Parliamentary questions

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €120,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €120,000, and coupled with this, a 2% levy on individual income between €120,000 to €200,000, a 4% levy on individual income between €200,000 and €250,000 and a 5% levy on individual income in excess of €250,000. [6540/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 5% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €120,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €120,000, and coupled with this, a 5% levy on individual income between €120,000 to €200,000, a 6% levy on individual income between €200,000 and €250,000 and a 7% levy on individual income in excess of €250,000. [6541/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits 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 when income is in excess of €140,000, and coupled with this, a 2% levy on individual income between €140,000 to €250,000 and a 5% levy on individual income in excess of €250,000. [6542/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits 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 when income is in excess of €140,000, and coupled with this, a 4% levy on individual income between €140,000 to €200,000 and a 5% levy on individual income in excess of €200,000. [6543/16]

Tax Credits

Pearse Doherty

105. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the personal, pay as you earn, and earned income credits by 2% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €150,000 per year, resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €150,000, and coupled with this, a 4% levy on individual income between €150,000 to €250,000 and a 5% levy on individual income in excess of €250,000. [6544/16]

Financial Services Regulation

Mattie McGrath

106. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his efforts to protect mortgage holders from the activities of vulture funds; if the regulatory protections are sufficiently robust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6562/16]

Tax Code

Charlie McConalogue

107. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance why a cohabiting couple is not allowed to be assessed as a married couple for tax purposes whereby a person who is in full-time employment is not able to claim the partner's tax credits but such a couple is entitled to be assessed as a couple for social protection proposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/16]

Home Renovation Incentive Scheme

Billy Kelleher

108. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance how he can assist persons who are unable to avail of the home renovation incentive scheme due to builders not signing off on the documentation needed for the Revenue Commissioners to allow persons to claim tax relief on improvement works carried out on their homes. [6575/16]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Healy-Rae

109. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the status of insurance for first responders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6651/16]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

John McGuinness

110. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance to review an application from a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for a refund of VAT and vehicle registration tax under the disabled driver and disabled passenger scheme. [6663/16]

Fiscal Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

111. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the updated figures for the projected fiscal space for each of the years from 2016 to 2018. [6669/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

112. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded and each State board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department, from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6691/16]

Seized Property

Noel Rock

113. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance the cost of smuggling to the Exchequer; the seizures by category in 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6719/16]

Excise Duties Yield

Noel Rock

114. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of excise returns by category and by month for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/16]

Property Tax

Josepha Madigan

115. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Finance further to his recommendation to freeze the evaluation of property tax until November 2019, his plans to implement the recommendations of the Thornhill report, with particular reference to recommendations Nos. 3, 4 and 9; his timeframe for implementing such recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/16]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance to ensure that, in the case of Irish small and medium-sized enterprises whose loans have been sold to a foreign vulture fund, it is the vulture fund which is required to withhold any withholding tax on interest payments made by the small and medium-sized enterprises and remit the withholding tax to the Revenue Commissioners, in contrast to the current position where the onus falls on the borrower to withhold the interest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6871/16]

State Properties Data

Peadar Tóibín

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department by square footage, by location and by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/16]

VAT Exemptions

Pearse Doherty

118. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue a guidance note on the effect of the changes to Schedule 1 for VAT exemptions in the Finance Bill where standard unaccredited health and safety training, such as manual handling, remains exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/16]

Tax Avoidance

Jack Chambers

119. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to ensure all Irish registered companies comply with tax laws, given the release of the Panama papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/16]

Insurance Coverage

Jackie Cahill

120. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance to immediately consult with the insurance industry, which is refusing to quote the owners of vehicles with new hackney licences, given that this is precluding them from setting up in business despite having been granted a licence to do so by the relevant authority; if this is affecting the creation of much needed employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7055/16]