Parliamentary questions

Tax Yield

Chris Andrews

237. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance the total receipts from the 2% betting tax in each of the years 2019 to 2022; if he will provide a breakdown between retail, online and phone betting amounts, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/23]

Ukraine War

Jim O'Callaghan

238. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the details of the supports his Department has provided for Ukraine and for Ukrainian people since February 2022, whether in Ukraine or within the State; the number of people supported, where relevant; the estimated cost and value of the support, where available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/23]

Departmental Legal Cases

Violet-Anne Wynne

239. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/23]

Tax Code

Colm Burke

196. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the criteria under which residents are required to pay local property tax where the estate in which they live has not been taken in charge by the local authority for a period of over ten years despite repeated requests by residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7792/23]

Insurance Industry

Duncan Smith

197. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the extreme rise in costs for motorcycle sport insurance and its effect on motorcycle racing this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7804/23]

Interest Rates

Joe Carey

198. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance the pressures he is putting on banks and other financial institutions to raise the interest rates on moneys that are held on deposit in view of the fact that interest rates on mortgages continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7773/23]

Insurance Industry

Richard O'Donoghue

199. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is unable to obtain public liability insurance to cover all event types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7893/23]

Insurance Coverage

Richard O'Donoghue

200. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the problems that owners of thatch properties face due to the cost of insuring these properties and the lack of companies willing to insure these properties; that fact that these properties are listed buildings and are guided by the recently released heritage report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7894/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

201. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over its percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7904/23]

Departmental Properties

Carol Nolan

202. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a request from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify properties under the control of his Department or under the control of agencies under the remit of his Department for the purposes of providing accommodation to international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he has identified potential properties and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7935/23]

Tax Code

Paul Kehoe

203. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance if there is any consideration being given to the removal of deemed disposal tax (details supplied) as deemed disposal makes it extremely difficult for ordinary people to invest in the stock market, giving very few options to protect or grow wealth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7982/23]

Departmental Data

Pearse Doherty

204. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total compensation paid by payment service providers and payment institutions to victims of authorised push payment fraud in each of the years 2016 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8018/23]

Business Supports

Cathal Crowe

205. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the total number of employees that were supported by the temporary and employment wage subsidy scheme by county, in tabular form. [8039/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

206. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the total amount in Euro given to support businesses under the Covid restrictions support scheme by county, in tabular form. [8040/23]

Departmental Data

Cathal Crowe

207. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyer help-to-buy scheme applicants and approved recipients since its inception by county; and the total number of approved recipients in 2020, 2021 and 2022, by county, in tabular form. [8041/23]

Business Supports

Paul Murphy

67. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if any data centres applied for assistance under the business energy support scheme; and if any data centres were granted assistance under the scheme. [7615/23]

Tax Code

Maurice Quinlivan

68. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance if those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease who are late paying their local property tax will be required to pay the 8% per day interest fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7642/23]

Tax Code

Michael Ring

69. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the increase in rates (details supplied) in view of the hardship being caused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7475/23]

Business Supports

Louise O'Reilly

70. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if the thresholds for the temporary business energy support scheme, namely the need to experience a 50% or more increase in electricity and or natural gas average unit price, and the claim for 40% of the increases in energy bills, are the fullest extent to which the relaxed State aid rules can be applied for the scheme; if not, if the Government has scope to go further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/23]

Departmental Policies

Brendan Griffin

71. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if a demand for repayment of a State support will be reviewed (details supplied) given the evidence provided to show compliance with the spirit of the scheme as designed by the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7697/23]

Insurance Industry

Emer Higgins

72. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 22 November 2022, if he will explain his statement that the Central Bank cannot dictate the pricing or provision of insurance products, given that it has recently banned the practice of price walking, thus intervening in the pricing of motor insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7712/23]

Tax Reliefs

Catherine Murphy

178. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify, in the context of voluntary school contributions that are of €250 or more, whether it is the patron or school board of management that is the designated charity organisation that benefited from tax relief as a result of the submission of the CHY4 form. [7367/23]

Tax Code

Pádraig O'Sullivan

179. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the Programme for Government to bring in a targeted taxation regime to specifically discourage vaping and e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6430/23]

Departmental Schemes

David Cullinane

180. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Finance the number and details of compensation or redress schemes put in place by his Department since 1998, in tabular form; the number of claims made; the total cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6461/23]

Departmental Schemes

Gino Kenny

181. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the help-to-buy scheme; if there is any flexibility in the Revenue Commissioners clawback for someone who sells the property within five years; if he will outline the clawback appeals process; and if he will outline the details of any successful appeal to date. [6485/23]

Tax Code

Richard O'Donoghue

182. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance the reason cohabiting couples are classed as single people when it comes to their taxes, but are classed as cohabiting and get a reduced rate of social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6585/23]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Ring

183. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the updated position regarding the review of the Disabled Drivers’ and Disabled Passengers' Scheme, and in particular, the criteria for the primary medical certificate; the stage the review is at; if the Working Group completed its report; when the report will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6648/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Alan Kelly

184. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided this year to purchase two additional mobile X-ray scanners for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will seek EU funding to cover some of these costs. [6682/23]

Insurance Coverage

Cathal Crowe

185. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if her officials will assist a community group (details supplied) that is struggling to get insurance. [6785/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Eoin Ó Broin

186. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an itemised breakdown of his Department's voted capital and current expenditure for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and to itemise the actual expenditure for each of these programmes for 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [6865/23]

Tax Code

Mairéad Farrell

187. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if it is a requirement for aircraft to also be registered for tax purposes in Ireland, given that, according to the Irish Aviation Authority, "an aircraft may be registered in the State subject to the condition that it be managed and operated from a place within the State and based therein or that it be managed and operated by an air transport undertaking holding an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Authority"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/23]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the excise rate, and its components, applied to natural gas for household use, in terms of both euros per gigajoule and per MWH at GCV, in the years 2016 to 2022 inclusive; and the scheduled rates for 2023 to 2025 inclusive. [6992/23]

Tax Code

Pearse Doherty

189. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the minimum excise rate that may be applied to natural gas for household use, in terms of both euros per gigajoule and per MWH at GCV, under the Energy Tax Directive. [6993/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Violet-Anne Wynne

190. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the status of a review into the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6999/23]

Financial Services

Pearse Doherty

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any measures are in place to require payment service providers to reimburse victims of authorised push payment fraud or scams; if any code is in place regarding reimbursement or compensation by payment service providers to victims of authorised push payment fraud or scams; if the Central Bank of Ireland has regulatory powers under legislation to require payment service providers to reimburse or compensate victims of authorised push payment fraud or scams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7020/23]

Tax Rebates

Darren O'Rourke

192. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the reason commercial bus operators here cannot claim VAT back on fuel and spare parts when their counterparts in other jurisdictions can; if he plans to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7046/23]

Tax Code

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

193. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Finance if a write-off is available to businesses struggling to repay VAT debt built up through debt warehousing during the Covid-19 pandemic. [7098/23]

Vacant Properties

Seán Sherlock

194. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update under Housing for All to collection of data on vacancy levels with a view to introducing a new vacant property tax to ensure empty properties are used. [7131/23]

Tax Credits

Michael Collins

195. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in relation to the claim by a person (details supplied) for the rent tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7139/23]

Tax Code

James O'Connor

196. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance his response to concerns over benefit-in-kind change (details supplied). [7207/23]

Tax Exemptions

Frank Feighan

197. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners would issue a letter of VAT exemption to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim as per their request. [7225/23]

Customs and Excise

Paul Donnelly

198. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials of inspection at Dublin Airport, Dublin Port and Dún Laoghaire Port in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the value of items, substances and cash seized during this period. [7298/23]

State Pensions

Cian O'Callaghan

199. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the rate at which the State pension (contributory) is taxable alongside other sources of income; the method used for calculating that tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/23]

Tax Clearance Certificates

Alan Farrell

200. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of tax compliance certificates that were withdrawn in 2022, per month; the number of these that were withdrawn from small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7343/23]

Tax Code

Patricia Ryan

122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he will maintain the current reduced VAT rate on hairdressing and barbering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6243/23]

Business Supports

Jackie Cahill

123. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the reason a centre (details supplied) does not qualify for the TBESS; if other supports are available to a premises like this to assist with rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6282/23]

Tax Code

Jackie Cahill

124. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if, in the case of a car being imported into Northern Ireland from England and then being converted into a hearse in Northern Ireland before import into Ireland, VAT is chargeable on the vehicle upon registration in Ireland; if so, if the VAT is chargeable on the price of the vehicle when it enters Northern Ireland from England or when it enters Ireland from Northern Ireland; if so, when this charge came into place; the number of hearses that have been charged for VAT under these conditions since the UK left the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6299/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme recipients if a disabled driver purchases an electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/23]

Electric Vehicles

Duncan Smith

100. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance his views on the policy of removing the 0% benefit-in-kind rate on electric vehicles; his views on whether this policy will remove an incentive to switch to electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6158/23]

Social Media

Neasa Hourigan

101. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of his Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5569/23]

Business Supports

Louise O'Reilly

102. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his views on the low uptake of the temporary business energy support scheme to date; if analysis has been conducted to ascertain the reason that take-up has been so low; and the estimated number of eligible businesses that are yet to apply. [5596/23]

Tax Code

Carol Nolan

103. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that have accrued to print and digital newspapers following the decision to apply a zero-rate of VAT to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5716/23]

Tax Code

Patricia Ryan

104. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he supports a reduction to 5% in the VAT rate on hairdressing and barbering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5773/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

105. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the degree to which the change in benefit-in-kind is impacting on persons that require the provision of a vehicle as part of their work; if he will set out the rationale for applying the charge on the end user rather than the provider of the vehicle; and if he plans to mitigate increased charges on workers in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. [5791/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Michael Creed

106. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he can arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to issue confirmation of property tax affairs being in order to a home proprietor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5823/23]

Official Engagements

Kathleen Funchion

107. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if he spoke with the First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive of HMRC during his recent visit to London. [5843/23]

Tax Yield

Kathleen Funchion

108. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield if the local property tax rate for houses valued at between €1.487 million and €1.575 million increased to €2,485, between €1.575 million and €1.662 million increased to €2,830, between €1.662 million and €1.750 million increased to €3,100 and over €1.750 million increased to €3,370, based on 2022 figures. [5844/23]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications made to the Revenue Commissioners for the rent tax credit to date; the number of applications that have been approved; the number that have been rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5876/23]

National Asset Management Agency

Eoin Ó Broin

110. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the nature of NAMA's 20% interest in the Poolbeg SDZ development; and if he will describe the nature of the interest, that is, equity, equity with development cost liabilities, or other. [5954/23]

Tax Code

Emer Higgins

111. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the business case for deferring stamp duty liability on properties that have been purchased by individuals, groups or businesses with the sole purpose of improvement in order to encourage investors to fix up older, less energy efficient stock for resale, thereby creating a green flipping business model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5983/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Paul Kehoe

112. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the comprehensive review of the primary medical certificate scheme, to include a broader review of mobility supports for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

113. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total amount in dividend payments made to the State in the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and year end 2022, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial semi-State companies, in tabular form; and if he will provide individual sums by company for those years. [6091/23]

Tax Code

Holly Cairns

114. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on the requests by a representative body (details supplied) seeking the retention of the 9% VAT rate for hair and beauty services. [6183/23]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

224. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the financial stability group within his Department has met; the membership of the group; the issues discussed during the period from March 2022, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5336/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Louise O'Reilly

225. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated to the accelerated capital allowance in 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5370/23]

Budget 2023

Louise O'Reilly

226. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the capital, current and total 2023 budget allocation for temporary extensions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5389/23]

Tax Reliefs

Seán Sherlock

227. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the audit that has been carried out since 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 on the impact of benefit-in-kind changes in the Finance Act 2019 on notional pay and the subsequent knock-on taxation implications for workers in pay ranges (details supplied), in tabular form. [5279/23]

Tax Reliefs

Seán Sherlock

228. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of workers that have been impacted on changes in benefit-in-kind made in the Finance Act 2019, per county, in tabular form. [5280/23]

Tax Reliefs

Seán Sherlock

229. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if data is available on whether workers who avail of benefit-in-kind are better or worse off due to the changes introduced in the Finance Act 2019; and if emissions are up or down as a result of that change. [5281/23]

Tax Reliefs

Seán Sherlock

230. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to re-examine the benefit-in-kind changes introduced in the Finance Act 2019 due to higher emissions and costs to those workers. [5282/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Pauline Tully

231. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance the current number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, that answer the personal PAYE hotline number; if he has plans to increase the number of these staff, given that many older people are not able to use computers and or do not have access to the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5299/23]

Naval Service

Pádraig O'Sullivan

232. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if the naval personnel sea service tax credit will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4806/23]

Tax Code

Mark Ward

233. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 18 January 2023, the reason that cohabiting partners cannot be jointly assessed as cohabitants for tax purposes in the same way a married couple would be, in view of the fact that they are assessed jointly for social protection entitlements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5328/23]

Business Supports

Verona Murphy

234. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a rugby club (detail supplied) might be eligible to claim the support of the TBESS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Brian Stanley

235. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners' counter service will be reinstated in Athlone; and if, a counter service is available at any other office of the Revenue Commissioners. [5476/23]

Political Funding

Alan Farrell

83. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the quarterly payments to each political party under the Exchequer funding heading under the Electoral Act 1992, since January 2015; and the dates on which each was paid. [4976/23]

Tax Credits

Patrick Costello

84. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the rental tax credit to PHD students who are paying for rent from their educational stipend which is untaxed (details supplied). [5039/23]

Tax Code

Paul McAuliffe

85. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering increasing the duration of the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector, which is due to increase to 13.5% in February 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/23]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

86. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if he will provide details in relation to this spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4851/23]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

87. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any instances where the public relations unit and or press office of his Department undertook to create social media accounts under false names, which were operated in order to further the messaging or communications of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4869/23]

Tax Code

Patrick Costello

88. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the VAT level placed on the industry; and if he plans to proceed with the increase in VAT due in February 2023 on the sector. [4914/23]

Tax Credits

Pádraig O'Sullivan

89. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if the €500 rental tax credit will apply to those tenants who rent from approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4915/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Joan Collins

90. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 372 and 415 of 14 June 2022, if he will provide an update in relation to the Disabled Drivers' Medical Board of Appeal (details supplied). [4957/23]

Tax Credits

Seán Haughey

91. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Finance if taxpayers who paid stamp duty when purchasing their second-hand houses can be given a credit against the local property tax; if this issue was considered previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4961/23]

Business Supports

Louise O'Reilly

92. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date by county; the number of applications that have been successful by county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4968/23]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

93. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for loans under the Ukraine credit guarantee scheme to date by county; the number of applications that have been successful by county; the estimated value or worth of the loans to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4971/23]

Banking Sector

John McGuinness

94. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report by a person (details supplied). [5054/23]

Banking Sector

Gerald Nash

95. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if correspondence from his Department to the Central Bank to which a newspaper article refers (details supplied) will be provided to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5127/23]

Economic Data

Pearse Doherty

96. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the modified total domestic demand in each of the years 2008 to 2022, in nominal terms; the annual percentage change for the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5194/23]

Legislative Measures

Emer Higgins

97. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 to assist people who feel their pension was devalued by mismanagement through wind up (details supplied) but who cannot be assisted by the Ombudsman because the pension scheme in question no longer exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5286/23]

Customs and Excise

Noel Grealish

239. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the personal duty-free alcohol and tobacco product limits between the Ireland and UK duty-free zone; how these limits are enforced by the appropriate authorities at Irish airport and ferry ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4509/23]

Customs and Excise

Noel Grealish

240. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the personal duty-free allowances and limits for alcohol and tobacco products for individuals traveling to Ireland from inside and outside the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/23]

Customs and Excise

Noel Grealish

241. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the additional resources and the appropriate authorities that have been allocated for the enforcement of the duty-free allowance limits on arrival at ports and airports following the reintroduction of duty free between the UK and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/23]

Rental Sector

Richard Bruton

242. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the rapid exit of very small landlords from the housing market, who typically have rent added to personal income to be taxed at the top rate; if restrictions still remain on the allowability of interest payments, or other legitimate expenses: and if his Department is considering the scope to build on the concessions outlined in Budget 2023 in order to consolidate supply in the market. [3929/23]

Customs and Excise

Ged Nash

243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to extending the cut to excise duty on petrol and diesel beyond the end of February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3950/23]

Exchequer Payments

Patricia Ryan

244. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure there is no repeat of the unauthorised release of funds from the central fund of the Exchequer which took place on 28 October 2022 [3981/23]

Departmental Meetings

Colm Burke

245. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department have met with representatives of the tobacco industry, contrary to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Ireland has ratified (details supplied); if so, the details of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3989/23]

Departmental Meetings

Colm Burke

246. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if officials within his Department do not meet with representatives of the tobacco industry, in adherence to Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Ireland has ratified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3990/23]

Business Supports

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

247. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in relation to the temporary business energy support scheme (details supplied) and the application of same to the charity sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3998/23]

Tax Data

Paul Kehoe

248. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the total receipts from the 2% betting tax for 2019, 2020 and 2021; the breakdown between retail, online and phone betting amounts, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4015/23]