Written answers

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

  • Energy Policy
    218. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on progress towards complying with section two of the Glasgow Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy...
  • Ethics in Public Office
    220. To ask the Minister for Finance in a situation where a Minister had responsibility for an area such as consumer mortgage arrears, if his or her own credit history would be relevant and hence...
  • Cost of Living Issues
    223. To ask the Minister for Finance how long the Government expects to be in a position to maintain some level of cost-of-living supports; to what level he envisages inflation rates would need...
  • Fiscal Policy
    224. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategy and timeline his Department has in relation to reducing Ireland’s national debt given that, according to the Department’s own...
  • Tax Reliefs
    225. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is currently considering measures to reintroduce mortgage interest relief, given the sharp compounded rises in mortgage interest rates that...
  • Tax Code
    227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to the 9% VAT rate for hotels and restaurants. [10990/23]
  • Tax Reliefs
    228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the implementation of the findings of the review of the flat rate expenses system conducted by the Office of the Revenue...
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include Parkinson's disease as a qualifying condition for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/23]
  • Tax Yield
    231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the projected impact which the proposed rise in excise duty of a total of 21 cents on petrol and diesel over the coming months would have...
  • Consumer Rights
    233. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 1 December 2022, if a retail business displaying a sign stating that cash is not accepted or "card payments only"...
  • Irish Bank Resolution Corporation
    235. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the terms of the settlement entered into by the special liquidators of IBRC with a company (details supplied) can be disclosed; and if he will make a...
  • Consumer Rights
    237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider legislation to provide the right for people to pay for goods and services in cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/23]
  • Tax Code
    238. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will review the tax treatment of rental income received by landowners and farmers who rent to those connected to them; if his Department has...
  • Vehicle Registration Tax
    239. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VRT paid on vehicles imported from Britain that have been modified for a person with a disability in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular...
  • Primary Medical Certificates
    242. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal has been re-established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11186/23]
  • Inflation Rate
    244. To ask the Minister for Finance if it has been brought to his attention that Irish grocery price inflation hit a new record of 16.3% in February 2023. [9819/23]
  • Tax Credits
    245. To ask the Minister for Finance if the renter's credit introduced in Budget 2023 is in the baseline and a recurring measure going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Revenue Commissioners
    246. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners' public office on Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 will reopen to the public again as a walk-in public service without appointment...
  • Departmental Policies
    247. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department supports the use of gender-neutral pronouns in the drafting of legislation or policies initiated by or originating in his Department; and if...
  • Financial Irregularities
    248. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 28 February 2023, if the introduction of provisions to require reimbursement from payment service providers to...
  • Business Supports
    249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of County Carlow businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of them that...
  • Inflation Rate
    252. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor economic progress with a view to ensuring that inflation continues to be curbed and that the...
  • Cost of Living Issues
    255. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he can continue to take measures to control the cost of living without contributing to inflation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Inflation Rate
    256. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continues to examine the contributory factors to inflation; the extent to which each and any can be controlled; if...
  • Economic Growth
    257. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which this country’s economy continues to compete with other European economies inside and outside the Eurozone; and if he will make a...
  • Financial Services
    258. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which employment in Ireland’s international financial services has increased since 2021; the trends emerging in this regard; and if he...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    261. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he is satisfied that Ireland remains an attractive location for foreign direct investment; if any further incentives to attract this type...
  • Tax Reliefs
    262. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent of the different types of tax relief available to both PAYE employees and self-employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Economic Growth
    264. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the necessary economic fundamentals continue to be met and will do so in the coming year in the aftermath of Budget 2023 or otherwise; and...

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