Written answers

Thursday, 16 December 2021

  • Tax Exemptions
    240. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time the current property tax exemption will apply to those included on the national defective concrete block redress scheme. [62477/21]
  • State Bodies
    241. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the new members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62678/21]
  • Tax Reliefs
    242. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 90% agricultural relief from CAT will continue as a retention of current taxation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62713/21]
  • Tax Code
    244. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department will take to ensure farmers have more liquidity, specifically in relation to stamp duty; if he will consider a reduction on the...
  • Housing Schemes
    245. To ask the Minister for Finance when an announcement will be made in relation to if he will extend the help-to-buy scheme and expand it to include currently uninhabitable properties that...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    246. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding supports for the hospitality sector from his Department in response to the further public health restrictions imposed on the sector to...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    247. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of capital allocated to non-voted expenditure in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55674/21]
  • Housing Policy
    248. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on and response to the ESRI paper, Prudent government borrowing can mitigate inadequate housing supply and upward pressure on prices and rent; and...
  • Tax Rebates
    251. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce an enhanced or improved carbon tax rebate for cucumber and other greenhouse growers that use CO2 in the growing process; and if he will...
  • Vacant Properties
    252. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the survey of vacant properties undertaken within the local property tax process. [62513/21]
  • Economic and Social Research Institute
    253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings his Department has held with the ESRI in the past 12 months; and the topic of these meetings. [62518/21]
  • State Bodies
    254. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with...
  • Tax Reliefs
    255. To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland will implement a recent modernised European Union VAT directive to reduce VAT on bicycles including e-bikes; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Customs and Excise
    256. To ask the Minister for Finance if regulations will be introduced to regulate service providers that charge a fee for clearing parcels and packets including collection and payment of duties...
  • Illicit Trade
    257. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals to introduce additional measures to combat the illicit trade in tobacco, drink and fuel products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Vacant Properties
    258. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reports on residential vacancy that have been commissioned in the past three years; the titles of these reports; the level of vacancy that was...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    260. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is confident that adequate resources remain available to him to continue supporting the economy in the face of the continued advance of...
  • Economic Growth
    261. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that Ireland’s economic progress will continue unimpeded notwithstanding the challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit; and...
  • Brexit Issues
    263. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Ireland’s trading position continues notwithstanding the effects of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62733/21]
  • Inflation Rate
    265. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which inflation continues to be a threat to Ireland and other EU countries; the degree to which he and his EU colleagues can rely on measures to...
  • Economic Policy
    267. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which international increases in taxation with particular reference to the 12.5% corporations profits tax is likely to affect the economy in the...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    269. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this country remains attractive for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62739/21]
  • Eurozone Issues
    270. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his colleagues throughout the eurozone remain satisfied that the highest possible level of economic activity can continue unimpeded...
  • Insurance Industry
    272. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the insurance industry here remains competitive when compared with insurance costs throughout the European Union notwithstanding national...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    273. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which interest rates charged to home borrowers here are in accord with those applicable throughout Europe having particular regard to the need...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
    274. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects credit to remain available to small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62791/21]
  • Consumer Prices
    275. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can encourage consumer spending in a direction that is most beneficial to Ireland’s economy; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Tax Code
    276. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider a previous proposal by this Deputy to eliminate capital gains tax for a two-year window for sellers selling homes, sites and currently...

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