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Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Insurance Industry
Niamh Smyth
231. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will review a matter (details supplied); the steps he is taking to resolve these issues for local businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18414/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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EU Budget Contribution
Carol Nolan
232. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the net contributions Ireland will have to make to the EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework in each year until 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18420/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Value Added Tax
James Browne
233. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding homecare providers seeking VAT exemption from the Revenue Commissioners using HSE verification; the way in which a private homecare provider can secure such HSE verification for the purposes of VAT exemption; if VAT exemption provides coverage for all homecare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Customs and Excise
Emer Higgins
234. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount of nitrous oxide seized by customs each year since 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18610/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Revenue Commissioners
Catherine Murphy
235. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized by the dog detector unit of the Revenue Commissioners from 1 October 2019 to date in 2020; the estimated value of narcotics, prescription drugs and tobacco products detected by the unit over the same time period; if food substances have been seized over the same time period; if the Revenue Commissioners plan to expand the unit; if so, if a business case has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18666/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Value Added Tax
Sorca Clarke
236. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the justification for the 23% VAT on adult life jackets; if he will consider reducing same to zero; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18684/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Ministerial Briefing
Gerald Nash
237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if a copy of the briefing documents provided to him upon his appointment to his Department will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18722/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Gerald Nash
238. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of employers using the temporary wage subsidy scheme entering €0.01 on the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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EU Issues
Gerald Nash
239. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed EU digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18724/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Gerald Nash
240. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent agreement regarding the European recovery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18725/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Gerald Nash
241. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if social conditionality as implemented in other EU countries has been attached to the July stimulus package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18726/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Insurance Industry
Gerald Nash
242. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of his discussions with other Ministers regarding the implementation of a cross-Departmental insurance reform agenda; the deadline for completion of insurance reforms outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18727/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Pensions Reform
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
243. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a provision to exempt persons with small pension funds from the 4% drawdown requirement currently applicable to PRSA funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18729/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Value Added Tax
Patricia Ryan
244. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he will set the VAT rate on PPE masks to 0%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18738/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit by 2.5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €140,000 per year resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits in cases in which income is in excess of €140,000 based on the latest individualised income figures available to the Revenue Commissioners. [18755/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Universal Social Charge
Pearse Doherty
246. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing an additional USC rate of 5% on individual incomes in excess of €140,000 based on the latest individualised income figures available to the Revenue Commissioners. [18756/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
247. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of abolishing the local property tax and replacing the funding with central funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Property Tax
Pearse Doherty
248. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a non-principal private residence charge of €400 on properties indicated as such by owners in local property tax returns and including commercial landlords but excluding local authorities and approved housing bodies. [18758/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
249. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 from raising the rate of commercial stamp duty to 9%, 10%, 11% and 12.5%, respectively. [18759/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Pensions Data
Pearse Doherty
250. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by reducing the ceiling earnings cap for occupational pension schemes, RACs and PRSAs from €115,000 to €90,000, €80,000, €70,000 and €60,000, respectively. [18760/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Pensions Data
Pearse Doherty
251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1.7 million, €1.5million and €1.2 million, respectively. [18761/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Help-To-Buy Scheme
Pearse Doherty
252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by abolishing the help to buy scheme. [18762/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
253. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by abolishing the special assignee relief programme. [18763/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Mortgage Interest Relief
Pearse Doherty
254. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost and budgetary impact in 2021 of maintaining the current rate of mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Reliefs
Pearse Doherty
255. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of restoring trade union tax relief at the level it was at before its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18765/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
256. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of increasing the earned income credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18766/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Real Estate Investment Trusts
Pearse Doherty
257. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a minimum dividend withholding tax rate of 33% on all dividends paid by REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18767/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Irish Real Estate Fund
Pearse Doherty
258. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by introducing a minimum dividend withholding tax rate of 33% on all dividends paid by IREFs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18768/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Reliefs
Pearse Doherty
259. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost in 2021 of introducing a tax relief of 8.33%, that is, equivalent to one month's rent paid by all renters not in receipt of other State assistance on a refundable basis. [18770/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the rate of capital acquisitions tax by 3% to a rate of 36%.. [18771/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be raised in 2021 if intangible assets on shored between 2015 and 2018 were taxed at the current cap of 80%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18772/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Corporation Tax
Pearse Doherty
262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year additional corporation tax that could be expected in 2021 if the bailed out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on losses that could be carried forward in a year and a five-year absolute limit in which such losses could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18773/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
263. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year additional revenue in 2021 that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by each of 10 percentage points and by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Financial Services Regulation
Pearse Doherty
264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year saving in 2021 that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry with the exception of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be raised in 2021 by increasing excise duty on a packet of cigarettes by 30 cents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
266. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue in 2021 that would be raised by reducing the group A tax free threshold, referring to capital acquisitions tax, from €335,000 to €320,000, €310,000, €300,000, €280,000 and €250,000, respectively. [18779/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Value Added Tax
Cormac Devlin
267. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing VAT and other stimulus measures for the car rental industry in view of the impact of Covid-19 on the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18865/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Insurance Industry
Marc MacSharry
268. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance the steps business owners should take whose respective insurance companies will not pay out on claims for business interruption due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Tax Clearance Certificates
Seán Haughey
269. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Finance if he will enquire with the Revenue Commissioners if it is in a position to issue tax clearance certificates to four related companies (details supplied) in order that they are eligible for reopening grants administered by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18903/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Mortgage Schemes
Fergus O'Dowd
100. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter contained in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Revenue Commissioners
Fergus O'Dowd
101. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the Revenue.ie online system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17709/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Insurance Industry
Niamh Smyth
102. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if he will liaise with insurance providers to refund and or rebate to all customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17718/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Michael Healy-Rae
103. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Michael Healy-Rae
104. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bus tour operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Banking Sector
Michael Healy-Rae
105. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a letter of apology sent by a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17753/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Ireland Strategic Investment Fund
Denis Naughten
106. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Finance the steps taken to date to divest from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Alan Dillon
94. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a call by performers and crew in the live entertainment industry to retain the temporary wage subsidy scheme and to provide other supports and grants for those in that sector who are uncertain as to when they will return to work in view of social distancing rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Civil Service
Ruairí Ó Murchú
95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a retained firefighter (details supplied) that works as a civil servant for a State agency and has been informed that they are no longer allowed to leave work to carry out their duties as a retained firefighter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Insurance Coverage
Niamh Smyth
96. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reprimand insurers that are not supporting or honouring policies with publicans during this difficult time for businesses due to Covid-19. [17461/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Tax Collection
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
97. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the payment date on inheritance tax as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic in view of the fact many will have been unable to prepare and sell properties in time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/20]