241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide in tabular form the total amount of capital gains tax paid by credit servicing firms and special purpose vehicles holding specified mortgages each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/25]
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242. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if credit services firms as only the legal title holder under current legislation are allowed to enforce a credit agreement including repossessions, to outline the legislation that provide credit servicing firms with this authority in situations where they are only the legal title holder but not the beneficial owner of the underlying loan of the mortgage; and …
245. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the future Ireland fund and the infrastructure, climate and nature fund that are invested in debt instruments of other countries such as bonds; the share of each fund invested in this manner; to provide a list of all countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33413/25]
47. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when Revenue first became aware it had not received the correct amount of chargeable excess tax and withholding tax from senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33009/25]
48. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if there are any limitation on the ability of Revenue to clawback chargeable excess tax and withholding tax from the 30 cases if underpayment occurred more than four years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33011/25]
286. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5 to 0%; reducing the second rate of USC from 2 to 0%; and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €27,382 to €45,000. [31477/25]
287. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 26 February 2025, if Revenue Commissioners require prior to the transfer of a pension within the EU, a signed declaration to the effect that the transfer conforms to the requirements of the regulation and Revenue Commissioners pension rules and is for bona fide reasons and is not the primarily for the purpose of cir…
290. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 28 May 2025, if he will confirm that the substantial decline in properties declared as vacant for the purposes of the Vacant Home Tax is a genuine reduction in vacancy and not a decline in self-assessed returns submitted by property owners; to outline the steps he has taken to ensure this is the case; and if he will…
291. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 28 May 2025, to clarify that credit servicing firms, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, are allowed to own the legal title without beneficial ownership of the underlying loan related to the mortgage where the beneficial ownership of the loan is not with the original issuer of the mortgage; and if he will make…
292. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 28 May 2025, to clarify if a section 110 special purpose vehicle that has only beneficial ownership of the loan related to mortgages but the ownership of the legal title is a third party other than the mortgage originator is subject to taxation under subsection (5A) on section 110; and if he will make a statement on…
296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total cost allocation for the rent tax credit in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31760/25]
297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of an €100, €500 and €1,000 increase respectively in the standard rate band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31761/25]
298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the estimated cost of an €50, €100 and €200 increase respectively in for each tax credit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/25]
299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the concrete blocks levy in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31763/25]
300. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated savings from removing tax credits from incomes above €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31764/25]
82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of pensioners that their sole income in the State pension; the number of pensioners that have an income below what would be required to pay income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31075/25]
83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing the USC on all income up to €30,000, €35,000, €40,000 and €45,000, respectively, in tabular form. [31076/25]
84. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the first-year cost of reversing the May carbon tax increase from 1 November and not proceeding with the October carbon tax increase. [31077/25]
85. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the lower VAT rate on electricity and gas until the end of 2025. [31078/25]
86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing stamp duty for first-time buyers. [31079/25]
87. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of abolishing the local property tax under the proposed changes. [31080/25]
1. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline Ireland’s role in facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28803/25]
2. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the situation where insurance companies for multiple consecutive years are recording profit margins two or three times the industry average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28804/25]
4. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance in the context of rising costs and higher prices hitting households, to outline the surplus that the State will run in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28805/25]
133. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the number of properties declared as vacant is falling, each year for which data is available; the total number of exemptions provided each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28358/25]