Written answers

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

  • Tax Code
    304. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review and change the structure of the taxation system (details supplied). [12238/23]
  • Departmental Funding
    305. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund the money was...
  • Tax Exemptions
    306. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption will be made for a category of persons in relation to the zoning tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12313/23]
  • Financial Services
    307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Irish Credit Bureau to close a loan account (details supplied). [12325/23]
  • Housing Schemes
    308. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy scheme mortgages drawn down in Waterford and nationally in two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Tax Exemptions
    309. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a list of sporting groups receiving tax exemption under Section 235 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 is no longer available to view on the...
  • Financial Services
    310. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is informed on the type of loans taken out by all customers of all financial institutions in the State; if so, if they are segmented by health needs,...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    311. To ask the Minister for Finance if any projects under his remit are on hold due to Capital Funding pressures; if he will indicate the projects, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Insurance Coverage
    312. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the plight of motorcycling sport clubs in the Republic as a result of massive insurance premiums, and the current prospect of the governing...
  • Tax Code
    313. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the decline in both the total number of individuals subject to the high-income individuals’ restriction and the estimated additional...
  • Electric Vehicles
    314. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme facilitates disabled driver charging their...
  • Rental Sector
    315. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the rent-a-room scheme is extended to allow households that have an available bedroom to rent it to an asylum seeker. [12786/23]
  • International Protection
    316. To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, the rent-a-room...
  • Sustainable Development Goals
    317. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by his Department in respect of targets and goals set out in sustainable development goals of the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable...
  • Tax Data
    318. To ask the Minister for Finance the value to the Exchequer of the amount of VAT collected annually under Section 9 of Annex III of the EU VAT Directive. [12918/23]
  • National Development Plan
    319. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider releasing funds from the national reserve fund to alleviate the capital funding pressures which are now delaying NDP delivery; and if he...
  • Tax Code
    320. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the VAT rate for dog grooming is at 23%, while the hair dressing industry is taxed at 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13029/23]
  • Tax Credits
    322. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the BIK taxation regime can be reformed to achieve the reductions set out in the Climate Action Plan 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Rental Sector
    323. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rent tax credit is envisaged as being a permanent part of the tax base in the years ahead; if the rent tax credit is in the base for 2024, 2025, 2026,...
  • Fiscal Policy
    324. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will provide a five-year forecast with respect to the fiscal position in the upcoming Stability Programme Update (details supplied). [13092/23]
  • Banking Sector
    325. To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees that it is a common strategy by Irish banks to assign their legal or equitable rights over debts and securities to so-called vulture funds; if he...
  • Rental Sector
    327. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the application of the rental tax credit, to ensure that the children of a property owner who are registered tenants in the property with...
  • Departmental Schemes
    328. To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions of approval in establishing the approved profit-sharing scheme for a company (details supplied) under categories; and if he will make a...
  • Rental Sector
    329. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who is renting a room in a house owned by their parent which is not the principal residence of the parent, at market rent and registered...
  • Fiscal Policy
    330. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on the status of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund investments in a company (details supplied); if he is concerned at the...
  • Banking Sector
    331. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is engaging in any assessment of the collapse of a bank (details supplied) and the potential implications for Irish investors; and if he...
  • Tax Exemptions
    332. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to increase income tax exemption limits for persons aged over 65 years in the time ahead. [13444/23]
  • Departmental Data
    333. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2011; the portion of the increase related...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    335. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that mortgage provides in the Irish market furnish their customers with proper information and clarity on how interest rate increases are...
  • National Asset Management Agency
    336. To ask the Minister for Finance the interest of NAMA in a site (details supplied); the status of the ownership and the remaining length of tenure; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Legislative Measures
    337. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline he is working toward in drafting access to cash legislation, as recommended by the Retail Banking Review; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Housing Schemes
    338. To ask the Minister for Finance if a help-to-buy application can be reassessed in circumstances in which the applicant has been approved for the help-to-buy scheme and lengthy delays of 12+...
  • Illicit Trade
    339. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners, in its actions to combat the illicit trade of tobacco products has conducted searches of online websites; if so, how many...
  • Print Media
    341. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 0% VAT rate introduced on newspapers on 1 January 2023 was passed on to the consumer with a price reduction, given the price of nearly all newspapers...
  • Tax Credits
    342. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the granting of enhanced tax credits specifically targeted at young adult carers, to enable them to remain in the workforce;...
  • Tax Reliefs
    343. To ask the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of mortgage interest relief against rental income in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [13947/23]
  • Departmental Data
    347. To ask the Minister for Finance the quantity of cigarette packs containing 20 cigarettes sold in each of the past ten years; and the quantity of cigarette packs sold containing more than 20...

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