183. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 5 February 2025, his views in relation to a tourism accommodation levy on short-term stays in paid accommodation in the context of the Dublin Taskforce recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7106/25]
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55. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of the spend over the past five years by each public body on the procurement of services to develop or maintain digital and IT systems, in tabular form (details supplied). [6448/25]
56. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of the private service providers who have received contracts from State agencies to develop or maintain digital and IT systems over the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied). [6449/25]
57. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of the spend over the past five years by each public body on the procurement of services to develop or maintain a website, in tabular form (details supplied). [6450/25]
58. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of the private service providers who have received contracts from State agencies to develop or maintain a website over the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied). [6451/25]
59. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider removing the VAT from building blocks being used to rebuild houses affected by defective blocks to help address rising construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6480/25]
60. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance when his Department was first made aware of the financial problems arising from the Arts Council IT system spend; and to publish any communications between his Department, the Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media on the matter. [6444/25]
61. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Finance whether there is scope to consider increasing the €36,000 tax exemption, taking into account that they have not been updated since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6461/25]
62. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the further plans to ensu…
63. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6690/25]
64. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the reason the residential zoned land tax (RZLT) applies to a developer who is proceeding to immediately develop lands for an approved housing body and who has served a commencement notice under the planning permission in the past twelve months (details supplied); if this was intended; and if so, the way this fit with the stated policy that the RZLT was being intr…
65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 12 February 2025; the total value of all invoices paid to a company (details supplied) in relation to the 24-month contract for them to operate as the Department’s independent advisor on the State’s banking assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6746/25]
66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the number of tax avoidance cases that have been timed out or closed as a result of the time limit being reached, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6747/25]
67. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 to 54 of 6 February 2025; to provide the average duration of a tax avoidance case since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/25]
252. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance whether he is considering reviewing raising the local authority borrowing cap to facilitate the delivery of more cost rental in cities, including Dublin. [5994/25]
253. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of compensation payments made to persons by the State Claims Agency in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 to include the nature of the incident the claim relates to. [5540/25]
254. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to remedy a serious issue with regard to inheritance tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/25]
255. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5648/25]
256. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Finance the total amount on deposit in banks nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5688/25]
257. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reviewing the deemed disposal tax on exchange traded funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5825/25]
258. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of new licenses issued to companies offering equity release requests and lifetime loans in the Irish market over the past 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5829/25]
259. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/25]
260. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Finance to outline the situation regarding rent tax credit whereby hotel staff pay the hotel in respect of a property rented by the hotel from another source that provides accommodation for their staff at a reduced rate; and whether the hotel employees in this situation obtain the rent tax credit notwithstanding the staff names are not on the lease. [5919/25]
261. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if the investigation services division of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has increased in terms of its resources; if so, the current number of complaints currently within that division; if the number of complaints increased during 2024; the current average timeframe for a complaint, once referred to the formal investigation process, to be complet…
262. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the reason people in receipt of the State pension have to pay income tax on this in situations where they have a separate pension from their previous employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5947/25]