the sale of property held within REITs. [21939/19]
  • Irish Real Estate Fund
    186. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from ending the dividend withholding tax exemption for non-resident IREF shareholders from dividends related to the sale of property held...
  • Tax Data
    189. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could have been raised if intangible assets onshore between 2015 and 2018 were taxed at the current 80% cap; and if he will make a...
  • Corporation Tax Regime
    190. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional corporation tax that could be expected if the bailed out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on losses that could be carried forward in any...
  • Financial Services Sector
    192. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by each of 10 percentage points and by 10%; and if he will make a statement...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    193. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Pensions Data
    194. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would be made by reducing the maximum tax relief available on private pension contributions to percentage rates (details supplied)....
  • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
    199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances each year in which the Central Bank has carried out inspections on lenders in relation to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears...
  • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
    200. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of putting the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing either through primary legislation or secondary legislation...
  • Loan Books Purchasers
    203. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legal obligation set out in legislation or in the codes of the Central Bank on a lender to transfer all documentation pertaining to the loan...

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