Written answers

Thursday, 10 November 2022

  • Business Supports
    102. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports that can be given to companies that may be required to repay EWSS or TWSS payments which they received correctly during the pandemic and which...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    104. To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU taxonomy has yet started to influence the pattern of investment in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55848/22]
  • Defective Building Materials
    105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a tax rebate for homeowners impacted by defective properties. [46887/22]
  • Business Supports
    107. To ask the Minister for Finance if the temporary business energy support scheme to help businesses with their energy costs will be applied to creches and montessori schools to support their...
  • Tax Yield
    108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail where tax revenues stood by the end of October 2022 or the most recent available month in 2022; the way in which it differs from 2021; and...
  • Business Supports
    109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure the temporary business energy support scheme is modified to enable SMEs to claim support for energy bills relating to the July and August...
  • Vacant Properties
    110. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department set the new vacant home tax at three times the value of the LPT; his views on whether it will be adequate to bring vacant...
  • Housing Provision
    111. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the funding model for housing has evolved since the financial crash; and if finance remains a constraint on reaching the Government’s...
  • Vehicle Registration Tax
    112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review section 38 of the Finance Act 2018, which removed the VAT on the VRT repayment scheme for the car hire industry; and if he will make a...
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts
    113. To ask the Minister for Finance the assessment his Department has made regarding the significant fall in dividend withholding tax paid by Irish real estate funds in 2021; the proposals his...
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on resumption of the primary medical certificate appeals process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55801/22]
  • Tax Credits
    115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a refundable tax credit equivalent to one month’s rent for struggling renters in budget 2023 in light of deepening unaffordability...
  • Tax Code
    116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the 9% rate of VAT applicable to the tourism and hospitality sectors beyond 28 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Illicit Trade
    119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied there are adequate measures available to the Revenue Commissioners and other statutory agencies to tackle illicit cross-Border trade; and...
  • Business Supports
    121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if firms who have returned a profit for the financial year ahead and that have applied for and received the temporary business energy...
  • Tax Code
    123. To ask the Minister for Finance the results of the review into the status of farm contractors regarding the carbon tax. [55400/22]
  • Insurance Industry
    124. To ask the Minister for Finance his progress to date in insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55891/22]
  • Tax Code
    125. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation policies of his Department which are intended to encourage farmers to adopt rooftop solar PV. [55713/22]
  • Tax Reliefs
    126. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to phase out the help-to-buy scheme; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55839/22]
  • Business Supports
    127. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Code
    128. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the fishing industry is being supported through taxation measures to mitigate the high cost of fuel; his further plans, if any, in this regard; and if...
  • Tax Collection
    129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider instructing the Revenue Commissioners to collect and publish data on tax collected on rental income from non-tax residents; and if he will...
  • Vacant Properties
    130. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of properties the proposed vacant homes tax will return to use; and if he has considered an annually increasing approach to the tax....
  • Inflation Rate
    131. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains confident that budgetary measures taken here are adequately focused in order to discourage inflation, self-generated or...
  • EU Meetings
    132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent meeting with the Eurogroup. [55583/22]
  • Tax Reliefs
    134. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to address the concerns, recently raised by an organisation (details supplied), that those in receipt of section 481 tax relief are not...
  • Derelict Sites
    135. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans, if any, to levy a tax on derelict properties; his further plans to incentivise the upgrade of such properties to encourage them to be brought back...
  • Tax Credits
    136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends introducing a mortgage interest tax credit for first-time buyers of new or second-hand properties to assist them to deal with the challenge of...
  • Tax Yield
    137. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the forecasted income from corporation tax in 2023; and the potential ramifications of a global recession on corporation tax income in...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    138. To ask the Minister for Finance the role FDI multinationals and technology companies play in supporting Ireland’s economy; and the latest Exchequer returns from corporation tax. [55889/22]
  • Tax Code
    140. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contribution taxation policy is making to the cost of building and renting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55857/22]
  • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
    142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage owners currently in short- and long-term arrears, in tabular form; if his Department or the Central Bank will conduct an analysis on...
  • Tax Code
    143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of the Revenue Commissioners to implement the zoned land tax. [55826/22]
  • Tax Reliefs
    144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an amendment to section 481 that clearly establishes that the producer company who receives tax relief under this section must be the...
  • Business Supports
    147. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in Dublin 6W, 8, 10, 12, 20 and 22 that received the EWSS and TWSS; the number being asked to repay either or both the EWSS and TWSS;...
  • Banking Sector
    149. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a prediction by the Central Bank Governor that interest rates will continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Code
    151. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being done in his Department to fix the anomaly by which many workers who live in the North and work in the South are precluded from working from...
  • Tax Collection
    152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his Government will instruct the Revenue Commissioners, and by extension Revenue sheriffs, to place a suspension on the reported avalanche of...
  • Tax Code
    153. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration and engagement he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the current carbon tax and excise duty levies on biofuels...
  • Tax Reliefs
    154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a timeline for the roll-out and implementation of the cargo bike scheme; the oversight that will be in place; and if he will make a...
  • Vacant Sites
    160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed report on the effectiveness of the vacant site levy; if he needs to reconsider the timeline and the rate of the new zoned land...
  • Business Supports
    161. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional energy rebates or energy tax considerations that the Government is considering to apply to the SME sector in order to retain jobs and...
  • Vacant Properties
    162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the tax costs associated with bringing derelict buildings back into use as homes; if he will move to reduce or eliminate these costs...
  • Revenue Commissioners
    164. To ask the Minister for Finance the average response time for an online Revenue query; if he is satisfied the Revenue Commissioner is adequately resourced to respond to such queries in a...
  • Tax Code
    165. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of PAYE, USC and PRSI payable in 2022 by a one-income family with an income of €100,000 with only basic tax credits, including the...
  • Tax Reliefs
    166. To ask the Minister for Finance the different tax exemptions available for young farmers and for all farmers; if he has secured European Union approval to continue the exemptions, following...

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