Written answers

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

  • Tax Code
    235. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions are expected to give VAT and taxation incentives to encourage landowners back into forestry in order to contribute to the Climate Action Plan....
  • Tax Rebates
    237. To ask the Minister for Finance if a series of issues (details supplied) in relation to fuel costs and carbon tax for transport operators will be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Insurance Coverage
    238. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in respect of the provision of premiums by insurance companies to persons in homes that are not designated as a flood risk; and if his...
  • Tax Code
    239. To ask the Minister for Finance the way travel and subsistence payments for the construction sector, known as country money, are set; if there are discussions to increase the payments; and...
  • Banking Sector
    240. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the refusal by Irish banks to finance mortgages for so-called cargo container houses due to the fact they are not fixed...
  • Tax Reliefs
    241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to include e-scooters as eligible methods of transport under the cycle to work scheme. [54014/21]
  • Tax Rebates
    243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to increase the ceilings of repayment of VRT and VAT on the purchase of vehicles for disabled persons with a primary medical certificate (details...
  • Insurance Coverage
    244. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the refusal of insurance companies to insure hunt and harrier packs resulting in closure for these businesses; and if he will make a statement...
  • Banking Sector
    246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the timing of the branch closures by a bank (details supplied) by replicating the actions of the UK financial sector regulator which...
  • Tax Code
    247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider removing the 50% limitation in the Finance Bill 2021 on the amount of land that can be used for solar farms in relation to capital...
  • Insurance Coverage
    248. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with a company (details supplied) in particular with regard to homes under its insurance cover which now have confirmed cases of...
  • Vacant Properties
    249. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the audit of vacant properties being undertaken by his Department; and if this audit will include the reason for vacancy. [54368/21]
  • Tax Exemptions
    251. To ask the Minister for Finance if a house is exempt from the local property tax in circumstances in which the person is visually impaired and their house has been modified for their needs;...
  • Banking Sector
    252. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has identified barriers to entry in the non-investment sector of the Irish banking market and anti-competitive commercial practices by Irish...
  • Departmental Schemes
    253. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans that are in place for the expansion of the employment and investment incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53168/21]
  • Tax Reliefs
    255. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a change to the corporation tax return which would oblige multinational companies to disclose the state research and development...
  • Tax Avoidance
    256. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to eliminate the opportunities for companies to use Ireland in tax fraud measures as exposed in files (details supplied); and if he...
  • Tax Credits
    257. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding an application for incapacitated child credit in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will request the Revenue Commissioners...
  • Banking Sector
    258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether in the context of a bank exiting the Irish market and selling its loan book that in the case of any family home mortgage being sold on to...
  • Tax Reliefs
    259. To ask the Minister for Finance if the provisions of section 97A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied) are subject to a limit on the number of individual residential units...
  • Tax Data
    260. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected budgeted revenue cost for the full year in 2022 arising from section 28 of the Finance Bill 2021 that inserts a new section 25A into the Taxes...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    265. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that are receiving payments under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the amount has been paid in total under the scheme to date in...
  • Tax Data
    266. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected budgeted revenue cost for the full year in 2022 arising from the provisions of section 72 of the Finance Bill 2021 that removes the prohibition...
  • Inflation Rate
    267. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to monitor any inflationary tendencies in Ireland with a view to corrective action if required; and if he will make a...
  • Eurozone Issues
    270. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has had discussions with EU finance ministers in his role as president of the Eurogroup, the various issues which now constitute a...
  • Banking Sector
    272. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to review any difficulties faced by borrowers who may have had to postpone meeting scheduled mortgage payments during the...
  • Inflation Rate
    273. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which house price inflation here is likely to affect economic performance in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54723/21]
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    274. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which home borrowers here can expect to be able to borrow at interest rates that prevail throughout Europe and in accordance with the single...
  • Brexit Issues
    275. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the ongoing effect of Brexit on the economic performance in Ireland as well as other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Code
    276. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which corporation tax changes are likely to impact on this country’s future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54727/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    277. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the future fiscal measures, if any, required throughout the Eurozone in the context of Covid-19 recovery; and if he will make a statement...
  • Financial Services
    278. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the activities of investment funds here with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
  • Economic Growth
    281. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects the economy to recover over the next year after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Brexit Issues
    282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has in mind any further Brexit-related economic interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54733/21]
  • Tax Code
    284. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of green and glasshouse growers as per correspondence in the context...

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