Written answers
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Departmental Schemes
345. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason no appeals for primary medical care are being heard at present; when appeals will be heard again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Code
347. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers of homes of less than €500,000 and for homes of less than €1 million in a full year; to... - Legislative Programme
348. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the review of ethics legislation currently being conducted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/23] - Departmental Staff
349. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts... - Departmental Schemes
350. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to increase the rate per litre of the fuel grant for disabled drivers given the current cost of fuel and the cost of living; and if he... - Tax Code
357. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/23] - Official Engagements
359. To ask the Minister for Finance if he met the Mayor of Toronto during his visit to Toronto for the recent St. Patrick's day events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16692/23] - Departmental Schemes
360. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that a bank (details supplied) recognises the Croí Cónaithe grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Customs and Excise
361. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule indicating the number of revenue customs inspections conducted at each aerodrome location in the State including military sites... - Tax Yield
362. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised from a 5% surcharge on all taxable income above €400,000. [16929/23] - Renewable Energy Generation
367. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the report by the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on agriculture and the solar industry recommends that his... - Departmental Schemes
368. To ask the Minister for Finance whether Citibank has received financial support directly from the State for example through the TBESS or CRSS scheme, over the past twenty years and to... - Business Supports
369. To ask the Minister for Finance what support is available to new businesses that commenced business in the past 12 to 24 months under the business energy support scheme and that are facing... - Tax Yield
372. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to reduce the second rate of USC from 2% to 1%, together with increasing the upper band limit for this proposed second rate of... - Rental Sector
373. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of renters who have claimed the renters' credit this year. [16980/23] - Fiscal Policy
374. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the impact of the implementation of Pillar One and Two rules on the Exchequer; his plans to reduce any negative impacts; and... - Customs and Excise
377. To ask the Minister for Finance the total excise receipts earned from tobacco products in 2021 and 2022. [17037/23] - Mortgage Interest Rates
379. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage applicants can be protected by rising interest rates following initial mortgage agreements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Schemes
380. To ask the Minister for Finance how many applications have been made to the living city initiative; how many successful claimants there have been under the initiative since the scheme was... - Financial Services
383. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps a person can take in cases in which there is fraudulent activity on their financial account (details supplied); how money lost can be pursued; and... - Tax Code
384. To ask the Minister for Finance when the zero-rate for solar products will be in place; if it will be applied retrospectively to products purchased in 2023; if legislation is required to... - Financial Services
385. To ask the Minister for Finance what regulations and policies covers the operation of ATMs in the State; what are the requirements for these to be made accessible to disabled people; who is... - Fishing Industry
388. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on engaging with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to offer an individual a boat which was been decommissioned under the Brexit... - Fiscal Policy
389. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the steps he is taking to ensure State investments are protected from international market volatility. [17219/23] - Business Supports
390. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on an anomaly in the temporary business energy support scheme in which a charity that only qualified as a section 39 organisation cannot apply this... - Tax Yield
391. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the amount of income taxation raised on personal pensions over the last decade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tax Reliefs
396. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to allow members of the public claim tax relief for physiotherapy appointments without the need... - Tax Yield
397. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an analysis of the estimated additional revenue that will be generated for the Exchequer in 2024 with the introduction of his... - Regulatory Bodies
398. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned at the exposure of the Irish financial system to the non-bank or "shadow bank" sector; if he is satisfied that the Central Bank of Ireland... - Prize Bonds
399. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of prize bonds prizes that are unclaimed or could not be claimed due to the person who held them being deceased, by county of residence last known... - Tax Reliefs
401. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for the publication of the review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17561/23] - Departmental Bodies
402. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17562/23] - Credit Availability
403. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice of a bank (details supplied); his views on whether this practice is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Data
405. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, expressed as a percentage of the total workforce, who were in the highest income tax bracket in Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022... - Tax Code
406. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether or not active farmland is excluded from RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17680/23] - Departmental Staff
407. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years and to date in... - Tax Code
410. To ask the Minister for Finance if capital gains tax is applied to the sales price of a pub licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17914/23] - Insurance Coverage
411. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the situation facing chronically ill persons who are excluded from life insurance cover; and if he has plans to ensure that their families are... - Tax Code
412. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to increase the small gift exemption for capital acquisition tax from €3,000 to €5,000; the potential cost of such a... - Tax Reliefs
413. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the level of tax foregone should the age exemption tax relief be increased to €45,000.00 or €50,000.00,... - Tax Code
414. To ask the Minister for Finance when the classification for taxation purposes of loading shovels and silerators changed to the same taxation bracket as a commercial van, considering that... - Revenue Commissioners
415. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that a State body (details supplied) engages productively with individuals concerning arrears, and avoids a confrontational... - Official Engagements
416. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his Canadian counterpart to date in 2023. [18040/23] - Tax Code
417. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on recommendations No. 35 and No. 38 of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. [18092/23] - Departmental Schemes
418. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a primary medical certificate appeal by a person (details supplied). [18107/23] - Tax Code
419. To ask the Minister for Finance what domestic actions he plans to take to reduce Ireland's VAT gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/23] - Tax Exemptions
421. To ask the Minister for Finance to extend the exception from capital acquisitions tax for a spouse or civil partner to long-term cohabiting couples; and if he will make a statement on the... - Interest Rates
422. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the large hikes in mortgage rates without the corresponding increase in savings rates for banking customers; if he will... - Banking Sector
423. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) was in possession of a banking licence when operating in May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18188/23] - Interest Rates
424. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the rise in interest rates in recent months; if he is aware of the concerns of savers who are disappointed that the interest rate given on... - Departmental Bodies
428. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans provided by an organisation (details supplied) to developers for social and private residential developments in each county since it was...
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