Written answers
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
153. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the current policy which requires signatures of all parties in circumstances in which a request has been made to the Financial Services and... - Help-To-Buy Scheme
154. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact assessment his Department has undertaken of the recent changes to the help-to-buy scheme which extends the scheme to end 2021 and allows new buyers... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
155. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of including boat tour businesses which are tied to one particular location and as such are not... - Departmental Offices
156. To ask the Minister for Finance the facilities available in his Department to facilitate breastfeeding breaks in accordance with World Health Organization, WHO, guidelines of two years for... - Departmental Correspondence
157. To ask the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; the steps he is taking to address the issue for solicitors and their... - Tax Credits
158. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the tuition tax credit when submitting their form 12 tax returns through Revenue MyAccount and ROS account for... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
159. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure the timely transition of tax credits for persons who were previously in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and have now... - Mortgage Insurance
162. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that mortgage applicants are being refused mortgage protection insurance if they have had Covid-19 within the past... - Tax Data
163. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue generated from VAT, mineral oil tax and carbon tax on liquid fuel in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9464/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis of the decision by the Revenue Commissioners to recover all tax outstanding on foot of the pandemic unemployment payment support in one year and not... - Brexit Issues
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a 10% tariff now applies to the importation of used cars from the UK if the cars were built in Europe as the country of origin but no tariff... - Vehicle Registration Tax
171. To ask the Minister for Finance when the VRT calculator will be up and running; his views on the website of the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9534/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if childcare professionals who returned to work on 29 June 2020 will not be expected to pay tax on their net wages; and if he will make a statement on the... - Mortgage Lending
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussion he has had with banks and lending institutions on a moratorium for mortgage holders, and other borrowers, affected by the Covid-19 crisis; the... - Ministerial Advisers
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9596/21] - Departmental Staff
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed in his Department, by gender and Civil Service salary scale, in tabular form. [9661/21] - Departmental Reviews
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled... - Tax Yield
181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider supporting the introduction of a windfall tax of 6% on the major tech organisations such as companies (details supplied) using the UK... - Housing Issues
183. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the purchase of properties by a foreign investment firm (details supplied); the tax rate investors will pay on rental... - Tax Yield
188. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the life assurance exit tax in 2019 and 2020; and the forecasted yield in 2021. [9775/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
189. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for assistance that were made under the Covid restrictions support scheme; the number that were refused; the number that were... - Vehicle Registration Tax
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of VRT relief on electric cars in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9827/21] - Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
193. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of funding provided to date under the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9890/21] - Tax Compliance
197. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to allegations of abuses of the travel and subsistence payments that is country money within the construction sector; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if there is mechanism to get back the pandemic unemployment payment the employee... - Property Tax
201. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration being given to include properties with serious subsidence issues for a local property tax exemption, given that properties with pyrite... - Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
202. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund measuring of the carbon footprint of its investment portfolio as part of a wider approach to identify,... - Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have recovered from Covid-19 are being denied mortgage protection for a period of six months... - Tax Exemptions
206. To ask the Minister for Finance if fishing boats or commercial freight and passenger vessels are exempt from carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10130/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
207. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended. [10162/21] - Mortgage Interest Rates
208. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by mortgage holders due to substantial increases in interest rates when mortgages were... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will carry out a review of policy regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme with regard to childminders; and if he will make a statement... - Banking Sector
211. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a proposed loan sale by a bank (details supplied); and if he will take steps to ensure that those home loans within this... - Brexit Issues
212. To ask the Minister for Finance if those with a primary medical certificate, as in the case of a person (details supplied), are subjected to the new tax liabilities since Brexit; and if he... - Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
213. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 17 February 2021, when payment was given to a company (details supplied); the terms on which payment was... - Gambling Sector
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which betting duty is used to combat the social costs of problem gambling as outlined as a purpose of the duty in his Department's general excise... - Mortgage Lending
216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) or with individual banks regarding wage subsidy schemes affecting the eligibility for mortgage... - Tax Collection
217. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding late returns filed by businesses with the Revenue Commissioners for corporation tax; if the Revenue Commissioners are applying... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
218. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation a query (details supplied) regarding debt warehousing and the reduced rate of interest for outstanding non-Covid-19... - Credit Unions
220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank regarding its decision to advise credit unions not to pay a dividend or give members a rebate on their loan interest.... - Tax Rebates
221. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in tax rebates that have been claimed under the stay and spend scheme; the number of persons who have made a claim; and if he will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
223. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of early years education services that have availed of the employment wage subsidy scheme in each week since 21 December 2020, in tabular form; and... - Departmental Expenditure
224. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has expended to date regarding awareness raising campaigns of Covid-19 in national newspapers, regional newspapers, national radio,... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the situation of self-employed workers who received either the pandemic unemployment payment or wage subsidy schemes in the past year and who may now face... - Banking Sector
226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the establishment of a future of Irish banking forum that would include all key stakeholders, banks, regulators, unions and external... - Mortgage Lending
229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to impose conditions on the transfer of residential mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/21] - Banking Sector
231. To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of discussions he had with a bank (details supplied) in relation to its decision to withdraw another bank from the Irish market; if he had... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a series of issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/21] - Insurance Industry Regulation
234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider measures to stop insurance companies increasing premiums on long-term, incident-free customers given that it is crippling businesses and...
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