Parliamentary questions

Departmental Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if there is a policy regarding the appropriate use of domestic flights in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department. [50120/22]

Tax Reliefs

Sorca Clarke

257. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing the rate of remote working relief in view of the increase in inflation and cost of living. [49451/22]

Tax Credits

Richard Boyd Barrett

258. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if renters under a licence agreement will be entitled to the renters' tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49452/22]

Departmental Policies

John Paul Phelan

259. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Finance when the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal will be set up and operating again (details supplied); the way in which the huge backlog of applicants will be dealt with in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49470/22]

Cycling Policy

Josepha Madigan

260. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering the expansion of the cycle-to-work scheme to the self-employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49507/22]

Departmental Policies

Dara Calleary

261. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance when the Disabled Drivers Appeals Board will be re-established (details supplied). [49530/22]

Insurance Industry

Cormac Devlin

262. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that the owners of dwellings with thatched roofs are having securing home insurance; if he will raise the matter with the insurance sector to seek an appropriate solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49565/22]

Fuel Sales

Pádraig O'Sullivan

263. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the sale of coal; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is adversely impacting a specific retail industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49573/22]

Tax Code

Niall Collins

264. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a query raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49593/22]

Budget 2023

Michael Healy-Rae

265. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in relation to the squeezed middle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49620/22]

Budget 2023

Niamh Smyth

266. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence in relation to the proposed concrete block levy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49621/22]

Budget 2023

Paul Kehoe

267. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the timescale for the introduction of a levy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49656/22]

State Properties

Peadar Tóibín

268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the status of the apartments in Finglas, known as Prospect Hill, that were taken back into possession of Dublin City Council; if they remain in full ownership of the State; if a block of apartments recently sold by the National Asset Management Agency in the same complex were the ones owned by the State; the status of that particular block; and when the apartments will be allocated. [49757/22]

Tax Collection

Willie O'Dea

269. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners are now demanding that businesses settle tax owed under the debt warehousing scheme (details supplied); his views on whether the insistence by the Revenue Commissioners on the repayment of warehoused debt will lead to bankruptcies; his plans to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49808/22]

Tax Code

Peter Fitzpatrick

270. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the current approach to one member pension arrangements and changes to personal retirement savings accounts in the Finance Bill 2022 in October 2022; if he plans to enforce this PRSA benefit-in-kind, which leaves a benefit taxable liability in the hands of the staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49821/22]

Budget 2023

Paul Kehoe

271. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance if there is any provision for an increase in the tax exemption limit for people over 65 years of age in budget 2023 given the increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49830/22]

Legislative Measures

Róisín Shortall

272. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the timeline that he is working towards for amending the relevant legislation to incorporate the right to be forgotten for people living beyond cancer, following the recently adopted European Parliament resolution calling for European Union member states to guarantee this right by 2025; the steps that his Department has taken to prepare for this legislative change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49847/22]

Energy Policy

Niall Collins

273. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter in relation to the temporary business energy support scheme and the application to the charity sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49918/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Darren O'Rourke

274. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles seized by Revenue Commissioners under section 141 of the Finance Act 1992 in 2020, 2021 and to-date in 2022 in tabular form. [49979/22]

Customs and Excise

Darren O'Rourke

275. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance if the tendering process for a replacement customs cutter vessel will commence before the end of the year. [49980/22]