98. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 February 2025, the position regarding a timeline for when the planned review of the help-to-buy scheme will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8544/25]
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99. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, if he will outline the relevant benefits as defined by section 770 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 that constitutes a bona fide reason to transfer a pension overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8621/25]
100. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the timeframe in which a declaration signed by the individual concerned must be submitted to Revenue to transfers of pensions to other EU Member States under the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8622/25]
101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the number of cases that have been opened by Revenue to examine the potential use of pension transfers both within the EU and other international destinations to circumvent tax either under Irish pension tax legislation or tax avoidance legislation, in tabular form; the number of cases that ha…
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the number of transfers of occupational pensions to other EU jurisdictions under the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision II Directive to each EU Member State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8624/25]
103. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 to 62 of 6 February 2025, the number of applications received by Revenue to transfers to a pension scheme in a country other than the UK or an EU Member State in each year since 2012; the number of approvals provided by Revenue since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8625/25]
104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025, the total value of the surcharge collected each year since 2016 under anti-tax avoidance legislation; the total value of the final tax liability determined at the end of tax compliance intervention each year under anti-tax avoidance legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
297. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance the reason benefit-in-kind is to be applied to first responders who bring their emergency vehicle home with them at night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7171/25]
298. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out by his Department into amending capital acquisitions tax exemption levels and related group thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7206/25]
299. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline, in the context of pending legislation concerning the regulation of the vaping industry, the reason his Department has not insisted on a tax stamp for vaping products similar to tobacco products, as is the case in some EU Member States; his views on international best practice; the estimated revenue in the context of a full year of tax on vapin…
300. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the status of the community insurance initiative for tidy towns announced in January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/25]
301. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance the reason grants to social enterprises are not tax-deductible in the same way they are for registered charities; if consideration has been given to changing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7271/25]
302. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the review into the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7273/25]
303. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the regulation of Israel Bonds by the Central Bank of Ireland. [7292/25]
304. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he considers this to be acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/25]
305. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, to exempt emergency response drivers from benefit-in-kind in cases where such drivers take their vehicles home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/25]
306. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7434/25]
307. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was raised from the 9% rate of VAT on newspapers in 2022, before this was reduced to 0% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7446/25]
308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove the classification of National Ambulance Service response vehicles as a benefit-in-kind to those who drive them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7456/25]
309. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the number of properties subject to the vacant homes tax (details supplied); the measures being taken to increase the effectiveness of this tax in respect of bringing vacant properties back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/25]
310. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance the changes he may make to the residential land zone tax to allow active farmers continue farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/25]
311. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance the mechanisms in place for farmers to seek de-zoning of their land to exempt from them from liability to the residential land zone tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7478/25]
312. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance if there will be conditions attached to de-zoning requests from farmers in order to qualify for de-zoning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/25]
313. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tendering, in tabular form. [7505/25]
314. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7523/25]