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Conor Sheehan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
272. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reintroducing the regional uplift for film production; if he will implement a similar scheme to incentivise film production in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/25]
Barry Ward Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
273. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding any review or research being carried out by his Department into inheritance tax parameters; if the existing relationship category thresholds can be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13310/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
274. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection insurance but whose area has not flooded in their 32 years of ownership, can be provided with flood insurance in order that they can sell their house. [13312/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
275. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection insurance but whose area has not flooded in many years, can be provided with flood insurance in order that they can purchase a property they have been renting for eight years. [13313/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
276. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who cannot get flood protection, but whose area has never flooded, can be provided with flood insurance in order they can sell their apartment. [13315/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
277. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied) and their entitlement to single parent tax benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13398/25]
Brian Stanley Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
278. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent the discrimination of people who were seriously ill in the past, to purchase mortgage protection insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13405/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
279. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the anomaly that exists in regard to inheritance tax in respect of childless couples (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13406/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the percentage share and value of securitised mortgages held by each bank in the State; the share of securitised mortgages that have been used as collateral with the ECB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13434/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
281. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance to consider the introduction of a mortgage interest relief scheme, similar to what was available to individuals who drew down mortgages from 2008 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/25]
Albert Dolan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
282. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13560/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
283. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13574/25]
Carol Nolan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
284. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted any studies on the effect of the €14,000 rent a room tax relief; his views on whether it may be pushing up the rental cost of such rooms, given the preponderance of such rooms for let in the €1,100-1,200 bracket; if landlords are setting the price at this level to fully avail of the tax break; and if he will make a statement on the…
Mairéad Farrell Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
285. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if lands which are subject to RZLT and are currently in probate following the death of the landowner will be exempted from the tax until ownership of the lands is settled; if the families of the deceased person should apply for rezoning prior to 1 April 2025 in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13971/25]
Gary Gannon Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
286. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations, between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2…
Erin McGreehan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
287. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to change the current inheritance tax policy for individuals without children, to increase the inheritance tax exemption threshold for these individuals. [14129/25]
Barry Ward Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
288. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of travel insurance for people over 70 years of age (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with this sector to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14130/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
289. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance to provide clarity on vehicle registration tax payments for cross-Border workers who work in Northern Ireland and receive a company car registered in Northern Ireland for business engagements, despite living and being resident in the Republic of Ireland, where the car resides overnight. [14141/25]
Ged Nash Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Finance
290. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when he plans to bring the credit union sector under the scope of the Dormant Accounts Act 2021, in order that the dormant accounts within credit unions can be repurposed for community projects. [14198/25]
Pa Daly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Finance
242. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on taxi licences for a company (details supplied); if the company demonstrated that it was tax compliant as part of this process; if VAT was paid, a factor required for qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13011/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Finance
243. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the details of all auditing work done by the Comptroller and Auditor General for public bodies for which the Comptroller and Auditor General is remunerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13174/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Finance
244. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the total number of copper communication lines within his Department currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12985/25]
Pa Daly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Finance
245. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on VAT as it pertains to taxi drivers, specifically drivers in a company (details supplied); how the reverse VAT obligation will apply; if it will apply from 2025 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Finance
246. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the date on which he last received a status report from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in respect of a campus (details supplied). [13025/25]
Alan Kelly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Finance
247. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance when he expects the Revenue Commissioners to receive their new customs cutter vessels; and the number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, that have been trained to navigate the new vessels. [13131/25]