Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
- Anti-Terrorism Measures
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current position of his Department on the transfer of money between Ireland and Cuba. [21314/23] - Mortgage Interest Rates
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to mortgage interest rate increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21447/23] - Insurance Coverage
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist sporting organisations that cannot access insurance cover at a reasonable cost. [21232/23] - Interest Rates
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he formally enunciated his concerns at the ECB's policy of continuing to increase interest rates and the impact of this policy on households and businesses... - Business Supports
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, respectively, that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support... - Primary Medical Certificates
70. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 7 March 2023, the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when he expects the new board to be in... - Budget Targets
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy an update on the expected budget surplus in 2023 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21547/23] - Tax Code
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to review the rezoned land tax to ensure a fairer approach to land management in view of landowners being asked to review supplemental maps... - Business Supports
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of farmers who have availed of TBESS to date; the total number in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/23] - Tax Reliefs
74. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on further tax breaks that could potentially be offered to landlords to keep them in the rental market. [11844/23] - Tax Collection
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned that just €73 million of the more than €2.2 billion in warehoused tax debt under the relevant Covid scheme, which is owed by... - Universal Social Charge
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the rates and bands relating to the application of USC to workers' incomes with a view to reducing the taxation burden on workers in the... - Insurance Industry
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to addresses high insurance premiums for SMEs. [21233/23] - Inflation Rate
78. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's forecast for headline inflation in 2023 and for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21478/23] - Tax Code
79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work being carried out in his Department to fix the anomaly whereby many workers who live in the North and who work in the... - Financial Services
80. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he and is Department are considering to promote switching for performing loans held by retail credit firms and credit servicing firms; and if he... - Insurance Industry
81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published Private Motor Mid-Year Report of the National Claims Information Database; if he will consider measures to ensure that... - Fiscal Policy
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the risks around windfall corporate taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/23] - Financial Services
83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline plans to address regulation of independent operators of ATMs, given that 75% of ATMs in Ireland are now owned by organisations that are not... - Business Supports
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Donegal and Louth, respectively, that have applied for assistance under the temporary business... - Consumer Prices
85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has read the recently published ECB paper entitled 'How tit-for-tat inflation can make everyone poorer'; if he is concerned at the evidence that... - Tax Code
86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on applying a zero VAT rate on heat pumps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/23] - Universal Social Charge
87. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to amend the €60,000 USC threshold for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/23] - Economic Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to figures showing a decline in the Irish economy in the first three months of 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Mortgage Interest Rates
89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a cap on mortgage interest rates to prevent mortgage holders and families being impoverished by rising interest rates; and if he will make... - Ukraine War
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all Irish-based financial services operations are adhering to financial sanctions imposed against Russia following its invasion of... - Tax Reliefs
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the recent examination of the section 481 film tax credit by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight, and in particular the concerns... - Credit Unions
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that credit unions are no longer issuing debit cards to customers who reside in the North on the grounds that they are no longer residents of... - Tax Reliefs
96. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to expand the rent-a-room scheme; if he is considering additional supports to renters and landlords in the upcoming budget 2024; and if he will... - Tax Yield
97. To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate for corporation tax receipts in 2023; the proportion of tax revenues that corporation tax receipts will comprise in 2023; the proportion of... - Mortgage Interest Rates
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the impact of interest rate rises on persons whose home loans rest with a non-pillar bank or vulture fund; and if he will make... - Tax Reliefs
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of individuals who have benefited from the help-to-buy scheme in Cork; if there are plans to extend the scheme beyond 31 December 2024, in... - Tax Rebates
102. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount yet to be reclaimed in PAYE overpayments collected by the Revenue Commissioners for 2022; the number of individuals yet to make an application... - Interest Rates
104. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the failure of banks to increase interest rates for deposit holders. [21229/23] - Financial Services
106. To ask the Minister for Finance whether cryptocurrency constitutes a social and economic threat to Irish citizens. [21228/23] - Tax Code
107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the application of the relevant contracts tax instead of the application of the professional services withholding tax to high-turnover... - Insurance Industry
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can outline the short- to medium-term plans by the Government to ensure reductions in premiums for customers for insurance products, particularly public... - Tax Reliefs
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review and expand the current tax incentives for home ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21512/23] - Tax Code
112. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to introduce weight- and size-based taxes on private vehicles in Ireland to incentivise a switch to smaller and lighter vehicles in an... - Budget Targets
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the forecasted budget surplus or deficit for the Exchequer in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21596/23]
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