Written answers
Thursday, 9 September 2021
- Tax Reliefs
176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the Minister for Health in relation to tax relief being extended to counselling and psychotherapy as a qualifying health... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the situation in which a company (details supplied) reported to have informed prospective buyers in a development that their contracting... - Currency Exchange
178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and or the Revenue Commissioners have evaluated the potential for tax liability concealment and or avoidance as a consequence of the use of the various... - Departmental Staff
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the current policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in his Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis of his... - Flexible Work Practices
180. To ask the Minister for Finance if the criteria for the working from home allowance will be reviewed given that those who availed of the help to buy scheme to purchase their home in 2020 are... - Financial Services
181. To ask the Minister for Finance if the commercial terms under which public investment was made by ISIF in a company (details supplied) assure the State preferential access to genome data... - Tax Collection
182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in excise duty on mineral oils in the form of mineral oil tax and carbon tax since 2016 to date in 2021.... - Financial Services
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose of the deemed disposal of exchange traded funds for taxation purposes after eight years; if he plans to change this arrangement for small... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
184. To ask the Minister for Finance if a business which is only open to the public for a fixed period of time each year can claim the Covid restrictions support scheme during any other part of... - Tax Forms
185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to defer the latest date for filing self-employed and corporate tax returns for 2020 this year due to the difficulties businesses and accountants... - House Prices
186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request banks to extend the lifetime of mortgage approval for borrowers given the dearth of affordable properties to buy and the increase in house... - Childcare Services
187. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase tax relief on childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41942/21] - Flexible Work Practices
188. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department; the costs this has... - Insurance Industry
189. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to insurance companies declining employer’s insurance to disabled employers who manage their own support services in... - Tax Credits
190. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 5% tax credit (details supplied) will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42001/21] - Tax Reliefs
191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the tax relief applied to general practitioner referred physiotherapy costs to general practitioner referred therapy sessions... - Banking Sector
192. To ask the Minister for Finance the total invested by the State and the cash received to date in disposals, redemptions and coupons, dividends and fees; the net cash position and valuation... - Pension Provisions
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice in the public service whereby retirees receive a monthly pension payment and an interim payment of... - Tax Credits
194. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the 30 per cent research and development tax credit regime for small and micro companies provided in the Finance Act 2019 is not yet operable; and... - Vehicle Registration Tax
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address issues (details supplied) regarding VRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42112/21] - Financial Irregularities
196. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will investigate the widespread credit reporting errors in 2019 and 2020 by a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - House Sales
197. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme, which is due to end in 2021, will be extended to help those trying to buy their own home; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will continue to be made available to childcare providers in quarter 4 of 2021 without the income reduction... - State Assets
199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the sale of a company (details supplied); the implications of the sale for the State's investment through the Irish... - Insurance Industry
201. To ask the Minister for Finance his advice on an insurance matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42559/21] - Tax Reliefs
202. To ask the Minister for Finance if a Revenue Commissioners relevant contracts tax refund will be paid to a self-employed person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Vehicle Registration Tax
203. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible for a person to appeal a decision on vehicle registration tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42568/21] - Tax Data
204. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount collected by local authorities through local property tax for 2019. [42574/21] - Financial Instruments
210. To ask the Minister for Finance if an increase in the rate of VAT for the hospitality and tourism sector from 9 to 13.5% has been included in the projections outlined in the Summer Economic... - Insurance Industry
212. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason young drivers in certain counties pay extremely high insurance premiums especially the counties Limerick and Dublin; and if he will make a... - Tax Data
213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a series of matters concerning refunded exit taxes (details supplied). [42857/21] - Government Communications
214. To ask the Minister for Finance if his ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42924/21] - Freedom of Information
216. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
217. To ask the Minister for Finance the advice he can provide on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42979/21] - Commissions of Investigation
218. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of his Department over the preceding decade. [42992/21] - Ministerial Appointments
219. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of formal and informal roles held by a person (details supplied) in the name of his Department or associated agency in the lifetime of this... - Tax Code
220. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out research to examine the revenue raised by other states from the issuing of personalised number plates and vehicle... - Telecommunications Services
221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and or his special advisers and-or officials use or have used services (details supplied) to communicate in the past 18 months. [43071/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
222. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme in its current form until 31 March 2022 and 30 June 2022, respectively. [43168/21] - Tax Code
227. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been afforded to increasing the fishers' tax credit and the seafarers' allowance for crewmen to incentivise more workers into the...
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