Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
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Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Michael Healy-Rae
163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if exceptions can be made with regard to the vacant property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23559/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Middle East
Bríd Smith
164. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline, given his powers to freeze, seize or otherwise impose restrictive measures on assets for the purpose of combating terrorism under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005, and that the construction of settlements in the West Bank meets the definition of terrorist activity under that Act, as it is carried out with the intention of seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a state or an international organisation, the measures he intends to impose to prevent the financing of organisations carrying out terrorist activity in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23622/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Brendan Griffin
165. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if lands that have received business tax relief for fixed terms will be exempted from the residential lands zoned tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Tax Data
Ged Nash
166. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of disposals of a business by a parent to a child in the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive; the number of disposals of companies valued at over €10 million for each of the relevant years where the business is being transferred to the next generation of children; his plans to introduce a new €10 million cap on the retirement relief capital gains tax exemption; the estimated number of businesses/individuals will be impacted by the planned changes in the first year of the new regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23824/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Jim O'Callaghan
167. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 14 May 2024, under the Value-Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 (people with disabilities can claim a VAT refund on aids and appliances that help them carry out daily activities at home or at work), if the Government has any plans to review the process by which this tax refund is claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23920/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Housing Schemes
Pádraig O'Sullivan
168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns in correspondence (details supplied); if there are any suitable schemes available to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23922/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Mortgage Interest Rates
Cian O'Callaghan
169. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if there is a customer/economic impact assessment for an interest rate scheme (details supplied); if this assessment is required for new schemes entering the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Richard Bruton
170. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission to extend a VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23935/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Steven Matthews
171. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns of sports/recreation clubs regarding the lack of insurance cover available to cover children's summer camps (details supplied); if he plans to engage with this sector on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23976/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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State Bodies
Mattie McGrath
172. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to explain the arrangement that NAMA/Nalm had with a company (details supplied) in relation to a hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24109/24]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2024
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State Bodies
Mattie McGrath
173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to provide an explanation on transactions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24110/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Housing Schemes
Michael Healy-Rae
147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the help to buy scheme, someone qualifies for the scheme for all criteria but has inherited a property, whether they can still avail of the scheme as they never purchased a house or built a house before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23399/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Rose Conway-Walsh
148. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of projected non-voted current expenditure for 2024 and 2025 including a breakdown central funds, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23401/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Rose Conway-Walsh
149. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of projected non-voted current expenditure for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23402/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Rose Conway-Walsh
150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the details of capital resources outlined in the stability programme update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23403/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Rose Conway-Walsh
151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the details on non-tax revenue as outlined in the stability programme update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23404/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Tax Data
Matt Shanahan
152. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Finance the details of the latest understandings regarding the number of businesses and the outstanding debt that remains within the debt warehousing scheme that relate to businesses that have still not engaged with revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23235/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Tax Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the methodology for calculating tax revenue projections in the Stability Programme Update, making particular reference to whether tax revenue projections are carried out on a no-policy change basis, or if it is assuming adjustments to credits and bands in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23424/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Brendan Griffin
154. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reversal of changes to benefit-in-kind treatment of workers, particularly in respect of sales representatives and other similar position holders, whose primary use of company cars is for the sole purpose of carrying out their roles; if he sees a distinction between the use of company cars to travel to work versus travelling as part of work; if he will declare the total additional revenue generated for the State in 2023 following the recent changes made to benefit-in-kind rules in respect of company cars; how this compares with the additional revenue generated from unbudgeted increases in revenues from fuel excise and all other fuel related taxes in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23432/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Carol Nolan
155. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; the names of the online platforms involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23445/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Tax Credits
Pauline Tully
156. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing and simplifying the application procedure for SMEs to access and avail of the R&D tax credit for indigenous firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23295/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Banking Sector
Pearse Doherty
157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his and his Department’s position on the call for a five-year moratorium on branch closures by an organisation (details supplied); the way this call can be accommodated with the Access to Cash Bill 2024. [23470/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 9 April 2024, the projected carbon tax annual revenue in each of the years 2024 to 2030 respectively, with respect to carbon tax increases in each of those years on a cumulative basis. [23480/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Pearse Doherty
159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 10 April 2024, if he has received correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners expressing concern regarding the BIK exemption for employer contributions to PRSAs, legislated through Section 22 of the Finance Act 2022, if he will share details of those concerns expressed; and the actions he is considering on foot of those concerns. [23484/24]
Déar, 23 Beal 2024
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Insurance Industry
Pearse Doherty
160. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the options he is considering to force further premium reductions in the insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23485/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Colm Burke
51. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance to clarify what measures are to be taken to ensure there is not a discrepancy between higher and lower paid workers as a result of a higher BIK being made available for electric cars, which may be more expensive, but simultaneously result in greater tax reliefs than for those with internal combustion engine models; what incentives are available and will be introduced for lower income workers to ensure that plug-in electric hybrid vehicles are more affordable for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23015/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Vehicle Registration Tax
Paul Kehoe
52. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance when the VRT rules were last changed for crew carrier vehicles that can carry over five passengers; if he is aware of the implications of this extra cost on those involved in the construction industry transporting workers who may have no other transport options available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23045/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Robert Troy
53. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance to review the bands for inheritance tax in Budget 2025 (details supplied). [23205/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Brendan Griffin
54. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland is an outlier in personal taxation on investments; if citizens from other EU countries have a tax advantage when investing in funds domiciled in Ireland, whereas Irish citizens are at a disadvantage, thereby making investment in property and pensions the only simple alternative to leaving money in low interest savings accounts; if the matter will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Exemptions
Cathal Berry
55. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting psychotherapists and counsellors from the 13.5% VAT rate, in order to improve access to mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23268/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Yield
Brendan Griffin
56. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the amount generated by the local property tax, per local authority area, in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23298/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Yield
Brendan Griffin
57. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual properties registered for payment of the local property tax, per local authority area, in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23299/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Yield
Brendan Griffin
58. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the amount generated by the local property tax per category of property valuation, per local authority area, in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23300/24]
Céad, 22 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Brendan Griffin
59. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider plans to reintroduce further excise increases on fuel later this year; if tax receipts from fuel are ahead of schedule to date in 2024; if so, by how much; if he will provide a breakdown of actual income versus projected income, per category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23302/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Tax Credits
Pearse Doherty
61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the success of the mortgage interest tax credit; and if he will consider amending its design to ensure that all mortgage holders who have seen a significant increase in the mortgage costs they are facing will receive adequate support. [23004/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
62. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering further taxation measures to address the issues of long-term vacancy, dereliction, land hoarding and property speculation in light of the severe housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23005/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Customs and Excise
Pearse Doherty
63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing households and their impact on trade for businesses in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22786/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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National Treasury Management Agency
Catherine Connolly
64. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of his engagement with the NTMA with regard to ensuring that the NTMA divest from all ISIF global portfolio investments in companies on the UN Human Rights Council database of business enterprises; the expected timeline for this divestment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22730/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Insurance Industry
Pádraig O'Sullivan
65. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on, or detail the progress of, the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market; to outline his Department’s engagement with insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22711/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Insurance Industry
Ruairí Ó Murchú
66. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the short- to medium-term plans of the Government to ensure reductions in premiums for insurance products, particularly public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22690/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Joe Flaherty
67. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the SME credit demand survey 2023, which he published in April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22684/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Credit Unions
Aindrias Moynihan
68. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance his engagement to date with credit unions that currently have a savings cap limit of €30,000 to increase this limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22719/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Economic Data
Bernard Durkan
69. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which positive conclusions can be drawn from this country's economic performance when considered alongside other eurozone countries and all other European countries; if the methodology for the measurement of the economy here continues to be robust and accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22705/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Inflation Rate
Alan Farrell
70. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department's efforts to reduce inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22752/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Banking Sector
Cormac Devlin
71. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure independent ATM operators register with the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22616/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
72. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if, given the urgency of boosting housing supply, he is considering further changes to the residential zoned land tax to accelerate activation of residential zoned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22766/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
73. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved in Carlow since 1 July 2020, along with the number of applicants associated with these claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22703/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Consumer Protection
Pearse Doherty
74. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the provision in insurance law with respect to consent to settle, whereby policyholders must provide consent where an insurer wishes to make a settlement with respect to a third-party claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22789/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Tax Rebates
Robert Troy
75. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if any changes have been made in relation to the VAT refund order for farmers in place since 1972; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22685/24]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2024
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning further taxation measures to address property speculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/24]