Written answers

Thursday, 22 June 2023

  • Tax Reliefs
    200. To ask the Minister for Finance to reintroduce tax relief for first-time mortgage holders in light of the increasing interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/23]
  • Legislative Reviews
    201. To ask the Minister for Finance the date he will be publishing the terms of reference for his review of section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the work he has undertaken to date...
  • Financial Services
    202. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the additional regulation of fintech companies providing banking services and holding an Irish banking licence; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    203. To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend on consulting services and on business-as-usual outsourcing, as differentiated under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies...
  • Regulatory Bodies
    207. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken domestically and at EU level to ensure public access to the register of beneficial ownership is restored; and if he will make a...
  • EU Directives
    208. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons the Government plans to transpose the credit servicers directive by statutory instrument, and not primary legislation; if the Government is making...
  • Employment Support Services
    209. To ask the Minister for Finance his views, based on the experience of the EWSS, on the need to embed a modernised short-time work scheme modelled on the successful German Kurzarbeit scheme,...
  • Mortgage Interest Rates
    210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering providing any assistance to mortgage holders impacted by the series of interest rate increases from the ECB over the past 12 months; and...
  • Tax Credits
    211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce a tax credit for unscripted content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30424/23]
  • Electronic Commerce
    214. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed digital euro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30427/23]
  • Economic Policy
    215. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which provision continues to be made to ensure adequate safety measures to safeguard the fundamentals of the economy in the future; and if he...
  • Fiscal Policy
    217. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department have identified the degree to which unforeseen budgetary surpluses need to be set against Government borrowing in...
  • Economic Data
    218. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which savings in the various financial institutions have fluctuated over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Banking Sector
    219. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the levels of bank charges being imposed by various banks; the basis for such charges,...
  • Economic Policy
    221. To ask the Minister for Finance how Ireland's economic performance currently compares with other EU countries in the eurozone or outside it; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Housing Provision
    223. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent, if any, to which investment funds are currently funding the house building markets at higher than average interest rates; whether this market...
  • Banking Sector
    224. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he is satisfied that cash remains readily available to customers through the banks via ATMs or other means; and if he will make a...

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