Written answers
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
275. To ask the Minister for Finance if seasonal tourism businesses will be able to avail of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15202/20] - Tax Code
276. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ring-fencing of the sugar tax to tackle obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15480/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
277. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to travel management companies and other business travel companies and the extension of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he... - Help-To-Buy Scheme
278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the help-to-buy scheme for persons who build their own home in order that the reckonable limits apply to the cost of the home rather than... - Banking Sector
279. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks have continued to accrue interest on accounts availing of the Covid-19 repayment holiday period without an obligation to do so; the measures he plans... - Mortgage Lending
282. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken or proposes to take regarding persons who have been refused the drawdown of mortgages by the pillar banks as a result of being in... - Value Added Tax
283. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT rate on sun cream (details supplied) will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14713/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
284. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter relating to the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied) will be investigated with the Revenue Commissioners; if contact will be made with... - Ministerial Responsibilities
285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State at his Department on taking up their roles; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
286. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 30 June 2020, the way in which he can reconcile the fact that dividing an annual salary paid monthly by 52 results... - Insurance Industry Regulation
287. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce better regulation of the insurance industry. [14908/20] - Ministerial Responsibilities
288. To ask the Minister for Finance the delegated functions assigned to the Minister of State with responsibility for financial services, credit unions and insurance; and the date those... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
290. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a company that has placed employees on the temporary wage subsidy scheme and submitted a questionnaire to the Revenue Commissioners but has not lost... - Banking Licences
291. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that were received for banking licences here in each of the years 2015 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020; and if he will make... - Financial Services Sector
293. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the roll-out of the Ireland for Finance strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15108/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
295. To ask the Minister for Finance if the top-up payment paid to a staff member under the temporary wage subsidy scheme is a tax-deductible expense for the business owner in view of the fact... - Value Added Tax
296. To ask the Minister for Finance his options in respect of a reduction of the 13% VAT rate currently applicable to the hospitality sector; if he cannot lower this rate below 5%; if that is... - Tax Code
298. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount generated by alcohol excise duty in each year since 2012, in tabular form; if he has considered reducing the rate in order to stimulate businesses,... - Value Added Tax
299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to custom duties and VAT on the importation of medical devices and protective equipment in order to... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
302. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter relating to the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/20] - State Bodies
303. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies by job title in the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 3 July 2020; and the estimated full-year cost of... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
304. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) is permitted to make staff redundant while availing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; if this can be suspended... - Tax Credits
305. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering the introduction of a tax credit to allow persons to buy digital technologies to assist them to work remotely. [15369/20] - Credit Unions
306. To ask the Minister for Finance if a series of matters will be examined in relation to credit unions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15391/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
308. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which those self-employed persons now on Covid-19 payments will be taxed in 2020 and into 2021; and the way in which their tax credits will be... - Vehicle Registration Tax
309. To ask the Minister for Finance the methods by which VRT on imported cars are calculated; the mechanism there is for appeal in circumstances in which an error has clearly been made; and if... - Personal Injury Claims
311. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to personal injuries claims being taken on the basis of persons claiming to have contracted Covid-19 in specific premises; if... - Value Added Tax
312. To ask the Minister for Finance if yoga studios will be included in the reduced VAT rate group of 9%, matching the reduced rate enjoyed by other sporting facilities and activities; and if he... - Revenue Commissioners
313. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners are issuing letters to many SMEs which claimed the Covid-19 restart grants... - Banking Sector
314. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the accrual and charging of interest accrued during the moratorium period for mortgage payment breaks issued... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
315. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding the rumoured tax bill at the end of the year for those on the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [15967/20] - Mortgage Lending
316. To ask the Minister for Finance if guidance will be issued to banks regarding mortgage applications from persons whose income has been protected by their employer via the temporary wage... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
317. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be reviewed to ensure payments being made to employees are subject to the usual PAYE system rather than allowing... - Public Inquiries
318. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will...
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