Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Budget 2022

Ged Nash

39. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the pre-budget letter of the Governor of the Central Bank and the pre-budget submission by IFAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44841/21]

Budget 2022

Ged Nash

46. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on the opinion expressed in the interim pre-budget report 2022 of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that pension-related tax expenditures should be considered as part of the wider reform of the pension system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44843/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ged Nash

65. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on a recent study (details supplied) which suggests that 86% of workers who received the temporary wage subsidy scheme are now faced with a tax liability and that 75% of those who received the pandemic unemployment payment are faced with a tax liability; the number of persons who availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and pandemic unemployment payment, respectively who have faced a tax liability associated with these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44844/21]

Public Transport

Ged Nash

127. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the status of his latest discussions with the NTA with a view to obtaining approval for the implementation of a more flexible taxsaver product; his views on whether a flexible taxsaver product is required in view of a flexible return to offices in the coming months; the status of his discussion with the Department of Finance regarding this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44489/21]

Public Transport

Ged Nash

128. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the introduction of a propose flexible taxsaver product to account for the shift to blended working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44500/21]

Public Transport

Ged Nash

170. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the status of discussions with the Department of Transport and the NTA, respectively; his views on the need for the implementation of a more flexible taxsaver product given the anticipated blended return to offices over the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44490/21]

Public Transport

Ged Nash

171. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the introduction of a proposed flexible taxsaver product to account for the shift to blended working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44491/21]

Tax Avoidance

Ged Nash

185. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has been using a structure similar to the single malt tax avoidance structure to minimise its corporation tax bill; if the company received any assurances on the operation of this single malt type structure from the Revenue Commissioners; if his attention has been further drawn to any other company still using a single malt type or equivalent tax avoidance structure to avoid or minimise their corporation tax bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44890/21]

Tax Avoidance

Ged Nash

186. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the assessment that has been carried out of the use for tax purposes of Irish registered companies tax resident in Malta since the signing of the Ireland-Malta Competent Authority Agreement in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44891/21]

Tax Avoidance

Ged Nash

187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the actions he plans to take to finally and permanently end the use of single malt style arrangements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44892/21]

Tax Avoidance

Ged Nash

188. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the assessment that has been made of the use for tax purposes of Irish registered companies tax resident in other tax treaty partner countries besides Malta since the residency rule changes in the Finance Act 2014 came into force on 31 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44893/21]

Tax Avoidance

Ged Nash

189. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the impact of Ireland's tax system on poorer countries continues to be insignificant as suggested by a spill over analysis conducted by his Department in 2014; his plans to conduct an updated spill over analysis in view of these revelations to update and accurately assess the impact of Ireland's tax system on poorer countries in view of reports regarding a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44894/21]

Tax Avoidance

Ged Nash

190. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the use of a single malt scheme by a company (details supplied) is consistent with Ireland's long-standing commitment to equitable international development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44895/21]

Hospital Services

Ged Nash

611. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when ocular prosthesis services provided though Temple Street Children’s University Hospital will be available in Ireland again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44850/21]

Driver Test

Ged Nash

182. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his views on the case of a person (details supplied) and other similar cases wherein a person has failed to submit their certificate of competency within the two years of the date of issue due to extraordinary circumstances of Covid-19 and accompanying uncertainty with regard to extension of permits; his further views on whether it is fair that those who have failed to submit their certificate during this Covid-19 period should be required to re-sit and pass a driving test again to obtain a full licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44319/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ged Nash

526. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the decision by a university (details supplied) to hold a graduation ceremony online despite the return of face-to-face lecturing and the planned easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43959/21]

Electricity Generation

Ged Nash

45. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the scheme to allow microgenerators to sell up to 30% of excess electricity produced for export to the national grid will be in place; the price at which the electricity will be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41899/21]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

1308. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists with medical card contracts in counties Louth and Meath in each of the years 2016 to 2021, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42412/21]

Departmental Data

Ged Nash

1309. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for a dental consultation and dental surgery in counties Louth and Meath in tabular form; the percentage of patients who have been on each respective waiting list for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/21]

Dental Services

Ged Nash

1310. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 8 December 2020, the actions he has since taken to ensure that medical card patients are able to receive necessary and timely dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42414/21]