Written answers
Thursday, 25 February 2021
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
37. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the entitlement of a person (details supplied) to the temporary wage subsidy scheme and employment wage subsidy scheme. [10705/21] - Insurance Costs
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are charging double excess on claims, a policy excess and a voluntary excess, without... - Banking Sector
39. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken by his Department to ensure competition in the SME loan market; if his attention has been drawn to the impact the withdrawal of a bank (details... - Credit Unions
40. To ask the Minister for Finance the recent engagement his Department has had with the three credit union representative bodies (details supplied) regarding the provision of SME lending and... - Banking Sector
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts his Department is carrying out to ensure a bank maintains communication with customers whose mortgages were due to be sold to a company but are now... - Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
42. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) who has recently returned to work and who was previously on the pandemic unemployment payment now appears to be paying... - Financial Services Regulation
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which transactions, sale of loans and other activity have taken place in the past two years with reference to taking some investment funds... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
45. To ask the Minister for Finance if personal financial supports will be extended for airline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/21] - Help-To-Buy Scheme
47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the help to-buy-scheme beyond the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10769/21] - Public Procurement Contracts
48. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 25 November 2020, if further details of the social clauses in public procurement that the National Treasury... - Tax Code
49. To ask the Minister for Finance if boats sent for repair to the island of Great Britain, in which substantial work is carried out on them, are liable for tariffs and VAT on return to Ireland;... - European Council Meetings
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his Department; and the... - Customs and Excise
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of containers and heavy goods vehicles, HGVs, arriving into Ireland from the United Kingdom in February 2021 that had their paperwork in order... - Departmental Schemes
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have availed of the employment investment incentive scheme in each of the past five years; the funding invested in each year... - National Treasury Management Agency
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the current amount invested in the National Treasury Management Agency prize bonds; and the percentage of this amount that was invested in each of the years... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer continued support for those areas of the economy most affected by Covid-19; and if he will make a... - Economic Growth
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the economy to recover in any six-month period after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on... - Brexit Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has studied the effects of Brexit on all sectors of the economy; his plans to encourage recovery thereafter; and if he will make a... - Economic Competitiveness
61. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the performance of the economy compares favourably or otherwise with other countries in the EU, within the eurozone and without; and if he... - Brexit Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland has been able to avail of any opportunities in Europe arising from Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10878/21] - Corporation Tax
65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he remains assured of the future for Ireland’s 12.5% corporation profits tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/21] - Eurozone Issues
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if particular issues arise for the euro from the emergency of bitcoin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10883/21] - Currency Exchange
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if bitcoin is being gradually recognised globally as a currency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/21] - National Asset Management Agency
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of properties currently held by NAMA; the value of all such property disposed of to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10887/21] - Interest Rates
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the way consumers in the economy might gain access to interest rates applicable throughout Europe, notwithstanding the requirement that banks here must hold... - Economic Policy
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which basic economic fundamentals continue to be recognised and applied in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10890/21] - Customs and Excise
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if guidance and advice will be provided to the public in respect of charges that are payable on items purchased online from the UK; the permissible taxes; the... - Credit Availability
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention been drawn to the lack of banks in the Irish market that accept carer’s allowance income as income for the purposes of loans, mortgages... - Public Procurement Contracts
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication... - Office of Public Works
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide additional public restroom facilities within the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Flood Relief Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Blackpool flood relief scheme. [11049/21] - Coastal Erosion
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the serious coastal erosion at North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow; the studies or reports that have... - Public Procurement Contracts
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure... - European Council Meetings
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his... - Office of Public Works
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for carry-over of leave for Office of Public Works operatives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Capital Expenditure Programme
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he hopes to be in a position to ensure that capital expenditure proposals remain on target throughout 2021; and if he... - Public Procurement Contracts
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he had discussions with the appropriate authorities involved in procurement with a view to ensuring the best value for money while... - Public Expenditure Policy
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all Departments and subsidiary agencies continue to observe, in letter and in spirit, the principles of reform as a... - Capital Expenditure Programme
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which all public capital projects under his aegis are subjected to appropriate tests of costing and administration with a... - Departmental Data
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department that has achieved most in terms of public expenditure and reform; the Departments that need to do better in this regard;... - Public Sector Reform
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform remains part of Government policy in the context of meeting specific annual targets; and if he will make a... - Public Sector Pay
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which commitments made in the unwinding of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest, FEMPI, Acts are being...
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