Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
- Legislative Measures
177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider enacting laws to restrict vulture funds’ activities, akin to the UK Parliament’s legislation that prohibits vulture... - Tax Yield
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by applying a 1% rate of stamp duty to all forms of share buybacks, in first- and full-year terms; and the estimated revenue... - Financial Instruments
180. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the types of financial instruments used to hold the Social Insurance Fund investment account; the effect the Social Insurance Fund investment... - Sovereign Debt
181. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of GGD that is made up of the FIF, ICNF, NTF and the SIF investment accounts; the projected share of the GGD that will be made of the FIF,... - Revenue Commissioners
182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the Revenue Commissioners’ IT issues with the filing of personal income tax returns for 2023, which have been ongoing since 12 June... - Tax Code
183. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to an issue (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the matter. [29097/24] - Currency Circulation
184. To ask the Minister for Finance if legislation will be introduced to allow consumers the continued option to pay for services in cash (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Credit Availability
185. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason financial institutions are refusing credit to self-employed persons as per changes to the Credit Register; when these rules changed; the way they... - Artificial Intelligence
187. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions; and if he... - Departmental Equipment
188. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29296/24] - Primary Medical Certificates
189. To ask the Minister for Finance when the criteria for accessing a primary medical certificate will be updated; if he will accept that the current approach is not fit for purpose; and if he... - Fiscal Policy
190. To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken to ensure sustainable public finances since July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29315/24] - Banking Sector
191. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures taken to ensure a strong retail banking sector since July 2020; his assessment of the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement... - Legislative Measures
192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will update legislation in terms of vulture fund repossession of homes and, more immediately, order a complete cessation of any possession proceedings... - Social Insurance
193. To ask the Minister for Finance if the revenue raised from now legislated increases in PRSI in each of the years 2024 to 2028 are included in the revenue projections for the years 2025,... - Tax Code
194. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 2 July 2024, the position regarding the income threshold for the exemption limit to deposit interest retention... - Tax Exemptions
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise the taxation exemption threshold for single persons and married couples aged 65 and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Tax Reliefs
196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the proposed cap of €10 million, due to come into force on 1 January 2025, on retirement relief under the capital gains tax relief... - Tax Data
197. To ask the Minister for Finance the first and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0 percent, reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0 percent and increasing the... - Tax Yield
200. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual revenue in 2023; the expected annual revenue in each of the years 2024 and 2025 of the local property tax, disaggregated by valuation band; the... - Tax Credits
201. To ask the Minister for Finance if regulations allow a spouse who is the full-time carer for their husband or wife to be allocated the home carer tax credit; and if he will make a statement... - Tax Data
202. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing personal, employee and earned income tax credits by €50 in each of the years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 respectively. [29554/24] - Tax Code
208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the VAT rate on tickets-door admission to dance events (currently operated under the special exemption order system) from 23% to 0%;; and if... - Banking Sector
209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of Irish mortgages currently held by non-bank entities; the level of risk analysis his Department has conducted to the significant volume... - Tax Reliefs
210. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners to 1 July 2024 for the mortgage interest tax relief scheme, by county; how many of these... - Customs and Excise
211. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs checks that have been carried out at Cork Airport in 2023 and 2024 to date for the excess purchase of duty-free tobacco products; the... - Tax Data
212. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential properties listed under deferral payments for local property tax for 2023, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will... - Housing Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of payments made under the help-to-buy scheme for County Cork for each month this year up to June 2024; their average value monthly for Cork... - Tax Forms
215. To ask the Minister for Finance when the current issues being experienced when submitting form 11 will be resolved, that has been ongoing from 16 June 2024; and if he will make a statement... - Universal Social Charge
216. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of USC tax payable, in each of the past three years by a single wage earner, a couple jointly assessed with a gross income of €100,000, and... - Tax Data
217. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of renters tax credit claims in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total value of these claims in each year; and to provide a breakdown, by... - Public Sector Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Finance the current levels of staffing in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [29870/24] - Tax Code
221. To ask the Minister for Finance for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29948/24] - Tax Reliefs
222. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of full tax relief on trade union subscriptions. [29972/24] - Departmental Communications
223. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he...
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