Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Reliefs

Brendan Griffin

142. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding consanguinity relief (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14254/20]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Réada Cronin

143. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Finance if he will revisit the help-to-buy scheme in terms of its loan-to-value ratio borrowing requirement being 70% when such threshold precludes significant numbers from accessing the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/20]

Mortgage Lending

Mary Butler

144. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reported refusal by a bank (details supplied) to allow a first-time buyer to draw down a mortgage in August 2020 should the person who has been professional disaffected by the pandemic continue to be in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment, when the house is built and ready for occupancy; his views on whether this reported anomaly could potentially pose a widespread problem for first-time buyers in their dealings with banks and lending institutions going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13721/20]

Mortgage Lending

Richard Boyd Barrett

145. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the action he will take regarding the fact that many banks are refusing to allow persons in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme who have been approved for mortgages to draw down those mortgages while in receipt of the subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13731/20]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Paul Kehoe

146. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the status of the processing of the revised claim for fuel grant for members of the drivers and passengers with disabilities scheme; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13756/20]

Tax Reliefs

Brendan Griffin

147. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if relief is available on donations to reconstruct a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13759/20]

Value Added Tax

Michael Healy-Rae

148. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance when a decision will be made regarding the VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector in view of the current crisis the sector faces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13772/20]

Revenue Commissioners

Pádraig O'Sullivan

149. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance when the office of the Revenue Commissioners in Cork will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13783/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

150. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider implementing a number of measures (details supplied) in view of the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [13808/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Eoin Ó Broin

151. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the temporary wage subsidy scheme evaluates average pay for furlough if unpaid sick leave was taken in December 2019 and January 2020 which has subsequently impacted negatively on an employee’s average furlough pay. [13812/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Cathal Crowe

152. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if the criteria for the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be redefined to ensure that seasonal workers and businesses are not being left to struggle alone with no supports as they reopen in line with advice [13814/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Brendan Griffin

153. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13817/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Noel Grealish

154. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of taxpayers in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme who will have an additional tax, USC and or PRSA liability as a result of the tax at the end of 2020; the average amount liable; the number of taxpayers on the pandemic unemployment payment who are projected to have an additional tax, USC and or PRSA liability at the end of 2020 as a result of receiving same; the average amount liable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13820/20]

Home Repossessions Rate

Bernard Durkan

155. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the number of repossessions of family homes carried out by each of the main banks in each of the past five years to date; the number of multiple residence developments affected in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13847/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the rate of VRT due on vehicles that are being purchased for use as a taxi and or private limousine service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/20]

Tax Credits

Fergus O'Dowd

157. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Finance if a response to correspondence regarding single person child carer credit, SPCCC, will issue (details supplied). [13858/20]

Primary Medical Certificates

Paul Kehoe

158. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Finance the status of the resumption of oral hearings for the appeal of the primary medical certificate that needed to be cancelled in April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13865/20]

Insurance Coverage

Joe O'Brien

159. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice that is carried out by insurance companies to impose a limit on the number of years a person cannot have insurance before they lose access to a no claims bonus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13901/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Brendan Griffin

160. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the temporary wage subsidy scheme to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13913/20]

Value Added Tax

Chris Andrews

161. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Finance if yoga studios currently in the VAT rate group of 13.5% can be moved into the second reduced rate of 9% in conjunction with other sporting activities and physical education activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13927/20]