Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mortgage Lending

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

238. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to cease the blanket refusal of mortgages to persons whose employers are engaging in wage subsidy schemes; the engagement he has made with the banks on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24333/21]

Departmental Funding

Carol Nolan

239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance the non-governmental organisations in receipt of funding from his Department; the amount of funding allocated to same in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Pringle

240. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended for the remainder of 2021 to the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/21]

Departmental Staff

Peadar Tóibín

241. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by his Department; and the collective total salary received by employees of his Department. [24444/21]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

242. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department employ persons or firms to deal with public relations; if so, the number of persons employed by his Department to deal with public relations; the names of any firms involved; and the amount spent on public relations by his Department. [24445/21]

Gambling Sector

John Lahart

243. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to the recent collapse of a gambling and trading platform. [24487/21]

National Asset Management Agency

Neale Richmond

244. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance the options available for those that purchased property from NAMA which is no longer fit for purpose; if there are avenues for engagement with NAMA open for these property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24488/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

245. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if an employer availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme who does not qualify on an end of month review during January 2021 to June 2021 has to repay the subsidy for the previously qualifying months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24494/21]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Alan Kelly

246. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list all of the tax exemptions and reliefs which have been available to real estate investment trusts in each of the years 2013 to 2020, in tabular form; and the total loss to the Exchequer as a result of the trusts availing of each of these tax exemptions and reliefs in each of the years. [24497/21]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Alan Kelly

247. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the number of registered real estate investment trusts in operation in the State. [24498/21]

Real Estate Investment Trusts

Alan Kelly

248. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that has been paid in stamp duty by real estate investment trusts in tabular form; and the number of units that stamp duty was paid on by real estate investment trusts for the purchase of properties in the State for each of the years 2013 to 2020. [24499/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bríd Smith

249. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing event catering companies that comply with all of the business eligibility criteria to access the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Emer Higgins

46. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if the staycation grant could be adapted to allow mobile home owners claim tax back on their annual fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23541/21]

Insurance Coverage

Christopher O'Sullivan

47. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if the action plan on insurance reform will address the disparity by which businesses and homes are denied insurance flood cover even in situations in which the town which they live or do business in has had a flood relief scheme built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23589/21]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Patricia Ryan

48. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Finance when persons that received large bills due to the taxing of the temporary wage subsidy scheme can expect to receive reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23359/21]

Tax Code

Peter Burke

49. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance if the revised capital gains tax entrepreneur relief can be applied to gains arising from the disposal of agricultural assets; the qualifying assets that do qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23377/21]

Banking Sector

Alan Dillon

50. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to increase transparency on retail banking fees and charges associated with personal pension products; if engagement has taken place with financial institutions on reducing such charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23468/21]

Brexit Supports

Neale Richmond

51. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on the possibility of offering a training service to businesses on becoming an authorised consignee to aid with post-Brexit trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

204. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the reason circuses and funfairs were explicitly excluded from eligibility for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme as outlined on page 13 of the guidelines. [22708/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Róisín Shortall

205. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if the stay and spend incentive which ran from October 2020 to April 2021 can be applied toward mobile home site fees; if the incentive will run again in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23132/21]