134. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by introducing a tax on residential property owned by a company, at a rate of 10, 20, and 30 times the LPT. [28359/25]
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135. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 21 May 2025, to clarify that credit servicing firms, regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, are permitted to hold legal title of mortgages without owning the underlying loan related to the mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28360/25]
136. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Central Bank of Ireland to collect the data regarding the number of legal titles held by credit servicing firms in relation to Irish property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28361/25]
137. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 21 May 2025, to clarify a section 110 special purpose vehicle that holds only the loans related to residential mortgages but is not the subject under subsection (5A) on section 110; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28362/25]
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if insurance companies providing home insurance under the consumer protection code are required to inform customers of the consequences of being underinsured specifically in relation to the industry use of the average clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/25]
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if NTMA would be permitted to maintain the employment of the NAMA CEO at the same terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/25]
169. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if at any stage since taking up a position as Minister he has deleted any SMS or messages on other messaging apps that would fall under freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26424/25]
35. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify that credit servicing firms, regulated by the central Bank of Ireland, are permitted to hold legal title of mortgages without owning the loan related to the mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/25]
36. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to clarify when a loan related to a mortgage is sold to a section 110 special purpose vehicle and the legal title is transferred to a credit servicing firm, which party is responsible under subsection (5A), provided in section 110, provided no exemptions apply for the tax liabilities on revenue generated from specified mortgages; and if he will make a statement…
37. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide the total number of S110 special purpose vehicles that hold ownership of mortgage loans which qualify as specified mortgages under subsection 5A each year since 2017 irrespective of any exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26351/25]
38. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 14 May 2025, the total number of loans related to specified mortgages held by the S110 special purpose vehicle listed as having a non-deductible interest under 5A(d) each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26359/25]
39. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if insurance companies providing home insurance under the consumer protection code are required to inform customers if they are under insured and of the consequences of being underinsured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26360/25]
40. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 8 May 2025, to clarify that the current CEO of NAMA will not transfer to the resolution unit; if a pathway for return to NTMA without being part of the resolution unit will be provided for the current CEO of NAMA or any other NAMA staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26362/25]
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will design and set up a dormant funds scheme for dormant investment funds in the State which currently hold €102 million and not leave the assessment of the feasibility and design to the funds industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26364/25]
42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.54 of 14 May 2025, to clarify that his Department nor the central Bank of Ireland is aware or collects the data in relation to the number of legal titles held by credit servicing firms in relation to Irish property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26365/25]
328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline all information in relation to people applying for tax relief on electricity related to running health equipment, including a list of eligible medical equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/25]
333. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments, bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State-semi-State body or other public body, under the aegis of his Department, for each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25375/25]
337. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to confirm that the fiscal and economic outlook published on budget day will be the new medium-term fiscal and structural plan; to outline the circumstances in which the Government can deviate from the mid-term planning over the five years it is potentially in place for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/25]
338. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to confirm that no additional tariffs over what was already in place by the end of March this year were assumed in the baseline economic projections contained in the Annual Progress Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25655/25]
339. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline the impact on the Exchequer and general Government balance if money were to be drawn down and spent from either of the Future Ireland Fund or the Nature Climate and Infrastructure Fund in 2026; how with the transfers to and from these funds by treated by the mid-term planning; do these funds provide greater flexibility under the mid-term planning th…
340. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide additional information on the €-3,050 million in accruals in year 2025 in the Annex 3 of the Annual Progress Report outline the driver of the €5.7 billion swing from 2024 to 2025 and the substantial change from the information outlined in the Fiscal and Economic Outlook published in Oct 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/25]
53. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the amendment introduced in section 21 of the Finance Bill 2016 which had the expressed aim of preventing businesses with loans which are secured over, or derive their value from, an interest in Irish land from using provisions in section 110 to avoid payment of Irish tax on profits made on Irish property transactions has successfully achieved its stated obj…
54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of legal titles of mortgages held by credit servicing firms each year since 2016 where the loan is owned by a separate section 110 special purpose vehicle, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24778/25]
57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 May 2025, the estimated cost of extending each of the tax measures listed in 2026 over and above the projections provided in the Annual Progress Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24829/25]
58. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 8 May 2025, to clarify that the figure of €75.5 million refers to the actual cost of claims made; the estimated cost if all eligible workers applied for flat-rate expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24830/25]