Written answers

Wednesday, 27 January 2021

  • Departmental Data
    173. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GDP by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years...
  • Brexit Issues
    179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to an urgent issue in relation to Brexit associated delays for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Proposed Legislation
    180. To ask the Minister for Finance the timetable for the introduction of the senior executive accountability regime including the publication of supporting legislation; and if he will make a...
  • Banking Sector
    181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the banks to enter into a temporary postponement of loan repayments as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown; if it will be ensured that these...
  • Help-To-Buy Scheme
    182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the help-to-buy scheme discriminates against single applicants whose loan to value is difficult to achieve on...
  • Home Building Finance Ireland
    183. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of Home Building Finance Ireland; the number of loans offered; the size of the loans; the recipients of the loans; the number of...
  • Departmental Schemes
    184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the stay and spend scheme up to 31 December 2020; the value of receipts uploaded to the scheme; the expected cost to the...
  • Tax Code
    185. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications for Ireland of a recent French decision regarding the taxable status of digital companies; if he has been in contact with the French...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a tax amnesty for pandemic unemployment payment recipients who are being issued with tax bills; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Brexit Preparations
    187. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional customs staff have been put in place at points of entry and exit from the country to meet the increased documentation demand following Brexit....
  • Brexit Issues
    188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on two vehicles that arrived at customs on 9 January 2021 and were subsequently held for 26 hours with no communication from customs which...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    189. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Central Bank in relation to the renewal of the loan moratorium for businesses affected by the renewed lockdowns due to...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
    191. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to companies repaying the pandemic unemployment scheme if they availed of the scheme for their staff in the event that many of...
  • Motor Insurance
    192. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by drivers under 25 years of age who need to use vans or commercial cars for employment but cannot...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    193. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the exceptionally high mortgage rates in Ireland relative to the European norm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3760/21]
  • Vehicle Registration Tax
    194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3781/21]
  • Property Tax
    197. To ask the Minister for Finance the local property tax paid by local authorities in respect of social housing stock in 2020. [3843/21]
  • Wage Subsidy Scheme
    198. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue regarding concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and possible issues arising; the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to financial support measures for Irish pilots; and if he will make a...
  • Value Added Tax
    204. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to remove VAT from beekeeping equipment and supplies. [3892/21]
  • Living City Initiative
    206. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the living over the shop scheme; the areas in which it is operating or has previously operated in; the number of pilot schemes there were; if...
  • Banking Sector Data
    210. To ask the Minister for Finance the banking levy contributions made by individual banks and financial institutions from its inception to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Corporation Tax
    211. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken by his Department with respect to corporation tax reform and to address concerns that Ireland is disproportionately reliant on the...
  • Tax Avoidance
    212. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken by his Department to tackle the aggressive tax avoidance behaviour engaged in by Irish real estate funds and real estate investment...
  • Local Authority Funding
    214. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in...
  • Value Added Tax
    216. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT of 21% and duties of 10% apply to vehicles imported from Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4121/21]
  • Vehicle Registration Tax
    221. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a VRT exemption for mountain rescue vehicles and other vehicles used solely in such rescue activities; and if he will make a statement...
  • Value Added Tax
    222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the VAT reduction from 23% to 21% that is due to end on 28 February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/21]
  • National Debt
    223. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual debt repayments as a share of GDP and as a share of GNI* in each of the years 2000 to 2020; and the estimated repayments for same in 2021, in...
  • Tax Code
    224. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can qualify from income tax under the exemption rules for race horses in training; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Natural Heritage Areas
    226. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to transferring the dunes system on the eastern beach of Inchydoney, County Cork from NAMA to the OPW in the interest of...
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    228. To ask the Minister for Finance when assessments will recommence for new applications for primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4337/21]
  • Banking Sector Data
    232. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of the Central Bank has been drawn to any legal or regulatory obstacle placed by the State to persons in Ireland sending remittances...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    235. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out under the Covid restrictions support scheme since its introduction by sector, week and month in tabular form. [4394/21]
  • Tax Code
    238. To ask the Minister for Finance if another reference month can be used to calculate business mileage undertaken under the extended benefit-in-kind on company vehicles for those workers...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    239. To ask the Minister for Finance the budgetary analysis being carried out to plan for long Covid-19 impacts in his Department and each State agency under the remit of his Department in...
  • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
    240. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reinstating the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4517/21]
  • Disability Act Employment Targets
    241. To ask the Minister for Finance the absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by his Department in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020; if these...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    242. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State and semi-State board appointments that fall under the aegis of his Department made since this Government took office, including the name...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    244. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated by his Department to the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement...

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