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.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 20 de 500
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Vacant Properties
Ged Nash
284. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful Living City Initiative applications made to renovate and refurbish properties in Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny respectively in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023; the reasons Drogheda is not included in the initiative, given its population is significantly larger than that of Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Vacant Properties
Cian O'Callaghan
285. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of properties that are eligible to pay the vacant homes tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13955/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Credits
Steven Matthews
286. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the recommendations of the Budgetary Oversight Committee's Report on the Section 481 Film Tax Credit; what efforts are being made to ensure Irish performers have the same contract terms as international performers in similar roles; if he is conscious of the need for productions operating in Ireland to comply with the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 and European Copyright Directive in order to avail of the tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13972/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Illicit Trade
Catherine Murphy
287. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of times each of the customs cutter boats of the Revenue Commissioners have been deployed since the start of 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form; the plans the Revenue Commissioners have to expand the fleet of interceptor craft; if the Revenue Commissioners have experienced difficulty in recruiting officers for marine operations; and if he will provide a schedule of the items seized at sea in 2023 and to date in 2024. [13978/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Kathleen Funchion
288. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the help-to-buy scheme to second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13993/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Data
Marian Harkin
289. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance to detail in percentage terms (in tabular form, on 1 January for the year 2014 and the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive), each of the following taxes/levies where relevant (excise, NORA, carbon tax, better energy) on the pump price of a litre of petrol and diesel. [14053/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Code
Cian O'Callaghan
290. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance what financial supports are currently available for disabled drivers and passengers for vehicle modifications; what recommendations were made in relation to this from the Transport Working Group’s final report published in February 2023; when these recommendations will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14056/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
291. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to confirm if his Department received a submission in June 2022 from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the tax treatment of employer contributions to a PRSA; his views on the organisation’s view that “if the current BIK charge on employer PRSA contributions is removed and such contributions are no longer considered for tax purposes to be employee contributions, there is a risk that some companies could fund through tax deductible PRSA contributions at a level higher than they currently can to an OMA, given that PRSAs are not benefit limited like OMAs”; the reason the proposals provided by the organisation to address this risk were not implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14117/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Data
Pearse Doherty
292. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated annually by carbon tax increases in each of the years 2025 to 2030 respectively, with respect to the carbon tax increases in each of those years and on a cumulative basis. [14119/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Financial Services
Peadar Tóibín
293. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance what safeguards he and his office are looking at for people whose mortgages have been sold to a third party from the originator bank (details supplied); and if he is looking into this matter or has a plan to tackle this added expense on ordinary families. [14136/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Jackie Cahill
294. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if his Department uses community radio for advertising and public awareness campaigns; if not, the reason, given the vital role community radio often plays in the dissemination of information to local communities; if his Department will consider using community radio for public awareness campaigns in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14164/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Code
Michael Healy-Rae
295. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to make a statement regarding restoring the tourism VAT rate to 9% (details supplied). [14216/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Code
Michael Healy-Rae
296. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reintroducing the VAT equalisation measure to stimulate car hire fleets and the possibility of pursuing a balanced approach to regulating the self-catering sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14220/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Catherine Connolly
297. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 1 February 2024, the status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the number of appeal hearings that have taken place since the Board recommenced its work; the number of outstanding appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14355/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Fiscal Data
Louise O'Reilly
298. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his views on forecasted data taken from the Central Statistics Office earnings, hours and employment costs survey and using 2024 forecasts of wage growth of 5% as projected by the Central Bank and inflation of 2.9% as projected by the ESRI, all of which indicate two consecutive years of real wage decline, 2023 and 2024, projecting that workers will be worse off by the end of 2024 than they were in 2020. [14404/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Credits
Bernard Durkan
299. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can issue updated tax credit certificate/tax free allowances in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Jackie Cahill
300. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the way a person wishing to claim the favourite niece/nephew relief can meet the requirement to work the land of their aunt/uncle substantially on a full-time basis of at least five years prior to inheritance, on land that that has been zoned for development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14504/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Rose Conway-Walsh
301. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to outline the multiplier applied to public expenditure, particularly capital expenditure, by his Department to estimate economic growth in both GDP and GNI* terms when preparing economic projections, and use an example of how the multiplier is applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Economic Growth
Rose Conway-Walsh
302. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to outline how the Department converts projected economic growth and government expenditure into numbers of people projected to be in employment when preparing economic projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14706/24]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2024
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Economic Growth
Rose Conway-Walsh
303. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to outline how his Department converts projected economic growth and government expenditure into projected tax revenue when preparing economic projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14707/24]