384. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether a regulatory impact assessment or cost-benefit analysis has been carried out, or is planned, in respect of proposals contained or implied within the consultation on the modernisation of withholding taxes, particularly regarding the potential requirement for businesses to integrate their financial or accounting systems electronically with the …
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385. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any proposed move toward continuous or real-time reporting or withholding under a modernised withholding tax regime would require primary legislation approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas; whether he will confirm that no expansion of withholding tax mechanisms beyond their current statutory scope will occur without such legislation; and if…
386. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given to data protection, commercial confidentiality, and system liability issues arising from proposals to increase the frequency and automation of data exchanges between businesses and the Revenue Commissioners under the proposed eWHT framework; whether these considerations have been assessed at policy level within h…
215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether, under Irish law, a financial institution may satisfy its anti-money laundering and know your customer obligations by relying on the name of an intermediary, including an accountant or professional adviser, rather than identifying and verifying the ultimate beneficial owner of funds; the statutory or regulatory basis for any such practice; an…
216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank of Ireland permits regulated financial institutions to accept funds or open accounts where the ultimate beneficial owner has not been identified and verified in accordance with anti-money laundering legislation; whether any exemptions or alternative arrangements are recognised in supervisory guidance; and if he will provide d…
217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether reliance on third parties, including accountants, solicitors, or other professional intermediaries, to satisfy anti-money laundering and know your customer requirements is permitted under Irish law; the conditions under which such reliance is allowed; and the safeguards in place to ensure compliance with beneficial ownership requirements. [71…
218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether investment funds, including so-called vulture funds, are subject to the same anti-money laundering and know your customer verification standards as banks operating in the State; whether any differentiated treatment applies in practice; and the rationale for any such differences. [7150/26]
219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory inspections, enforcement actions, or remedial directions relating to failures in anti-money laundering or know your customer compliance were issued by the Central Bank of Ireland in each of the past five years; and whether any related to failures to identify ultimate beneficial owners. [7151/26]
220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the reputational or regulatory risk to the State arising from any practices that could be perceived internationally as weakening anti-money laundering or know your customer controls; and whether any such concerns have been raised by EU or international bodies. [7152/26]
221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has been made aware, through engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland, of any pattern of confidential High Court settlements entered into by an organisation (details supplied) relating to mortgage or consumer banking disputes following the conclusion of the tracker mortgage examination; and whether such settlements have been…
222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policies or guidance in place to ensure that where a regulated financial institution settles multiple similar legal claims on a confidential basis, the Central Bank assesses whether those settlements constitute evidence of ongoing consumer detriment requiring market-wide redress; and whether he will provide details of any such assessments carried…
223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Central Bank has an obligation, under the consumer protection framework arising from the tracker mortgage examination, to apply the "stop the harm" principle where evidence emerges of repeated settlements affecting a defined customer cohort; and whether he is satisfied that this principle is being applied consistently where redress is obt…
224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is concerned that permitting individual confidential settlements by regulated banks, without requiring equivalent redress for all similarly affected customers, risks creating unequal access to justice within the banking system; and whether he will review the adequacy of the Central Bank's powers and practices to ensure that consumer protec…
225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; the number and percentage of those complaints which were rejected or deemed inadmissible prior to a full investigation in each year; the principal statutory grounds relied upon for such rejections; and if he will make…
226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has conducted, commissioned, or reviewed any analysis of the decision-making thresholds, screening criteria, or admissibility standards applied by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman when determining whether a complaint proceeds to full investigation; if not, whether he intends to initiate such a review; and if he wil…
227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the governance and oversight mechanisms currently in place to ensure that the complaint rejection rates of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman remain consistent with the statutory objective of providing accessible, independent, and effective redress for consumers; whether his Department monitors uphold and rejection rates across complaint c…
399. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if Irish citizens returning to live in the State from abroad are entitled to an import exemption on construction tools brought with them; and the criteria and conditions that apply. [3795/26]
375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he is satisfied that the current governance and reporting arrangements between his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland are adequate in circumstances where a regulated financial institution publicly confirms widespread customer-impacting errors; and whether, in his view, the absence of routine briefing or structured reporting to his Dep…
347. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has examined policy options used in other jurisdictions, including Canada and New Zealand, regarding restrictions or higher stamp duty on purchases of existing residential property by non resident and non EEA buyers; whether any assessment has been made of the expected impact of such measures on prices, supply and market access…
349. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps taken by his Department to assess whether regulated credit institutions have, at any time since 2007, applied undisclosed credit exposures or internal credit lines to SME borrowers that were not disclosed in loan documentation; the role of the Central Bank in monitoring such practices; and the protections in place to ensure that all borrowe…
350. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline whether the Central Bank has conducted any supervisory reviews since 2007 into the use of embedded derivative risks, undisclosed credit lines, or internal exposure modelling in connection with fixed-rate loans or interest-rate risk management products sold to SMEs;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71041/25]
351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed whether historical supervisory actions by the Central Bank adequately evaluated the treatment of SME borrowers whose loan-to-value positions or credit classifications may have been influenced by undisclosed internal bank calculations or exposures; and his views on whether further examination is warranted. [71042/25]
352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the safeguards currently in place to prevent regulated lenders from enforcing security or restructuring SME loans where material elements of the borrower’s assessed credit exposure were not transparently disclosed; and whether the Central Bank has issued guidance on the requirement for full borrower visibility of all credit exposures that contribute …
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Central Bank to establish a defined review mechanism for SME borrowers who believe their historical loan performance, credit grading, or restructuring outcomes were negatively affected by undisclosed credit exposures or derivative-related liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71044/25]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance what mechanisms are currently in place within his Department to monitor emerging banking-conduct risks that were not present or recognised during the 2004-2008 period, including risks arising from complex credit products, derivative exposures, and non-bank financial intermediaries; and how these mechanisms differ from those that were in place prior t…