Catherine Murphy

Social Democrats · Kildare North

Activity on Finance — 743 events (3 lobbying · 712 questions · 53 votes) full profile →

• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Community Platform Finance

  • Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.
• 2025-01-14
  LOBBY
  Charity Retail Ireland Finance

  • VAT derogation on goods donated to charity
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44860/24]
• 2024-11-05
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 75–55
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of WTE tax specialists employed by the Revenue Commissioners, at the grade of HEO, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43124/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule in respect of the number of instances in which the Revenue Commissioners placed tracking devices on vehicles as part of investigations into smuggling; whether these trackers left the jurisdiction, and on how many occasions per tracker, in the past ten years to date; the jurisdictions in which the tracker visited, and whether it returned to this State; and the value of items intercepted and or seized as a result of these surveillance engagements, in tabular form. [43234/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has received permission from the director of the National Archives to destroy records relating to the liquidation of IBRC; if he has sought or is in receipt of a certificate for the disposal of departmental records; if his consenting officer has been consulted by officials or the Minister in the Department of Finance in respect of these records. [41517/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of each staff member. [41161/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these campaigns; the cost of these campaigns; and the agencies that conducted these campaigns, in tabular form. [41179/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify and set out the rationale in respect of records relating to IBRC and NAMA not being sent to the National Archives, but instead being destroyed (details supplied). [41260/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a statement made by an official in respect of the destruction of records and files regarding the liquidation of IBRC in the context of the National Archives Act 1986 (details supplied). [41515/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has received permission from the director of the National Archives to destroy records relating to the liquidation of IBRC; and if he has sought or is in receipt of a certificate for the disposal of departmental records. [41516/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a statement made by an official in respect of the destruction of NAMA records and files in the context of the National Archives Act 1986 (details supplied); and if he will further clarify that records and files will transfer in respect of NAMA from the NTMA resolution unit when they are no longer required. [41564/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has received permission from the director of the National Archives to destroy records relating to NAMA; and if he has sought or is in receipt of a certificate for the disposal of departmental records. [41565/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has received permission from the director of the National Archives to destroy records relating to NAMA; if he has sought or is in receipt of a certificate for the disposal of departmental records; and if his consenting officer has been consulted by officials and or the NTMA in respect of these records. [41566/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the same of State bodies and agencies under his Department’s aegis; if he published those reviews; the number of recommendations implemented arising from the reviews and same for State bodies and agencies under his aegis; if the capacity review was outsourced; and if so, to whom and at what cost. [40837/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite the president of the International Monetary Fund to Ireland before the end of the year. [39708/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on his Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40213/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the VAT liability on mobility aides (details supplied). [38552/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that have been engaged with; the subject matter or topics the engagements related to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39132/24]
• 2024-09-26
  LOBBY
  National Traveller MABS Finance

  • An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators
• 2024-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are, or were, attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by grade, duration of role held and point on the pay scale. [38362/24]
• 2024-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if dog handlers attached to the Revenue Commissioners, customs and or detection sections can avail of the installation of kennels at their private residence; and the arrangements in place at present for the housing of dogs when they are not on duty with their handlers. [37618/24]
• 2024-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if there are arrangements in place with the Revenue Commissioners and airlines in respect of the exchange of information (details supplied). [37822/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners customs team conducted an audit of private aerodromes and or airports, for the purpose of ensuring adequate mitigation measures were in place to counter smuggling and storage of illicit substances and items. [30540/24]
• 2024-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and public and private airports and ports of entry in this State by location in the years 2019 to date in 2024; the amount of cash and high value items seized at same, over the same timeframe; and the amount of cash and high value items returned to persons on appeal over the same timeframe, in tabular form. [30541/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details). [30222/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the new equipment received by the Revenue Commissioners that were funded by The European Anti-Fraud Office under the Hercule III Programme in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [28086/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the expected net effect of carryover measures carried over for 2025 as a result of Budget 2024 measures; the way in which it is accounted for in the budgetary stance projections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated total cost of introducing a financial transactions tax in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from 15% minimum effective corporate tax rate for large firms if successfully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24616/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of contracts awarded by his Department to a company (details supplied) to carry out work on behalf of his Department in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25109/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25474/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of income received from the betting levy in 2023 and for the first five months of 2024, in tabular form. [25530/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost if the single person child carer credit increased by €200. [25531/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance when he last spoke formally to the CEO of the European Investment Bank. [22374/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of claims made under the charities VAT compensation scheme in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost of supporting philanthropic giving under the new philanthropy strategy through the implementation of a direct tax incentive for major gifts of a minimum of €5,000 and maximum of €5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19351/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19360/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in respect of the provision of premiums by insurance companies to persons in homes that are not designated as a flood risk; and if his attention has been drawn to instances in which insurance companies are refusing to provide cover in instances in which OPW flood maps clearly identify areas as not being in a flood area. [17554/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with insurance providers in respect of their lack of consistency regarding the way in which and the grounds on which they refuse to provide insurance cover in areas that are not identified as flood risk by the OPW in the context of their mapping and modelling of flood risk areas. [17556/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps a person can take in instances where home insurance providers will not take into consideration remedial flood works as a mitigation when quoting and-or providing persons with premiums for their home and-or business. [17560/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify whether the ISIF holds Israeli government bonds; if so, if he will provide details of same, including their value; and if the ISIF no longer holds such bonds, whether he will provide the date on which they were divested from and the rationale for same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18093/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank, as part of its investment strategies, has any interests directly in or with Israel; and if so, the details of same. [18094/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of times each of the customs cutter boats of the Revenue Commissioners have been deployed since the start of 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form; the plans the Revenue Commissioners have to expand the fleet of interceptor craft; if the Revenue Commissioners have experienced difficulty in recruiting officers for marine operations; and if he will provide a schedule of the items seized at sea in 2023 and to date in 2024. [13978/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 1 February 2024, if he will provide an update in respect of the commitment made by him in his initial response (details supplied). [15011/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €100,000 and above but less that €200,000, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [12349/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €200,000 and above in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will provide the amount of same, body, name and year. [11014/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of controlled drug operations carried out by the Revenue Commissioners at Weston Airport in 2004; the names of the operations; and the start and end date of each operation, in tabular form. [9853/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank and-or the Revenue Commissioners in respect of online tax agents acting on behalf of PAYE customers; if he will clarify the regulations tax agents must comply with; and if his attention has been drawn to tax agents taking excessive fees in respect of their acting role. [9348/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of NAMA owned and or controlled assets that are currently being used by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. [7494/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost if the blind person tax credit increased to €1,950 for a single person and €3,900 for married couples or civil partners. [7835/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the local property tax on houses valued between €1.05 million and €1.75 million increased to 0.60% of that portion; and for houses valued at in excess of €1.75 million, were it to be increased to 1% of that portion, based on 2023 figures. [7836/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to review the help-to-buy scheme from a socioeconomic impact perspective; and his plans to review the scheme in the context of economic impact. [6128/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total expenditure on a review of the help-to-buy scheme that was delivered in 2022; if he will provide a schedule of actions and progress of same in relation to the conclusions that were drawn from the review; and if he accepts them in part, in full or if he rejects them. [6129/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if he will provide a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the company was engaged; and if he continued to use services provided by it. [3780/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to provide the official work pattern for each driver and the total annual hours worked by each driver; and to indicate the number of drivers assigned to each Minister and Minister of State. [4219/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of official flights and costs of same, taken by him in 2023; if a schedule will be provided of all hotels he stayed in in 2023, including hotel name and cost per night while on official State business; and if the same information will be provided in respect of all accompanying staff and advisors. [2643/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 17 January 2024, if he will provide a timeline in respect of the sales process of a site from when the site was identified to draft contract stage and a schedule of all parties involved to include legal representation and all associated fees. [2938/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify whether the transfer of data and-or records from his Department that is transferred to other Departments, State bodies and local authorities is in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and-or records are provided. [3081/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in respect of the purchase of a school site in a project that involves the NTMA (details supplied); and the date on which the acquisition of lands is due to be finalised. [57140/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57210/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full cost in 2024 if the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners dog unit increased to 55. [1093/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he met the CEO of a company (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [1355/24]
• 2023-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid in late payment interest payments for goods and services provided to his Department in each of the years from 2016 to date in 2023; and separately, the top five highest late interest payments made in each of those years, and the service and goods supplier that received the payments, in tabular form. [52646/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of betting duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2022; the amount collected to date in 2023; the amount in betting intermediary duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2022; and the amount collected to date in 2023, in tabular form. [50936/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield that would be generated by establishing three new income tax bands of 47% on earnings between €140,000 and €190,000, 52% on earnings between €190,001 and €250,000 and 58% on earnings over €250,001. [50937/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 8 November 2023; the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [50069/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47646/23]
• 2023-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the bid to host the EU Anti-Money Laundering Association; if he has established a dedicated team of officials to work on delivering the bid; the number of occasions that they have met since their establishment; if he and or his officials has engaged any external consultancy to augment the work of the officials in the context of developing the bid; and if he and or his officials have engaged with the EU Council and the European Parliament in respect of the bid and the bid process. [47170/23]
• 2023-10-25
  VOTE
  Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 76–56
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has made funding applications for projects under the EU anti-fraud programme 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if so, the applications that were approved, in tabular form. [46472/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46582/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of current Fáilte Ireland board members who are directors or shareholders in companies that have received finance, grants and other supports from the State agency. [46478/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the capital budget allocation for the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and the percentage of that capital funding that was actually spent in 2022. [44827/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 if the stamp duty on ATM-only cards and debit cards were scrapped. [42392/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the level of excise applied to home heating oil from €122.83 to €69 from 16 October 2023 to 1 March 2024. [42393/23]
• 2023-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Spanish counterpart. [42394/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions in respect of local property tax, and the number of deferrals sought and granted in respect of local property tax, in 2022 and to date in 2023; the value of LPT forgone as a consequence; and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [40956/23]
• 2023-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will devise some form of insurance support for people who own defective apartment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40874/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the value of counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to the HPRA for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40692/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 of reducing the 2% USC rate to persons earning between €12,012.01 and €22,920 to 1%, and for persons earning between €22,920.01 to €70,044, to reduce that 4.5% USC rate to 4%; and the number of persons who would benefit in both bands. [40116/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within his Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of A.I. and if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of A.I. [38566/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the value of counterfeit tobacco products, counterfeit alcohol products, counterfeit clothing items and counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at State airports and ports of entry and exit; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [38694/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the value of counterfeit tobacco products, counterfeit alcohol products, counterfeit clothing items and counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at privately owned airports and ports of entry and exit; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [38695/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the value of cash, valuable metals and jewels and or jewellery seized at State-owned and private airports and ports of entry and exit; the value of same returned on appeal and or request; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [38696/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance If he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart. [35951/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of bilateral loans Ireland has with the UK; the amount outstanding per loan; the original principal sum per loan; the interest rate per loan; the way in which these loans with be settled in the context of Brexit; the preparedness of the State regarding Brexit in the context of outstanding bilateral financial commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33624/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of bilateral loans Ireland has with other states in the EU and non-EU; the amount outstanding per loan; the original principal sum per loan; the interest rate per loan; and the number of loans settled in the past ten years to date. [33625/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to clarify whether at any point over the past ten years the SSL certificates for his Department’s websites expired for a period of time; if so, the reason this occurred; and the duration they remained expired. [33272/23]
• 2023-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated expenditure on same to remedy the situation; and the software that was used. [33155/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the grants, grant-aid, low-cost borrowing and funding that his Department can provide to an association (details supplied), heading under which the grants, grant-aid, low cost borrowing and funding is provided; the maximum amount that can be accessed; and the dates on which the schemes operate. [32277/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the tendering process for a replacement customs cutter vessel has been completed. [32684/23]
• 2023-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost if the number of Revenue Commissioners drugs detection teams increased to 41. [29931/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in the context of the date that zero value added tax was introduced for solar panels, he and or his officials can apply a retrospective element to the scheme to year commencing 2023 for persons that paid VAT on the solar products earlier this year; and if he will and or has consulted with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of retrospection on the VAT rate application. [27072/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of homes acquired under the help-to-buy scheme since its introduction, by the number of homes per local authority, in tabular form. [27557/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of his and the Central Bank's investment assets and value to the end of Q1 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of disposed investment assets and revenue for same in the past ten years to date. [27953/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and/or role they filled; and the duration of same. [28177/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances in which his Department availed of services and or consultancy and or advices from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the costs of same; the number of contracts between the company and his Department; and the duration and costs of same. [28196/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the tonnage and value of gold held in reserve by the Central Bank as of month end in May 2023; if he will identify the sources and/or origin of the gold held in current reserve; the date on which the Central Bank disposed of gold and value and weight disposed of; and the state and/or body that received it. [26442/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the date on which NAMA will be dissolved; and if he and/or his officials have prepared the heads of a NAMA-dissolution Bill. [26616/23]
• 2023-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of and value of motor vehicles seized by the Revenue Commissioners over the past five years to date; the amount of VRT recovered in respect of the seizures; and the number of vehicles returned following payment of outstanding VRT. [24554/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23406/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the capital budget allocation for the Revenue Commissioners in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [23420/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in the context of Section 10 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009, he will provide a schedule of the funds released to its debtors and receivers in cases where it was demonstrated that such funding would enhance or protect the value of the assets securing NAMA’s loan portfolio, on an annual basis to date in 2023; and the names of debtors and receivers that were granted funding, by amount. [23432/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in each of the past five years to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23576/23]
• 2023-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of sporting organisations that have made proposals in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in respect of the distribution of the horse and greyhound fund; if he has received any requests from organisations (details supplied) to increase the betting levies since they were introduced; and the number of occasions he, his predecessors and-or officials have met with Horse Racing Ireland and Greyhound Racing Ireland. [22309/23]
• 2023-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount the National Assets Management Agency made available to an entity (details supplied) historically; if it continues to provide funds to it; and if so, the basis on which it does so. [21995/23]
• 2023-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review in consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the yield from betting duty and betting intermediary duty is distributed and or used. [21026/23]
• 2023-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the yield from traditional betting, betting duty and betting intermediary duty in each of the years 2018 to-date in 2023; and if he will clarify whether 68(1)(a) of the Finance Act is still applicable. [21027/23]
• 2023-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the amount collected from all betting duties in the past five years to date in respect of interest is due on late payments of betting duty; the number of enforcements initiated by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the non-payment of duties and non-payment of interest due on late payments of duties over that same time period; and the number of those enforcements that have been settled to date. [21029/23]
• 2023-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has or plans to engage with the Ministers for Finance and Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of accessing the revenues raised from the betting duty and betting intermediary duty for his use in the context of funding sport, sport Ireland, the sports capital grant scheme and the large-scale infrastructure scheme. [21028/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers of homes costing less than €425,000. [20510/23]
• 2023-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 208 to 210, inclusive, of 25 April, if he will clarify with the Revenue Commissioners whether they are recovering amounts dating back to 2011 due to a rounding error in the amounts due versus the amounts collected in the context of the issuing of letters to persons liable for arrears. [20641/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customers impacted by the 2021 IT calendar divisor issue in respect of underdeduction of LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customers who pay LPT by means of deduction from social welfare schemes by year and scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in respect of the liability letters for LPT recently issued to customers of pension age, the number that related to an underpayment of less than €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18967/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule indicating the number of revenue customs inspections conducted at each aerodrome location in the State including military sites since 1 January 2021 to date in 2023; the value of cash and items seized; the value of cash and items returned on appeal; and the amount collected in excise and duty inspected. [16800/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised from a 5% surcharge on all taxable income above €400,000. [16929/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised from increasing the rate of capital gains tax to 50% for persons earning over €375,000. [16930/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to reduce the second rate of USC from 2% to 1%, together with increasing the upper band limit for this proposed second rate of USC from €22,920 to €24,900. [16928/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his Canadian counterpart to date in 2023. [18040/23]
• 2023-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual landlords and investment companies that are availing of tax relief for landlords; and if he will clarify if non-resident individuals and investment companies are eligible to avail of the tax relief. [15637/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the protocols and or guidelines he has issued in respect of the use of personal social media accounts by officials in his Department; the number of sanctions imposed by his Department on its own officials in the past ten years to date in respect of social media output by its officials, verbal, written or otherwise; if social media platforms are restricted on his Department’s network; if an application (details supplied) is available to use and or download onto Departmental-issued mobile phones; and if not, if it is barred from use. [14512/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff by job title working in the finance department of Iarnród Éireann as of 1 March 2023. [11695/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the way in which a business can receive temporary business energy support scheme support in instances where they share an electricity supply that is one metre from the premises, subdivided into separate business dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9689/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the progress he has made to date with banks in Ireland in relation to a significant reduction of interest rates on residential mortgages in view of the fact that they are some of the highest in the Eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9772/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies under his aegis in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will include the fees expended, name of personality and campaign they were engaged on; and if he will also provide the key performance indicators in respect of their engagement [9898/23]
• 2023-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if the independent Evaluation Committee and or the Department of Finance and or the Revenue Commissioners and or Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage drew his attention to broader public policy concern in respect of the IIP scheme. [9865/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the full-time vacancies, by job title, in the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 14 February 2023; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [8362/23]
• 2023-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over its percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7904/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify, in the context of voluntary school contributions that are of €250 or more, whether it is the patron or school board of management that is the designated charity organisation that benefited from tax relief as a result of the submission of the CHY4 form. [7367/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the degree to which the change in benefit-in-kind is impacting on persons that require the provision of a vehicle as part of their work; if he will set out the rationale for applying the charge on the end user rather than the provider of the vehicle; and if he plans to mitigate increased charges on workers in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. [5791/23]
• 2023-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total amount in dividend payments made to the State in the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and year end 2022, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial semi-State companies, in tabular form; and if he will provide individual sums by company for those years. [6091/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield by introducing an additional 5% income tax surcharge on the portion of individuals' income above €175,000. [4206/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the duty payable in the context of Stamp Duty Consolidation Act 1999, must be calculated according to the total market value of the debts or choses-in-action, regardless of the amount that was paid for them by the assignee; if he has discretion to waive that requirement or reduce the amount chargeable on any instrument; and if the Revenue Commissioners have the authority to make arrangements for bulk payments under section 5 of the Act. [4607/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, his Department will consider conducting a comprehensive spill over analysis of the possible effects of Ireland’s current tax system on developing countries. considering the issues raised in a submission by organisations (details supplied) to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and that the only spill over analysis of Ireland’s tax system on developing countries was conducted in 2015 and accounted for only 4% of available data on Irish overseas investment, [4797/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield if the licence for amusement machines for up to three months increased from €38 to €60 based on 2022 figures; and the estimated full-year yield if the licence for amusement machines for up 12 months increased from €125 to €190 based on 2022 figures. [1210/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of appointments that were made to the grade of assistant principal officer from 2017 to 2022 by Revenue Commissioners within Dublin; and the manner in which the appointments were filled. [1219/23]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an historical schedule of annual costs to date regarding the management of commercial properties in Russia and Ukraine on behalf of the former special liquidators of a bank (details supplied) and the liquidators themselves. [61697/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of transactions and-or auctions that a company (details supplied) was involved in, in respect of IBRC's holding of National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, junior bonds in 2014 and 2015. [61970/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the companies that acquired IBRC's holding of NAMA junior bonds in 2014 and 2015. [61971/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the date on which and the time that his Department and-or the former Minister for Finance was first notified by a company (details supplied) of the most likely pricing range that could be achieved in the auction of IBRC's holding of NAMA junior bonds. [61972/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the definition applied by the Revenue Commissioners in the context of categorising persons as self-employed and or as contractors. [60384/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the definition applied by the Revenue Commissioners in the context of categorising persons as an employee. [60385/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the hierarchy of adjudications in situations in which the Revenue Commissioners rule that a person is an employee following WRC cases in which a person has been determined to be self-employed (details supplied). [60386/22]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since 2015 to date, in tabular form. [59682/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the employment status in the civil service of each civilian driver who has been replaced by an official Garda driver in his Ministerial driver corps; if VER payments have issued; and if any cases have been presented to the WRC to date on foot of the changes. [59767/22]
• 2022-11-23
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2022 · 4 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 78–58
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 57–75
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 53–79
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–74
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which in a person’s tax liability in respect of PUP is calculated if they are married and self-employed; if he will clarify the person liable to cover the liability (details supplied). [57871/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated if the local property tax rate increased to 0.50% for properties valued at over €1.05 million and 1% for properties valued in excess of €1.4 million. [58028/22]
• 2022-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in the context of insurance reform if he will outline the steps that he has taken to ensure that persons that make a claim in respect of their stolen motor vehicle receive market value equivalent payments to cover their loss rather than the estimated value provided by the policy holder; and if his attention has been drawn to instances in which persons are at a loss due to the inflationary impact on the second-hand motor vehicle trade. [56931/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which local authority members may access the bike-to-work scheme in their capacity of elected representatives at local government level; and if he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of their eligibility for the scheme. [56185/22]
• 2022-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify his taxation policy for biofuels; and if biofuel value added tax and levies will be amended. [56437/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54216/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54234/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55481/22]
• 2022-10-26
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2022

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 78–55
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with banks and or the Central Bank in respect of the timeframes that the banks have set for borrowers to draw down mortgages once approval has been sanctioned; if his attention has been drawn to the issue for borrowers facing interest rate increases on loans that cannot be drawn down due to building works on properties not being completed in time in order to satisfy a bank to release borrowings. [53154/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and-or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and-or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50756/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount in totality that will be distributed from the central funds. [50817/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if he will provide a schedule of the services that his Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50449/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total yield for local property tax by local authority for 2021 and to date in 2022; the difference in the number of properties included between each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47899/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 8 September 2022, if he will provide a breakdown on a local-authority basis of the amount derived from the 108,744 properties brought within the scope of local property tax for the year 2022 to date. [48092/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector between today’s date and the expiration of the 9% rate in February 2023; and if the rate will be abolished on the last day of February 2023. [48228/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by him; and the details of the person or body that is conducting each study, review and research project in tabular form. [47044/22]
• 2022-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of local property tax collected to date in 2022; and the amount outstanding to be collected for 2022. [46461/22]
• 2022-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount received by the Exchequer by way of dividend from commercial semi-State companies in the each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 by amount and company in tabular form; the policy in respect of dividend payments to the Exchequer from commercial semi-State bodies; the way in which dividends are distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46262/22]
• 2022-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in respect of the fine of €405 million imposed on a company (details supplied) if the funds will be lodged into the central Exchequer or if he has provided an escrow facility. [46264/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [45954/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to aspects of the Commission of Investigation into companies (details supplied) in the context that it is concern expressed regarding the definition of capital loss as used by the Special Liquidator; his views on whether the definition is inconsistent with the concept of prudence, a requirement of European Union company law and that it gives the Special Liquidator an opportunity to withhold from the Commission certain preferential loans to connected parties that are loss making for the taxpayer; and if he has received a copy of a letter dated 23 October 2015 that the Special Liquidator wrote to the Commission on this matter. [45215/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended by a corporation (details supplied) on the use of private investigator companies historically; if he will provide a schedule of the PI companies that were engaged; the fees paid to each of them; and if they produced a report for him and or the management of the corporation. [45302/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home in 2021 and to date in 2022, that have been declined. [44579/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances in which a bank (details supplied) has investigated bank officials across the sector in respect of accessing customer data and information for purposes that were not official and-or valid in the past five years to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of prosecutions and-or litigations that have arisen from those investigations; if any bank has been fined for breaches of customer privacy; and, if so, the amount that has been realised from those fines. [42574/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of new properties brought within the scope of local property tax charges in 2022; and the local property tax yield from same. [42817/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the totality of grant aid and-or subsidy provided to each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 (details supplied). [42827/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide any work undertaken in respect of forecasting revenue realised from the collection of local property tax in future years. [42840/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield that would be generated if the spirits retailers on-licence fee increased from €3,805 to €5,000 where the annual turnover is excess of €1.270 million, based on 2019 figures. [43187/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the additional yield that would be generated if the spirits retailers on-licence fee increased from €2,535 to €2,900 where the annual turnover is above €952,500 but under €1.270 million, based on 2019 figures. [43188/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she has engaged with officials and or the Minister for Finance in respect of waiving VAT on school energy bills; and the structure and or supports which her Department has put in place to assist schools with their energy and or utility bills outside of the capitation grant. [43777/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position in respect of one member pension arrangements; if he has engaged with the Pensions Authority in respect of extending the deadline for compliance (details supplied) [40666/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his Canadian counterpart to date in 2022. [39269/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of warrants that have been issued for the collection of debts owed to the Revenue Commissioners by revenue sheriffs in the past five years and to date in 2022, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39532/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of claims that have been taken against the State in respect of Covid that the State Claims Agency are processing as of 6 July 2022; the extract from the NIM system illustrating the claims; and the contingent liability that the State has in place in respect of Covid claims. [37688/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of gold reserves held in Ireland on a quarterly basis since the year commencing 2000 to Quarter 2 2022, in tabular form. [36590/22]
• 2022-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the tonnage and value of precious metals and or receivables held in reserve that are not gold as of month end of June 2022. [36591/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials inspections at Knock, Cork, Kerry, Dublin and Shannon airports in 2021 and to date in 2022; the value of items, substances and cash seized during this period; and the amount of cash returned on appeal for the same time period. [35781/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated if the late registration fee of 0.1% was increased to 0.6% for vehicles that remain unregistered for VRT, based on 2019 figures. [35782/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing seven additional dog detector teams for the Revenue Commissioners; the amount of cash seized by the Revenue Commissioners' dog unit in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the estimated street value of drugs and tobacco products seized during that time period. [35783/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons assigned to the regulatory section within the Central Bank who are dedicated to the building society market; if he will provide details of same in respect of credit unions. [34830/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and or his officials have developed any plans to launch a State-owned building society. [34831/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which hydrotreated vegetable oil enabled vehicles are taxed; the VRT that they incur; and the import levies and so on. [29299/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the supporting legislation that facilitates the data exchange between the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection; and the number of instances in which the Department of Social Protection received data by the request of the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of investigating potential social protection fraud from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form. [30321/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of full-time forensic accountants employed by the Revenue Commissioners as of 1 January 2021 and 17 May 2022, in tabular form. [26144/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views in relation to allowing all schools to claim back VAT in the same way that other entities with charity numbers can; if she has addressed this matter with the Minister for Finance; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that schools cannot avail of the VAT compensation scheme. [25740/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she has engaged with officials and or the Minister for Finance in respect of waiving VAT on school energy-bills; the structure and or supports her Department has put in place to assist schools with their energy and or utility-bills outside of the capitation grant. [25741/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25587/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the protections that are in place for consumers particularly younger people availing of buy-now, pay-later lending services; and if these providers are actively monitored by the Central Bank. [23679/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of buy-now, pay-later lending providers (details supplied) that are operating in the Irish market at present; the market share of these providers; and the number of Irish companies using their services at present. [23680/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of buy-now, pay-later loans administered in Ireland; the amount of money spent through these loans; the percentage of buy-now, pay-later loans in relation to the total number of loans administered; and the age breakdown of buy-now, pay-later loans from 2019 to date. [23681/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if buy-now, pay-later lending providers that are operating in Ireland are required to report successful and unsuccessful payment histories to the Central Credit Register; if buy-now, pay-later loan providers operating in Ireland are required to run a credit check prior to administering a loan; and if not, if his Department has considered this measure. [23682/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank or his Department are monitoring the targeting of young people by buy-now, pay-later loan providers; the rate of usage of these services among young people; the rate of missed payments by young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23683/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to United States research by a company (details supplied); and if his Department is considering any educational initiatives for young people in relation to credit, the implications of missing payments or the implications of having multiple loans at one time. [23684/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the multiple class action lawsuits taken against a company (details supplied) in the United States alleging that the company did not adequately represent the hidden costs behind the service; and if the service provided by the company and similar providers in Ireland have been reviewed to ensure that the hidden costs are clear to the consumer. [23685/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if schools can claim a VAT rebate in the context of being in possession of a charity number. [22586/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views in relation to allowing all schools to claim VAT back in the same way as other entities with charity numbers; the estimated costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22689/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the way in which VRT is calculated in respect of imported second-hand electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles from the UK and from the EU. [22016/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review from a revenue perspective the barriers that exist in respect of the importation of second-hand electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles in order to enhance the availability and choices of stock for end users. [22017/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of fines and totality of the amount paid in respect of fines issued by the EU on his Department for failing to transpose EU directives; if he will include the directive that was not transposed on time; and if he will indicate the directives that are still not fully transposed for the past 25 years to date in 2022. [22325/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has consulted with his ministerial colleagues at the Department of Finance and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications regarding the price differential here and throughout the European Union in respect of electric and hybrid vehicles; and his plans to reduce the cost of purchasing these types of vehicles in this State. [21629/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a piece of surveillance technology (details supplied) is being used by his Department or any agencies under his remit in view of the fact that there are security and privacy concerns associated with the use of same; the data protection policies on the use of artificial intelligence with respect to instances in which this technology is being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21234/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 3 March 2022 (details supplied), if he will provide further schedules of the assets disposed of relating to each named legal entity on the response and the amount raised for each disposal and locations of same. [17430/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of costs and real estate and-or property consultants who have made claims against him over the course of the special liquidation of IBRC to date. [17431/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way the income from renting garden shed-type accommodation is treated from a taxation perspective; if it is treated as a registered standalone private dwelling at the same address; if it is treated as a rent a room in a dwelling context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16898/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged a company (details supplied) in respect of the services it provides from 2011 to date in 2022; the number of times he has engaged this company; the services used; and the total cost of all engagements with this company. [15180/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will include petrol and diesel fuel in the 13.5% VAT rate; and the rationale for not already reducing VAT on transport fuels. [13949/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if financial sanctions in respect of Russian interests make provision for the freezing and or interruption of cybercurrencies. [12922/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13051/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount provided to each approved housing body through the Housing Finance Agency in the past ten years to date; and the total outstanding loan book at the end of December 2021. [12346/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of 30-year variable loans, 10-year fixed-rate loans and 25-year fixed rate new build loans currently on the loan book of the Housing Finance Agency. [12347/22]
• 2022-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of legal fees incurred by him in respect of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation historically; and if he will provide a schedule of legal fees incurred by the special liquidators of the corporation historically. [12243/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated time to complete liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC; the estimated value of the remaining assets; the number of remaining assets; the number of personnel currently working on the special liquidation; the date on which operations will scale down once the liquidation is complete; if the liquidators will be retained for a period of time; and the cost to date incurred in respect of the liquidation [10825/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule for each heading for the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of mineral oil tax in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [8866/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule for each heading for the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of alcohol products tax in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [8867/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule for each heading for the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of tobacco products tax in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [8868/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule for each heading for the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of sugar sweetened drinks tax in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [8869/22]
• 2022-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners from the 9% VAT band since the rate was reintroduced to date in 2022; and the amount forgone since the 9% rate was reintroduced to date in 2022. [8881/22]
• 2022-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by his Department for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff and-or special advisers since 1 January 2018 to date in 2022; and if he will provide a schedule of locations of the travel arranged or advised on, to include the final destination of travel episode, by year, and the full cost of same. [8505/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the special liquidators of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in respect of the formation of a company (details supplied) in the context of the changes in personnel that will follow at the special liquidators' current company; and if he has made contingency for conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts that may arise. [7673/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the revenue liability that sports clubs incur in instances in which they are granted a house from a developer to offer as a prize in the course of their fundraising activities; and if he will further clarify whether any duty or tax are due by either the developer, sports club organising the raffle or the eventual winner of the prize. [8380/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners have engaged with officials in the Department of Justice regarding the rules that govern raffles in instances in which houses are offered as a prize in the context of the Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019. [8381/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT from gas and electricity bills in the past two years to date; and his plans to reduce VAT on energy bills. [7422/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has spoken formally with his Australian counterpart in the past 12 months; and if so, the nature of those engagements. [6199/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6232/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he intends to remedy those cases in which the loss of social, economic or environmental and natural heritage occur from flooding in the context of the national long-term climate action strategy that is required under section 3(2)(d) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (as amended), for flood mitigation which is not deemed suitable to be financed through a cost-benefit analysis; the relief that will be offered to those that will and already are experiencing adverse impacts as a result of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4163/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a bank must comply with European Union law and not with the current interpretation of the International Financial Reporting Standards in cases in which a bank is reporting its financial position to potential shareholders; if he has considered the UK parliamentary inquiry (details supplied) in this context of the relationship framework that exists between him and the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3672/22]
• 2022-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the properties held by NAMA and leased to the OPW which were subsequently disposed of either through selling of loan books or through placing owners in receivership since NAMA was established. [2705/22]
• 2022-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of meetings between NAMA and the OPW in respect of taking on leases and or ownership of properties that were within the control of NAMA since NAMA was established. [2706/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners plan to review the list of tax exempt charitable organisations in order that climate and environmental charities are better represented. [1050/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding an individual donor for tax relief on donations to a charity that does not currently have tax-exempt status in the State (details supplied). [1051/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty in respect of bank and credit cards since the levy was introduced to date in 2022, by year. [1275/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1799/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to situations in which lenders refuse to and or will not release funds to persons that work in companies that are receiving State supports due to the ongoing public health situation; if he will engage with lenders in respect of this situation in order to resolve the issue; if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on the issue; and if he has consulted with the Revenue Commissioners in order to improve the way in which the employment wage subsidy scheme is administered in the context of lenders refusing to release funds to applicants (details supplied). [1837/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered the recommendations contained in a report by the Houses of the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach regarding the way in which an annual salary for the Secretary General of the Department of Health was developed and awarded. [1214/22]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be made available in 2022 to purchase extra dogs for the dog unit of the Revenue Commissioners. [61287/21]
• 2021-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on electricity costs in tabular form; and if he will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with their ICT hardware, that is, servers and so on in tabular form. [60937/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 23 November 2021, if he will provide a timeline of the dates on which access to the registers was made; if he plans to expand on the time limitations that currently exist in respect of accessing the registers; and if he will provide clarity in respect of the person or body that is the decision maker in relation to amending the rules regarding access to the registers. [60007/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the employment wage subsidy scheme supports at their current levels are retained until at least up until April 2022. [59557/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount incurred by the State in respect of charges and fees regarding the account of a company (details supplied) to date since the account was established. [59694/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59702/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been installed in 2021; and if not, the plans to install same in 2022. [59720/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2021 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 68–42
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 46–65
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–64
• 2021-12-01
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2021 · 4 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 46–66
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 46–65
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 45–76
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 49–75
• 2021-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has engaged with the Minister for Health and the Minister of Finance in respect of the reintroduction of the full pandemic unemployment payment in December 2021 and-or the first quarter of 2022. [58134/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which members of the public may view and or inspect the Moneylenders, Credit and Mortgage Intermediaries Registers established under the Consumer Credit Act 1995; if his attention has been drawn to the limited time period in which persons may inspect this register; and if he will consider the use of a statutory instrument in order to open the registers on a full-time basis. [57095/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid the domicile levy in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and to date in 2021; the amount collected under the levy in the same period; the number of persons who are declared non-resident for tax purposes; the number of those who qualified for the domicile levy in 2018, 2019 and 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57166/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has consulted with the Minister for Finance in respect of seeking to have included among VAT exempt services that the driver education sector be included (details supplied); and if not, his plans to engage the Minister for Finance on this issue. [55405/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered reviewing VAT exemptions (details supplied) for the driving education sector in the context of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010. [55404/21]
• 2021-11-10
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–54
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in respect of the provision of premiums by insurance companies to persons in homes that are not designated as a flood risk; and if his attention has been drawn to instances in which insurance companies are refusing to provide cover in instances in which OPW flood maps clearly identify areas as not being in a flood area. [53969/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to include e-scooters as eligible methods of transport under the cycle to work scheme. [54014/21]
• 2021-11-03
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2021

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 71–54
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be forgone by the Exchequer annually by making maternity benefit exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52070/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be forgone by the Exchequer annually by making adoptive benefit exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52071/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be forgone by the Exchequer annually by making paternity benefit exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52072/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be forgone by the Exchequer annually by making parents benefit exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52073/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with insurance providers in respect of their lack of consistency regarding the way in which and the grounds on which they refuse to provide insurance cover in areas that are not identified as flood risk by the OPW in the context of their mapping and modelling of flood risk areas. [52191/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place for the public to consult the investment intermediaries register; if legacy registers exist; if so, the year they date to; if legacy registers are open to review by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52282/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place for the public to consult the mortgage intermediaries register; the location in which the register is kept; the regularity with which it is updated; if a legacy register exists; if so, when it dates from; if a review of the working of the register is being considered; if so, the aspects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52283/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the Revenue Commissioners’ position regarding its decision to relax tax residency regulations for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); if this position prevails; and if so, the date on which he proposes to end this practice. [52640/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of his predecessors was drawn to any conflict of interests and or perceived conflicts of interest within the shareholding and financial advisory division of his Department in the past ten years to date in the context of section 14 of the code of conduct for civil servants; and if he will outline the steps taken by them in order to comply with the code of conduct. [52817/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of occasions that officials from his Department have met with a bank and a company (details supplied) in the past two years to date; the date on which each meeting occurred; if each meeting was online, by telephone conference and in-person; and the division of his Department that attended these meetings. [52818/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the procedure that he followed in respect of his officials and or that of their spouse’s shareholdings in a company (details supplied) in the context of his stake in a bank and its acquisition of the company to ensure it did not give rise to the perception that there was a conflict of interest in the transaction. [52819/21]
• 2021-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 12 October 2021, if he will clarify a series of matters in relation to bank branches (details supplied). [51778/21]
• 2021-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that the Central Bank is using off balance sheet structures to help in the concealment of losses; and if he or his officials have engaged with the Central Bank regarding the number of IBRC transactions that keep losses and liabilities off balance sheet. [51675/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with insurance companies and or their representative bodies in respect of insurance providers refusing to provide quotes and or premiums to persons wishing to insure roadworthy and NCT compliant cars over a certain age; if his attention has been drawn to this practice; and the steps he is taking to remedy it. [50598/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and or his officials have engaged with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of lower and or a temporary waiving of VRT in view of inflated prices for second-hand motor vehicles. [50599/21]
• 2021-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and or his officials have engaged with lending institutions here in respect of persons that availed of pandemic unemployment payments and as a result were placed in a position that they were required to restructure credit arrangements and as a result had negative credit rating applied to them over the course of 2020 and 2021; and if so, his plans to remedy this situation. [50347/21]
• 2021-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will seek the necessary finance for the establishment of a designated intestinal failure unit or service in Ireland in order that that the HSE fulfils its ethical and legal responsibility to reduce the unacceptably high rates of complications and mortality among persons with intestinal failure. [50238/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in respect of public liability insurance in the context of start-up businesses and existing businesses (details supplied) being quoted extremely high premiums placing an unnecessary burden on their ability to trade and or continued existence; and if he has engaged with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on this issue. [49171/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the engagements his officials have had with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the IIP in the context of common reporting standards in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the dates on which engagements occurred over the same time period. [49543/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the procedure a bank must follow in instances in which it proposes to close a retail bank premises in which the State has an interest; and the degree to which it must consult with the Central Bank in this regard. [49671/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the procedure a bank must follow in instances in which it proposes to automate a retail bank premises in which the State has an interest; and the degree to which it must consult with the Central Bank in this regard. [49672/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield in local property tax from strategic housing developments by county in each of the years 2021 to 2023. [47442/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount, by county, in forgone local property tax in respect of exempted properties from 2013 to date. [47443/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for those in need of a primary medical certificate; his plans to include persons impacted by stroke to be included in the eligible criteria; and if he will expand on the eligibility of the certificate. [44554/21]
• 2021-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the current requirements to qualify for a primary medical certificate; if he plans changes to the current criteria; if so, the details of those changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44298/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of employees in the Central Bank dedicated to international financial services including the funds and assets management industries; and the number of open vacancies in the area. [43391/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect of late payments being made to suppliers, service providers and contractors in tabular form; and the measures he has put in place and or is implementing to reduce late payment interest and penalty payments. [44003/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and or the Revenue Commissioners have evaluated the potential for tax liability concealment and or avoidance as a consequence of the use of the various different types of crypto-asset and or cryptocurrency transactions. [41552/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in excise duty on mineral oils in the form of mineral oil tax and carbon tax since 2016 to date in 2021. [41667/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and or his special advisers and-or officials use or have used services (details supplied) to communicate in the past 18 months. [43071/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield if the 2% stamp duty on transfers of residential properties on the portion of the value that is in excess of €1 million increases to 4.5%. [38261/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost yield if the excise duty on a package of 20 cigarettes increased by 30 cents. [38262/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 92–48
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–88
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Financial Resolution

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 93–48
• 2021-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the date and the way in which changes to the local property tax system will be introduced. [38014/21]
• 2021-07-08
  VOTE
  Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021

  A bill to amend the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012; to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; to amend the Standards in Public Office Act 2001; to amend the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011; to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 66–43
• 2021-07-07
  VOTE
  Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 78–55
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 74–59
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention or the attention of the Revenue Commissioners has been drawn to instances in which persons in the construction sector are required to complete paperwork (details supplied) in order to secure work; if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of same and seek their views and or actions they will take arising from the information contained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35818/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. [36124/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. [36142/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. [36160/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of the transactions NAMA has had historically with companies (details supplied); the value of same; the breakdown by the asset type involved in each transaction, that is, land, completed buildings and part completed buildings and sites with and without planning and or zoning; and the locations of same. [30577/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the United States Secretary of the Treasury since their appointment; and if so, the nature of those engagements. [30741/21]
• 2021-06-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax foregone on an annual basis to date since 2013 on exempted and properties liable for the tax that have not had local property tax applied to them in tabular form. [29983/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of engagements he and or his predecessor has had with the Central Bank and the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the Immigrant Investor Programme; if he plans to review or perform an impact assessment of the programme historically taking into consideration its impact on the provision of social housing. [29010/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a schedule of engagements she and or her predecessor has had with the Central Bank, the Minister for Finance and the Revenue Commissioners in respect the Immigrant Investor Programme; if she plans to reform the programme in respect of the investments made in the provision of social housing. [29009/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the research used to support the increase in stamp duty to 10% in the context of bulk buying housing; the way the research was sourced and from whom; the parameters that were used; the other taxation measures that were considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/21]
• 2021-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance in respect of the way in which companies can be encouraged to switch their vehicle fleets to hybrid and electric vehicles in the context of the climate action plan; and his plans to consider the way in which he can influence reform of the benefit in kind regime in the context of the uptake of greener vehicles ahead of the budget (details supplied). [27439/21]
• 2021-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27277/21]
• 2021-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify an aspect of section 4 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 benefit-in-kind charges in the context of the action plan on climate change; the way in which BIK changes can incentivise companies to change the fleets of vehicles to hybrid and or electric in view of the fact that under the current policy 0% BIK exemption for electric vehicles will cease at the end of 2022 with no certainty if this will be extended; and if he will consider the example (details supplied). [27441/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and purpose of these engagements of this type of contractor. [25824/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of settlements an association (details supplied) has made with the Revenue Commissioners in the past 10 years to date. [26321/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners will adjudicate on a VAT liability in respect of organisations (details supplied). [26322/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons seconded to his Department from and or that previously worked for companies (details supplied) in the past 10 years to date; and the measures in place in his Department that protect it from conflicts of interest and maintain good corporate governance arrangements in respect of his Department’s operations with financial companies that officials once worked for. [26323/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or following a disciplinary process from 1 January 2018 to date in 2021. [22774/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the entry point to the higher rate of income tax was increased to €42,500 for a single person and €85,000 for couples who are both working and equivalent change for taxpayer units with one partner in work. [21415/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice in tabular form. [22273/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged to assist with placing the advertisements and the companies advertised with in tabular form. [22291/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a schedule will be provided of the data sets, databases and file types his Department has shared with the Department of Health since 2000. [17972/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and the basis on which they were declined in tabular form. [17990/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials inspections at airports (details supplied) in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by location; the value of items and-or substances seized for that period; and if the visits were notified in advance. [17260/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number that were accepted as a protected disclosure; the number that were in part or fully examined by a third party or consultancy; the number of protected disclosures under investigation over this period; and the number that were finalised and the contents accepted and acted on. [16030/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 from officials within his Department; the number of officials who made protected disclosures over the period and who are now not working in his Department; and the number of protected disclosures received from retired officials of his Department over the period. [16048/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will continue for months after mass gatherings are permitted again in order to assist the live events sector scale up its activities and begin to trade again. [14991/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to allow SMEs to avail of tax warehousing without penalty for at least 12 months after mass gatherings are permitted again in view of the curtailment of their activities due to the public health restrictions. [14993/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of liabilities due by persons in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and or the pandemic unemployment payment; his plans to reform the way in which the bills are to be settled in view of the fact that employees over the course of the pandemic worked through exceptional circumstances; and if he has considered enhancing tax credits for those with a due liability over a more protracted timeframe than offered at present. [15292/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to address the lacuna in the law with respect to the growth of industrial hemp; if he has or will initiate a dialogue with the Ministers for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Finance in the context of industrial hemp given it is a carbon sink and sequesters carbon dioxide in addition to producing a strong economic return for growers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15825/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount a company (details supplied) has received in fees from the NTMA in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13620/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount a company (details supplied) has received in fees from the Central Bank in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13621/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount a company (details supplied) has received in fees from his Department in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13622/21]
• 2021-03-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount a company (details supplied) has received in fees from NAMA in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [13898/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank in respect of a fine issued to a broker regarding the breaching of market rules in relation to a transaction; if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and why the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement is not now investigating following the issuing of a fine against the broker by the Central Bank of Ireland. [13172/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering out the personal, PAYE and earned income credit of a taxpayer unit by 3% per €1,500 on a person's income between €110,000 and €160,000+ per year resulting in no entitlement to these tax credits when income is in excess of €160,000+ in addition to a USC rate of 3.25% in excess of €190,000. [12707/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Central Bank in respect of a fine issued to a broker regarding the breaching of market rules in relation to a transaction; and if the case has been escalated to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and or Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. [13170/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of betting duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2020; the amount collected to date in 2021; the amount in betting intermediary duty collected between 1 January and 31 December 2020; and the amount collected to date in 2021. [11251/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to conduct an analysis of betting duty and betting intermediary duty in the context of the sources it is derived from. [11276/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of value added tax collected from the 9% rate to date since its reintroduction; and the amount forgone since the reintroduction of the 9% rate. [11970/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of value added tax forgone since the standard rate of 23% was reduced to 21%; and if he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis in respect of the reduction. [11971/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which jointly assessed persons are treated in respect of tax on the pandemic unemployment payment in instances in which one person remains in full-time employment while the other is in receipt of the payment; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which the person in full-time employment is bearing the liability (details supplied). [12011/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the stay and spend tax credit initiative beyond April 2021. [8409/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to a proposal by banks (details supplied) to introduce charges on transaction moneys held in solicitor client accounts for and on behalf of clients and-or customers or consumers; and if he has engaged with or plans to engage with the banks and-or the Central Bank on this matter. [8751/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of gaming machines seized by the Revenue Commissioners under section 43 of the Finance Act 1975 in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [6613/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of items (details supplied) that have been seized by customs officials in the past five years to date in 2021; the way in which they dispose of such materials; and the number of full-time, part-time and contractor Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine staff that are attached to the customs section of the Revenue Commissioners. [6935/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the National Asset Management Agency to firms carrying out receivership work for the agency in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the individual amounts received by each named firm for its work for each year in tabular form. [5178/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the National Asset Management Agency to legal firms or companies in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and the individual amounts received by each named firm for its work for each year in tabular form. [5179/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the stay and spend initiative in terms of the amount of tax credits availed of under the scheme; and the amount spent on administering the scheme. [3839/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent to date on marketing and advertising the stay and spend initiative as it relates to Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3840/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4055/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out in damages in non-medical negligence cases by the State Claims Agency in 2020; the top five amounts paid out; and the nature of each case. [3164/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the State Claims Agency in plaintiff legal costs and its own legal costs in non-medical negligence cases by the State in 2020. [3165/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the top ten individual amounts repaid by companies that received payments under the Covid-19 temporary wage subsidy scheme; and the sector that each firm operates in tabular form. [3456/21]
• 2021-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the Central Bank who received pay in excess of €400,000 in 2019 and 2020; the number who received pay between €300,000 and €400,000 in 2019 and 2020; the number who received pay between €300,000 and €200,000 in 2019 and 2020; the number who received pay between €200,000 and €150,000 in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; the number who received between €100,000 and €150,000; the remuneration package for the Governor of Central Bank in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3457/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if assets were sold back to and-or transferred by NAMA and-or a third party to a person (details supplied) following their bankruptcy; and if he is satisfied that the beneficial owner procedures have been adhered to in relation to this asset. [44742/20]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year yield from each 1.5% increase in the minimum effective tax rate of persons earning over €150,000 per year. [1182/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Treasury Management Agency excluding the National Asset Management Agency that received pay in 2020 including retention payments and other benefits by range (details supplied); the number employed by the National Treasury Management Agency at the end of 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1916/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Asset Management Agency that received pay in 2020 by salary range (details supplied); the number employed by the agency at the end of 2019 and 2020, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1917/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the National Asset Management Agency in voluntary redundancy payments in 2020; the number of staff that took voluntary redundancy in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1918/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the National Treasury Management Agency in voluntary redundancy payments in 2020; the number of staff that took voluntary redundancy in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1919/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out in gardening leave by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in 2020; and the number to receive gardening leave payments in 2021. [1920/21]
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out in gardening leave by NTMA in 2020; and the number to receive gardening leave payments in 2021. [1921/21]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider making the CRSS available to the direct marketing companies and tour operators. [43114/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the costs incurred by the State Claims Agency in respect of non-medical negligence claims over the time period 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [43226/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount drawn down from the recovery and resilience facility; the way in which it has been disbursed since drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41093/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which banks may be advising incorrectly to customers (details supplied) such as small business owners and farmers on whether their loans come under the Central Bank's tracker mortgage examination. [41913/20]
• 2020-12-03
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2020 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 80–49
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 51–77
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–71
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work on its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions and-or financial penalties and-or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40210/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount forgone and-or not collected by the Revenue Commissioners in local property tax by exempted property types in respect of properties purchased in 2013 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [39459/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of data access requests the Revenue Commissioners have made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the data was sought. [38849/20]
• 2020-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional funding that has been proposed to assist local authorities manage finances shortfalls in a post-Covid-19 environment and for the fiscal year 2021; when measures will be advised to local authorities; if consideration has been given to the current problems with local authority funding disadvantaging some local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37501/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if forecasting is undertaken regarding setting future amounts; the contingent liability figure for his Department for 2020; and if the contingent has been utilised to date in 2020. [36903/20]
• 2020-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the event industry and associated sectors can access the Covid restrictions support scheme as announced on 6 November 2020 (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of the sectors and business types that can access the scheme; and the criteria for accessing same. [35891/20]
• 2020-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department leases additional office space that is outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and, if so, the details of the lease, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35874/20]
• 2020-11-11
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2020: Financial Resolutions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 84–64
• 2020-11-11
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2020

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 85–64
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which banks are exploiting General Data Protection Regulations to avoid identifying tracker loans (details supplied); the action he plans to take to address the issue; if he has consulted with and or been contacted by the Central Bank in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34584/20]
• 2020-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of doubling the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners dog unit; and his plans to expand this service in the context of Brexit. [34840/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from a group (details supplied); if he will update his initial response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34481/20]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and-or the Revenue Commissioners have conducted an impact assessment in the context of the retail export scheme post-Brexit; and if he and or the Revenue Commissioners have a documented forecasting and or model of the way in which sectors will be effected post-Brexit that fall under the scheme. [34487/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of and position regarding a developmental role for NewERA in view of the commitment in the programme for Government; if it will evolve strategies to leverage the balance sheets of State companies to drive new economic opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32952/20]
• 2020-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will meet with the representatives of the financial services union regarding a bank (details supplied) [32208/20]
• 2020-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have engaged with and or corresponded with a bank (details supplied) and or a service in relation to the possibility of the bank withdrawing from the Irish banking market [32207/20]
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of businesses and sectors that qualify for CRSS scheme. [31839/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has spoken to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in the past three months. [31176/20]
• 2020-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of the stay and spend scheme; if the effectiveness of it has been assessed to date; if he will seek an extension of the scheme beyond April 2021 in view of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions; if the Revenue Commissioners have provided feedback on the scheme to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30617/20]
• 2020-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the individual tax rebate for working from home in 2020 which can be claimed against 10% of the costs of home working; the cost of same in 2018 and 2019; and his plans to increase the amount claimable by persons. [29193/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28916/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by his Department over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28934/20]
• 2020-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the instructions and correspondence he issued to the Revenue Commissioners regarding the way in which the treatment of tax liabilities by Revenue for recipients of the wage subsidy scheme and the pandemic unemployment payment will be handled as per his statement of 25 September 2020; and the reason for issuing the instructions. [27830/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions, including the publications to which his Department subscribes. [27641/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports on media coverage of his Department; if so, the costs of same and the companies engaged. [27659/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the employment wage subsidy scheme until 31 March 2021. [26336/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has finalised and submitted an application to the European Commission in order to access the support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency, SURE, initiative; if it is still planned to use funds granted from the scheme solely for the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26338/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and-or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee, in tabular form. [27052/20]
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount borrowed by the State to date from the European Commission under the SURE initiative; the way in which the funds will be distributed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22738/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the decision to exclude propriety owners and directors working to keep their business afloat from the new employment wage subsidy scheme in view of the fact that they were previously included in the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the reason for the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21263/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to conduct a full review of the taxation policy of married persons and cohabitating partnerships in view of the time that elapsed since an examination of the current legal status of cohabiting couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22127/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for each role in tabular form. [22528/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason for setting the cut-off points to the expanded scheme in the context of his recent announcement regarding the help to buy scheme; if he will consider striking a date that is more in harmony with the dates on which the State introduced work and travel restrictions in view of the number of persons affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in a financial sense; and his plans to review the scheme in the context of a situation (details supplied). [20871/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) can submit details of their financial position in the current tax year in instances in which they cannot produce a historical view of their tax affairs in order to gain access in relation to the help to buy scheme; his plans to make amendments to the time frames requested of applicants to produce revenue details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the legal cases the State Claims Agency is currently handling on behalf of each Department; the stage they are at; the nature of the claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20122/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the decision on the setting of the cut-off points to the expanded help to buy scheme; if he will consider setting a date that is better suited with the dates on which the State introduced work and travel restrictions in view of the numbers of persons affected by the pandemic in a financial sense; and his plans to review the scheme (details supplied). [20447/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and-or recruited and-or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for the role in tabular form. [20619/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the help-to-buy scheme in 2020; the median payment under the scheme; and the expenditure to date. [20631/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of insurance companies refusing to issue travel insurance to persons who need to travel abroad for essential work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized by the dog detector unit of the Revenue Commissioners from 1 October 2019 to date in 2020; the estimated value of narcotics, prescription drugs and tobacco products detected by the unit over the same time period; if food substances have been seized over the same time period; if the Revenue Commissioners plan to expand the unit; if so, if a business case has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18666/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of advisers and special advisers appointed by him since becoming Minister; the starting annual salary of each person appointed by him; if an open interview process was conducted for each appointee; the duration and terms of each contract issued to each adviser and special adviser; and if an advisory role has been split to facilitate job sharing in tabular form. [16563/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the modelling that has been undertaken to quantify the impact of Covid-19 on the sectors he plans to provide assistance to in the context of the proposed July stimulus; the persons that conducted the modelling and analysis; if it will be factored into the stimulus measures; if he has consulted with his Ministerial colleagues in the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the stimulus; and if aspects will require an early budget. [16040/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies by job title in the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 3 July 2020; and the estimated full-year cost of filling those vacancies, in tabular form. [15263/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the rate of VRT due on vehicles that are being purchased for use as a taxi and or private limousine service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an employer is obliged to top-up a wage if it is accessing the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to construction companies accessing the scheme and failing to top-up the wages of their staff; if his officials and or the Revenue Commissioners engaged regarding the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 in the context of establishing the scheme and rolling it out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the supports and or tax credit support PAYE workers can avail of as a result of having to use their primary residence as a workplace during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13207/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an organisation and-or State body under the aegis of each Department availed of the Revenue Commissioners’ Covid-19 wage subsidy; if so, the number of staff in each body that took up the scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11799/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have engaged with mortgage lenders in the context of the practice of reassessing applicants of mortgages that have availed of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12003/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to reviewing wage subsidies for casual staff in view of the fact that longer operating hours are now required and that wage subsidies should be proportionate to new working hours as opposed to looking at pre-Covid-19 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10589/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend to first-time buyers the incentives and assistance to persons seeking to purchase a home that is not a new build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10763/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with a bank (details supplied) in respect of persons who availed of a three-month mortgage break who are now being charged fees of over €1,000 in view of the 75% stake in the bank of the State; if he will address this issue with other banks the State has a shareholding in which are charging customers for the three-month break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced by year; his plans to further enhance the scheme or modify it in 2020 and or 2021; the date on which the €1,000 threshold was reviewed; his plans to increase or decrease the threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9973/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by his Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9983/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has evaluated the merit and costed an enhanced tax credits package for frontline blue light and medical workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8333/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the communication there has been with a bank (details supplied); when it will be possible to recommence valuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7666/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied) and a recent report by a company confirming that the former Anglo Irish Bank was insolvent in 2008; if his attention or that of his predecessors was further drawn to the fact that the company changed its position having reassured the ECB and the Government in 2008 that the bank was in fact solvent; his views on whether the repayment of ECB loans by the bank has now become a legal matter and that the legality of the repayment by Ireland of promissory notes associated with the losses of the bank is now in doubt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6005/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the progress he has made to date with banks here with regard to a significant reduction of interest rates on residential mortgages in view of the fact that they are some of the highest in the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6181/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended on access to online and hard copy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that his Department subscribes to; if consideration has been given to using a banded set of IP addresses for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4007/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware provided to them by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4023/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) repaid its €150 million facility in 2018; the legal ancillary costs incurred by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland for the early repayment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4132/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was awarded a €120,000 contract in May 2019 to carry out an external review of the SBCI operation in view of the fact over €300 million of SBCI funding facilities were awarded to clients of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4133/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was selected as a second auditor of the SBCI and excluded from having to go through the procurement process as per the SBCI board minutes of 23 February 2017 in view of the fact that clients of the company also received €615 million out of the €1.24 billion SBCI fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4134/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason the SBCI does not request and-or obtain aged debtor analysis from its clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4135/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason no financial penalties were incurred by a company (details supplied) for early settlement of its facility when it received a six year facility of €40 million in May 2016 and cleared same in October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4136/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures examined to conclusion by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5305/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the SBCI will be requested to publish a report by a company (details supplied) which it commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5431/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if banks are never allowed to increase the interest margin over the ECB tracker rate beyond what was initially agreed with the customers unless they have a valid reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2828/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be generated if the stamp duty on private residential properties in excess of €1 million increased from 2% to 4%. [3188/20]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the external review of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has been completed by the National Treasury Management Agency appointee; if he has received a copy of the review document; if so, if he will publish the report in full and or make it available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52709/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Cork and Shannon airports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52966/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin Port and Rosslare Port in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52967/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated monetary value of contraband seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52968/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated monetary value of contraband seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin and Rosslare ports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52969/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2020 if the universal social charge rate of 0.5% was discounted for persons earning between €12,012 and €19,000. [51690/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners' enforcement unit at Dublin Airport in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal [51691/19]
• 2019-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and or the location it stores of customer identification; if he has consulted with the company on the way in which it shares the information it collects from persons with third parties; if he has met with the owners and directors of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50839/19]
• 2019-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49297/19]
• 2019-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of his work in the context of the publication of the scrutiny report on the review of local property tax by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight. [48566/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of open and-or active investigations as of 12 November 2019 in respect of section 172(3) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland external review report 2019; the cost of same; the firm that produced the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44330/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if persons require a public services card to regularise their tax liability in instances in which they are on emergency tax in first-time employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44824/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of removing USC for earnings up to €18,000. [44999/19]
• 2019-10-24
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 88–47
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; if he is satisfied that the findings will be acted upon; if further consideration has been given to the transmission to other agencies of information obtained by the Revenue Commissioners under bilateral agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42419/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has lost due to retirement by grade in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41818/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an inequity in the way in which recoupments of overpayments made to staff is handled; if he will review this matter with revenue officials (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40810/19]
• 2019-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected to date in carbon tax; the methods of dispersing the revenue generated from the tax; the purposes for which the revenue collected from the tax has been used for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39251/19]
• 2019-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking up new employment in the private sector by grade, year and sector the staff moved on to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38152/19]
• 2019-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants that have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years that were not bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking up new employment in the private sector by grade, year, and sector the staff moved on to; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/19]
• 2019-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date and the projected costs regarding the integrated finance and procurement management system project design that is being refined to incorporate changes arising from the decision to create six new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37787/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to include non-married couples as being eligible for income tax credits (details supplied); the reason non-married cohabiting couples with and without children are excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the duration of time the attention of the Revenue Commissioners has been drawn to circumstances relating to bogus self-employment at a company (details supplied) in County Cork; the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners in investigating same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36973/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of compensation payments made to persons in respect of a case concerning IBRC damages as a result of negligent misstatement and misrepresentation in respect of oral and written statements made by a bank (details supplied); if cases have been referred to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in respect of the verdict of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36978/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of investigations and successful prosecutions that have occurred regarding instances of underage gambling regarding on-street bookmaker shops, online and trackside bookmakers in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37447/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount raised from the betting tax in the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases concluded in the courts with respect to the IBRC pre-special liquidation; the costs settled to date; the nature of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37607/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the costs incurred regarding the special liquidation of IBRC from 2013 to date; the amounts incurred that were as a result of the engagement of external legal and or financial consultancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37608/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the overall amount to date issued by way of settlement and or compensation in instances in which IBRC is and or was a defendant in cases regarding allegations of mis-selling of swaps and investments, mismanagement, negligence, breach of contract and breach of duty in view of the fact that the State is party to these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37609/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the cessation by a company (details supplied) to provide specialist insurance here; if he has engaged with the company on the matter; if he has sought to engage other insurance providers regarding providing an alternative specialist cover here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34783/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal of such licences by his Department over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35341/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and ongoing upskilling of staff regarding the regulation; the cost expended on the external advice and training of same to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35576/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to issues and or problems in having complaints registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35644/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to guidance in relation to food supplements issued by the Revenue Commissioners from May 2007 (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that food supplements were zero rated on 1 January 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35731/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if officials of the Revenue Commissioners have visited a site (details supplied) in County Kildare to date in 2019; if so, the nature and-or reason for inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35833/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the legal costs incurred by the State with respect to the successful case taken by a person (details supplied) in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal; if the costs are now fully discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36062/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases concluded in the courts with respect to the IBRC; the costs settled to date; the nature of each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36063/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of the sale of IBRCAC in 2014 including the proceeds versus the original value; the number of staff and investors originally involved; the number transferred to a company (details supplied) following the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of unpaid internships issued and-or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons who took up unpaid internship roles in that timeframe; if his Department continues to offer unpaid internships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36148/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures for which he has engaged an external consultancy and-or legal firm, since 2014; the names of the firms engaged; the year and the costs associated with engaging the consultancy and-or legal firms in respect of protected disclosures; the way in which persons are protected in cases in which an external consultancy firm is engaged in respect of protected disclosures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customs officer checks and seizures that have taken place at Casement Aerodrome in the past five years to date; the value of the seizures; the nature of the items recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33163/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount expended by NewERA on external advice and consultancy regarding its work with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and all other NewERA-designated bodies in the past five years by amount, consultancy firm hired and the reason and or projects the external consultancy was engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33395/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on each aspect of the HSE IFMS single national integrated finance and procurement management system; the overall budget for the project; the status of the project; his future plans for the project in view of the fact that the HSE will be restructured into new regional health areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33847/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount accrued in interest on €13.1 billion since it was lodged to an escrow account (details supplied); his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29267/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29443/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29552/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Business

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has consulted with the Department of Finance regarding aspects of e-commerce and its potential impact on high street retailers; her plans to establish a working group on e-commerce and high street retail in the context of impacts of one on the other; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29271/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to or if he has engaged with either the Revenue Commissioners or companies (details supplied) in respect of cases of bogus self-employment contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26203/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the issue of bogus self-employment contracts in respect of companies (details supplied); if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26195/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of value added tax being added to carbon tax in the process of charging persons for their energy use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26434/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a committee of inspection in respect of IBRC; his plans to include on that committee independent non-departmental officials and external persons with the appropriate expertise; if he envisages a role for the Comptroller and Auditor General in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25813/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of land purchased and leased by size and amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the term of the lease and amount expended per year in cases in which land is leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25385/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of buildings and property purchased and leased and the amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the term of the lease and the amount expended per year in cases in which properties are leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25402/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of complaints made under section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; the progress made on same; the conclusions of same; the status of complaints referred to An Garda Síochána under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23793/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the preparedness of his Department and NAMA to contribute to and comply with the European Union: (Anti-Money Laundering Beneficial Ownership and Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019; the number of ultimate beneficial owners identified to date ahead of 22 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24086/19]
• 2019-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if NAMA recovered funds from a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22145/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of times the Revenue Commissioners have engaged with an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18161/19]
• 2019-04-18
  VOTE
  Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018

  A bill to create an Office of Tax Simplification for a time limited period of five years to advise the Minister for Finance on such matters

  • ✓ voted to progress the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 63–48
• 2019-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a House of Lords inquiry that concluded the accounting profession has given illegal advice on the application of the international financial reporting standards; if he has been briefed or sought consultation regarding the implications for Irish banks in the context of them revising their published accounts to reflect the fact that some Irish banks may be accounting for non-performing loans incorrectly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if non-Government sports bodies have been the subject of a Revenue Commissioners audit and-or investigations in the past 25 years; the number of investigations that have occurred in respect of same; the number of settlements reached; the number of contested liabilities; the name of each organisation in receipt of public funds that the Revenue Commissioners have made settlements with and contested revenue owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15611/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with a bank (details supplied) regarding 6,000 customers who were denied a tracker mortgage despite a contractual right to one; if he will intervene and extend and-or abolish an imposed deadline for appeals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12813/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of complaints NAMA has received arising from alleged breaches of section 172(3) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 since its enactment; the number of complaints under section 172(3) made in respect of loan sales and property sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13443/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11121/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged and-or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount spent by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11138/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount borrowed from the Housing Finance Agency in respect of the continuation of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9408/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by the Revenue Commissioner's enforcement officers at sea ports here in the past ten years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners annually by port and amounts issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8602/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by the Revenue Commissioner's enforcement officers by way of electronic funds transfers in the past years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8603/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the progress made on implementing all aspects of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 that are relevant to his Department and bodies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8620/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at Weston Aerodrome in the past ten years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8486/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at locations (details supplied) in the past ten years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8490/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at Shannon and Cork airports in the past ten years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8497/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if hangars at Dublin Airport leased by private persons and-or companies are inspected by authorised officers and-or the Revenue Commissioners enforcement staff; if the content on board the aircraft in these hangars are eligible for self-clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7234/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at Dublin Airport in the past ten years; the amount of cash returned to persons on appeal to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7287/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers are subject to physical security checks upon entering, leaving and-or re-entering the premises and-or facilities and-or lands to which they are permanently assigned; the number of enforcement officers by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6591/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of criminal cases arising from breaches of section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 since its introduction; the number of investigations that have taken place regarding suspected breaches of section 172 in the same time period that did not follow through to criminal conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for applying the 23% VAT rate to food supplements; if health supplements fall under this rate; his plans to task the tax strategy group with reviewing the decision in 2019 in the context of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of bilateral loans Ireland has with the UK; the amount outstanding per loan; the original principal sum per loan; the interest rate per loan; the way in which these loans with be settled in the context of Brexit; the preparedness of the State regarding Brexit in the context of outstanding bilateral financial commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3583/19]
• 2019-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of regular grade civil servants his Department has hired in advance of a no-deal Brexit; the number of specialist grade civil servants hired in advance of same; the budget made available in advance of Brexit for hiring of staff in advance of the UK withdrawal from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3321/19]
• 2019-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of extra Revenue Commissioners staff and-or customs officials hired in the past two years to specifically deal with Brexit issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3338/19]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 18 December 2018, if the National Treasury Management Agency will provide a breakdown of all discretionary performance related payments in tabular form (details supplied); the highest discretionary performance related payments made to a single employee in each of the years 2006 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1179/19]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if staff at the State Claims Agency receive discretionary performance-related payments; the amount paid to staff from 2006 to date; if these payments related to particular projects and-or audits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53022/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered directly; the number of questions referred to bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department for direct reply; the number of staff who are assigned to his parliamentary questions section; and if non-departmental staff, advisers and-or public affairs and relations companies have composed parliamentary question replies or had an act or hand in forming parliamentary question replies in the timeframe specified. [52241/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of criminal cases arising from breaches of section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52038/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications from his Department to the Department of Finance or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, or both, for injury warrants in respect of prison officers since 1994; the date of the most recent application for same; the number of applications that were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51650/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funding and-or grant aid his Department has made to an association (details supplied) from 1 January 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the purpose for which the funding or grant aid was released to the association; if the way in which the funding or grant aid that is used is audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50066/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected from forms of gambling that are subject to VAT in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50138/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the analysis undertaken regarding increasing betting taxes; if the industry was consulted in relation to the issue; if revenue raised from a betting tax will be held in central funds; his plans to redistribute funds to support services for persons with a gambling addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48906/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his understanding of section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; if he is satisfied that in the case of a NAMA sale (details supplied) the interpretation of section 172 of the Act was correct; if questions have been raised by him regarding the application of section 172 in this particular case; if NAMA has sought to clarify its interpretation of section 172 as it applied in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48727/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of homes the construction of which has been funded by NAMA; and the number of these that have been sold, by local authority and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48669/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, of 6 November 2018, the status of deferrals which will take post the review of local property tax, LPT; if the deferral facility will remain an option for persons who are LPT liable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48244/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that has been achieved; the way in which this was achieved; if his Department noted a decrease in energy efficiency in view of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for energy efficiency targets; if targets will be met by the 2020 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47591/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason he declined to opt for the type of controlled foreign corporation, CFC, rules model A that the majority of EU countries have found to be the most effective in tackling corporate tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46568/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the analysis he and his officials undertook to determine that the model B approach to CFC rules is a more effective approach in tackling corporate tax avoidance than the model A approach; if he consulted with his European colleagues on CFC rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46569/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies and-or SMEs from outside the State that have been granted guarantees and-or risk sharing facilities under the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in the past two years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46619/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the historical amounts allocated to banks (details supplied) to provide funding to small and medium enterprises; if the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, monitors the amounts drawn down from these banks via that stream of funding; if his attention has been drawn to a perceived conflict of interest in the context that the banks use audit and accounting firms that also sit on the selection committee of the SBCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46718/18]
• 2018-11-07
  VOTE
  Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the formation of a company to be known as Home Building Finance Ireland; to provide for the making available of financing by the company for residential development in the State; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 105–8
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 35–82
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–81
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of guarantees and risk-sharing facilities the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has provided in the past two years to date to enhance small and medium enterprises' ability to access finance; the way in which SMEs are chosen to receive financial supports; the appeals process for SMEs that are declined or that are refused support and access to funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he, his departmental officials and or his ministerial predecessors have met companies and an organisation (details supplied) and-or its representatives in the past three years to date; if so, whether a schedule of those meetings and the associated minutes will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44776/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the interim accounts of a bank (details supplied) for 2018 that allocated €411 million from the incurred but not reported loan provision to the stage 3 loan provision on 1 January 2018; if none of this €414 million provision was used to write down the value of loans disposed in 2018 including those loans sold to a company; if the €414 million figure does not include any or part of those stage two loans the provisions of which were increased under an accounting IFRS 9 adjustment by €271 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45057/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the Central Bank's attention was drawn to the fact that the accounting standard IAS39 was flawed in that it allowed banks to delay the recognition of losses on troubled loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45320/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the partial and full deferral of local property tax, LPT, liability since LPT was introduced on properties an annual basis to date; the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in interest charges applicable due to deferrals; if consideration has been given to the abolition of charging 4% extra on persons that qualify for a deferral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45676/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons paying LPT by way of deduction at source from salary or occupational pension on a yearly basis since LPT was introduced; the yearly amounts collected by this method; if he will differentiate those paying from pensions and those paying from working salaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45677/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of LPT collected on a yearly basis since LPT was introduced that has been paid via payment service providers; the procedure in place for collection if a person fails to make a payment via this method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45678/18]
• 2018-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the commencement date for the establishment of the rainy day fund announced in budget 2019; the initial amount to be transferred to the fund on that commencement date; the five year expected projection for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44393/18]
• 2018-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 18 October 2018, if he will provide copies of all briefing notes and minutes provided by all parties at the meeting between the former Minister and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44309/18]
• 2018-10-25
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2018

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 50–34
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the type of sports facilities that will remain at the 9% VAT rate for visitor fees; if the 9% VAT rate will be applicable to sports facility memberships in view of changes made in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that all the relevant institutions are in compliance with SI No. 482 of 2016 in Part 4 Article 15(3)(b)(i) (details supplied); the way in which this is assessed and reported; the number of bank accounts operating here under this SI; if he is satisfied that all institutions are delivering on this requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43793/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years; if so, if he will publish a schedule of those meetings and the associated minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42821/18]
• 2018-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances in which diesel fuel prices were increased on fuel forecourts in advance of an anticipated budget 2019 announcement concerning the introduction of a carbon tax and that those price increases have remained; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42628/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if food and beverages served in sports facilities will be subject to VAT at the 9% rate or the 13.5% rate in the context of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42088/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if food and beverages served in local authority and commercial golf clubs will be subject to VAT at the 9% rate or the 13.5% rate; if same is the case in respect of member owned golf clubs in view of the fact that visitor green fees attracted the 9% rate up to this date and in member owned courses green fees were VAT exempt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42089/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if food and beverages served in local authority and commercial sports clubs will be subject to VAT at the 9% rate or the 13.5% rate; if same is the case in respect of member owned sports clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42090/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has read the LPT review group report in full in the context of his budget 2019 speech; if the report will be published; the timeline for the implementation of recommendations or changes to LPT in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42171/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in 2018, by month and company engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of new and previously unused properties purchased from builders and developers between 1 January 2013 and to date in 2018, that are exempt from local property tax, LPT; the amount of LPT foregone in respect of these dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38460/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties that were self-built before and after 1 May 2013 and to date that are exempt from local property tax; the amount of tax foregone on these dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38461/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties that were self-built between 1 January and 1 May 2013 that are exempt from local property tax until the end of 2019, that are used as sole or main residences; the amount of LPT foregone on these types of dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38462/18]
• 2018-09-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties purchased in 2013 that are classified as main residences that are exempt from local property tax until the end of 2019; the amount of LPT foregone on these properties from 2013 to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38463/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of visits either planned or unannounced that were attended by officers from the Revenue Commissioners relating to immigration bureau officer visits to the 12 other public licensed aerodromes not including the three State airports and 13 private licensed aerodromes by aerodrome from 1 January 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36452/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the level of advance knowledge he had of the plans by a bank (details supplied) to sell a loan book; if he has met and or communicated with other banks regarding the sale of loan books and bundled mortgages to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35750/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36172/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT foregone by the Revenue Commissioners at the 9% rate for each year and to date in 2018 since the rate was introduced; the amount collected in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36196/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of loans sold by a bank (details supplied) to companies that were categorised as tracker mortgage products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36324/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which or the scenarios in which he may intervene in the sale of a portfolio (details supplied) to a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36325/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the level of advance knowledge he had of the plans by a bank (details supplied) to sell a loan book to companies; if he has met and or communicated with other banks regarding the sale of loan books and bundles mortgages in 2017 or to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36326/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of banks removing persons from tracker mortgages that are in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36331/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an assessment of the impact of the Budget 2018 capital gains tax changes to tackle land hoarding has been conducted; the way in which the effectiveness of these changes has been determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36359/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the action ISIF is taking to boost the supply of affordable housing here; the definition of affordable housing it is working to in this regard; his plans to change the remit of ISIF to give it a much clearer responsibility for the supply of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36362/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners customs and excise officer visits to the 12 other public licensed aerodromes not including the three State airports and the 13 private licensed aerodromes by aerodrome; the number of planned and unannounced visits from 1 January 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of visits either planned or unannounced that were also attended by officers from An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36450/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners customs and excise officer visits to sea and river ports and or docks by port and or dock; the number of planned and unannounced visits from 1 January 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of visits either planned or unannounced that were also attended by officers from An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36451/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or banks here are taking direction from the European Central Bank regarding the sale of loan and mortagage portfolios to investment companies; if his attention has been drawn to reports in the media that a bank (details supplied) is forced by law to hide losses due to the fact that it has to comply with the International Accounting Standard, or IAS 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36634/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the monetary amount of help-to-buy grants granted and-or paid to persons on a monthly basis since the scheme was launched to 1 July 2018; the number of grants issued for qualifying properties priced between ranges (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32413/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax foregone due to relief from alcohol products tax since the relief was introduced; the amount of repayment or remission of the tax made by the Revenue Commissioners to qualifying microbreweries since the relief was introduced in tabular form, by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31338/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the changes he has made to allow access by persons to their own data held by his Department and bodies under its aegis following the introduction of GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the staffing complement and resources of his Department's data protection officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the data protection impact assessments his Department has commenced since 15 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31512/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken in his Department further to the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's statement (details supplied) that the Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 is needed to provide a legal basis for certain data transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31623/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy grant approvals on a monthly basis since the scheme was launched up to 29 June 2018; the number of drawdowns in this regard since the scheme was introduced to 29 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29719/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28891/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of his engagements to date with the Central Bank and-or the regulator regarding personal contract plans for car finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27857/18]
• 2018-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an analysis or a survey has been undertaken to measure the uptake and success of the help-to-buy scheme; if the scheme will be extended and or modified in budget 2019 to take into account market increases in the valuations of dwellings for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27278/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid per project to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2016 to date by year, amount and project name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26390/18]
• 2018-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funds set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability by the State Claims Agency, SCA, per year for the past 25 years; the way in which the amount that is forecast to be needed for contingent liability is determined; if the SCA carries out an actuarial analysis for budgeting current and future contingent liability; if the SCA conducts a risk assessment in the context of contingent liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23056/18]
• 2018-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number and proportion of adults who hold a bank account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19239/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the special liquidator of IBRC regarding the release of internal documents by a former official of the bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11060/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances which allowed a person (details supplied) to furnish internal IBRC documents to a further person (details supplied) regarding the conduct of a person (details supplied) on matters pertaining to the IBRC's treatment of a debtor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11099/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the special liquidator of IBRC regarding the release of internal bank documents by a former bank official to a former debtor of the bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11031/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the circumstances which led to a former official of a bank (details supplied) making allegations against another person and furnishing internal IBRC documents to a further person for use in a legal case being pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the special liquidator of IBRC regarding the release of internal IBRC documents by a former IBRC official (details supplied) to a former debtor of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14247/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11767/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the reported closure of the Central Bank print facility; the way in which it was decided to close the facility; if a currency print facility will be retained as a contingency to supplement the printing of euro notes in another jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12018/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; if he is satisfied that the findings will be acted upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12395/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if persons that entered draws in credit unions suspected of not being run in a transparent way will be refunded their entry fees in view of a Central Bank report on members' car draws in credit unions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12601/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in vehicle registration tax, value added tax and customs duty for vehicles imported from outside the European Union in 2015, 2016 and 2017, by year and vehicle category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8521/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing on the GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7646/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of all bilateral loans the State has with the UK Exchequer; the amounts that are outstanding to be repaid; the interest due; the duration of the loan terms; if he has made amendments or changes to the loan schedules in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7310/18]
• 2018-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when a company bought shares in a bank (details supplied) in 2013 it had access to loan-loss data that was not available to other retail shareholders in view of the fact that it was the bank's policy at the time not to reveal all losses to shareholders; the steps that were taken to avoid the potential for insider trading to have occurred during that transaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/18]
• 2018-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is collected; if arrangements for collection are under review; the way these funds are dispersed nationally; the amount of LPT funds collected granted to each of the local authorities in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2762/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the areas and-or elements of the local property tax on which the cross-departmental group on the review of the local property tax is focused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2763/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the moneys collected in respect of motor tax are dispersed; the amount and the areas funds are allocated to that are collected in respect of motor tax, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2764/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the effective rate of corporation tax on oil and gas exploration and production in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2870/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in terms of profit resource rent tax from the gas fields in Kinsale, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Corrib in each of the years since the inception of the tax, by gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2872/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in terms of corporation tax from the gas fields in Kinsale, Ballycotton, Seven Heads and Corrib in each of the past 20 years, by gas field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2873/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human oversight that is applied to the monitoring of these softwares and their effectiveness; his views on whether persons' legitimate right to petition Government may be blocked unintentionally by errors in the use of such softwares in determining that which qualifies as profanity being communicated in email or online contact forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2086/18]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which VAT is calculated on unredeemed gift vouchers; if a calculation has been done on VAT foregone; if so, the amount for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53530/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the cross-departmental group has considered the overall funding available to local authorities in the context of the review of local property tax; if it is planned to deviate from the baselines set for each council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45570/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the cross departmental group that is reviewing the local property tax is considering including demographic changes following the publication of the census of population in respect of local government funding; if workforce planning and asset deficiencies respectively will play a part in its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45094/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if all correspondence between the European Commission and his Department regarding a case (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51177/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance how the central credit register is compliant with data protection here in the context of financial companies and-or institutions sending personal data to the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49961/17]
• 2017-11-23
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2017 · 7 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 45–24
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 24–45
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 23–48
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 35–49
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–52
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 51–41
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 41–93
• 2017-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the State has received part or all of the sum of €13 billion tax plus interest from a company (details supplied); if he has consulted with the Revenue Commissioners on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49524/17]
• 2017-11-22
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2017 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–51
  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 51–34
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–49
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48806/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for the change in mortgage interest relief that reduces the amount of relief on a sliding scale to the year 2021 by 25% per year; his plans to monitor the effect this reduction will have on qualifying mortgage holders availing of the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48824/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecommunications and-or communications masts from his Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48840/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the income received by his Department from the renting to companies of space to use and or take fixings from telecoms and or communications masts on site or on the roof of his Department, in each of the past five years, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48878/17]
• 2017-11-21
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2017

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 28–52
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance what funds have been approved for the restructuring of a bank (details supplied) after the extraordinary general meeting on 3 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46988/17]
• 2017-10-26
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2017

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 55–44
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the aspects of the local property tax that are being considered by the cross-departmental group; if it involves a fundamental review of local government funding; if it is isolated to valuations; if consideration is being given to widening the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45092/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the cross-departmental group has considered the overall funding available to local authorities in the context of the review of local property tax; his plans to deviate from the baselines set for each council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45095/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the cross departmental group reviewing the local property tax has modelled different scenarios; if so, if he will publish them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45093/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the impact analysis conducted on the effect of the 20% minimum deposit rule in respect of potential non first-time home buyers who are trapped in crowded housing conditions in view of the fact they cannot afford a 20% deposit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44552/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 22 February 2017, the status of his consultations with other Member States in advance of the publication of the proposal regarding the reform of VAT rates in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42716/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the valuations on the remaining distressed assets at IBRC; when valuations were last done; the timeframe that has been set for disposing of these distressed assets; the estimated costs associated with this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42117/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of local property tax, LPT, which is deferred on the basis of inability to pay by local authority; the total income from interest in 2015, 2016 and 2017 that arises from deferred LPT; the rate of interest applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Exchequer by way of the environmental levy on plastic bags for the past three years to date; if in a situation in which a retailer sells a plastic bag to a customer for a price above the 22 cent levy, the excess amount is liable for VAT; the amount of VAT collected in respect of plastic bags sold above the 22 cent price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35479/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on taxi or limousine fares, or both, in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35488/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of actuaries who work in the Civil Service under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36854/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 20 June 2017, the progress he has made to date to retrieve from the National Archives the details of public bank accounts sanctioned by the Minister for Finance in each of the years 1990 to 1992 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35860/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the regulatory differences between REITs, QIFs and QIAIFs; the number of QIAIFs in operation here; the date of commencement of each; the country of origin of each; the value of commercial and residential property held by each QIAIF; the estimated annual rental income collected; the net value of tax collected annually net of withholding tax refunds since their introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34613/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of the Finance Act 2016 on the operation of QIAIFs, including but not limited to the impact on taxes paid; if the changes were retrospective; if they apply to QIAIFs in existence prior to the operation of the Finance Act 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34638/17]
• 2017-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ring fence a percentage of moneys from betting duty and-or tax to be distributed to the relevant Department for the provision of problem gambling treatment and prevention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33174/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 20 June 2017, if he will address the anomaly that has arisen whereby a number of persons sharing accommodation in circumstances in which the aggregate rent for that accommodation is in excess of €2,500 per month are liable for a 1% levy; if he will abolish this levy in respect of tenants sharing a rented property or otherwise address this anomaly in view of escalating rents and the need for persons to share accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32522/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the forms of stakeholder engagement he has participated in in advance of signalling his budgetary intentions to reduce income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31478/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the impact that potential income tax cuts will have on the ability to invest in vital public services in budget 2018; his views on the further erosion of the tax base; the way in which he plans to offset the potential exchequer losses from a proposed tax cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31480/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to use his position to engage with EU officials regarding Ireland's debt burden; his further plans to seek a change to Ireland's debt schedule; his views on whether this is something that should be considered particularly in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31479/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the schedule relating to the extinguishing of the floating rate treasury bond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31477/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department and State agencies under his aegis on outside contract or third-party public relations advice and training in past three years to date in 2017, by year and company engaged, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29231/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the appeals process open to a person who has gone through all stages of mediation with the Revenue Commissioners and revenue sheriffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26874/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid to Revenue sheriffs by persons who decided to purchase back assets that were the subject of a warrant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of warrants issued for the collection of debts owed to the Revenue Commissioners by Revenue sheriffs in the past five years and to date in 2017, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26879/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 24 May 2017, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) appears to have changed its interpretation of IAS 39, a standard which was heavily criticised during the recent bank inquiry but was nevertheless used by to hide losses in the past; if the bank has since corrected its interpretation of IAS 39 in order that in the forthcoming prospectus the bank will never value assets at above the value the bank expects to recover; the date the bank altered its views on IAS 39; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that similar attempts by a bank (details supplied) to exploit IAS 39 resulted in a lengthy court battle which cost the bank £100 million in legal fees and resulted in the bank paying substantial compensation to shareholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26922/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of leases in each of the past five years for which figures are available on which stamp duty on residential leases has been paid at the 1% rate; the yield on this in each of these years; the specific statutory basis for the current exemption threshold of €30,000; the basis on which this has been set at this level; the date it was last altered; the previous threshold applying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26932/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the outstanding measures introduced under various Finance Acts which are subject to European Union approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26933/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to eliminate aggressive tax planning indicators since December 2015; if he has advised the tax authorities of other member states; if information regarding these structures form part of the information the State is bound to exchange with other EU countries since 1 January 2017; if other EU member states have taken action to eliminate these facilitators of aggressive tax planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26947/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the structures in the tax code that were used to arrive at a tax ruling (details supplied) enabling the company to lower the tax it owed the State to as little as 0.005%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26949/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's efforts to establish an off balance sheet mechanism to provide a housing investment fund for the purposes of significant housing development as promised under action 2.4 of Rebuilding Ireland; the reason the timeline set down in Rebuilding Ireland has not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funds made available for gambling addiction prevention and-or treatment services in the past three years and to date in 2017; if he will, in the context of the tax strategy group review on betting duty, consider provisions for funding for gambling addiction prevention and or treatment services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28925/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a disclosure by NAMA of non-competitive procurement in 2016 to the value of €3.5 million; if his attention has been further drawn to other similar disclosures by NAMA or the NTMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28947/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the airports and aerodromes with customs clearance; the number of visits that have been made by customs and excise to airports other than those with a permanent customs presence in 2014 to 2016, inclusive; the number of notified and unnotified visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25863/17]
• 2017-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a loophole, known as the incurred loss model, which allows banks to hide losses by recognising loans at amounts above the amount the bank expects to recover will not be used in view of the fact that he plans to sell a portion of a bank (details supplied); if will ensure that this bank will reveal details of all losses in its forthcoming prospectus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24984/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will use the proceeds from the sale of a bank (details supplied) to fund the State's infrastructure deficit and invest in housing and health services, rather than paying down the national debt; if he will publish the cost-benefit analysis of selling the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23573/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if Dáil Éireann will be allowed to vote before a final decision is made on the future of a State-owned bank (details supplied) given that the bank is 99.9% owned by the State and received €20.8 billion in public funds when it was bailed out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23560/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are investigating financial matters relating to its brief at Templemore college in view of the ongoing issues relating to the audit report that were discussed at the Committee of Public Accounts over the past two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23721/17]
• 2017-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a document (details supplied); if he will examine alternatives to finance this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20983/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of private investigation firms hired by the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they supplied the Revenue Commissioners with a report on completion of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19309/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the basis on which the VAT rate for disability equipment and mobility aids is decided; the scope that is available to reduce VAT rates for disability equipment or to recategorise such equipment into a different VAT bracket, for which lower rates apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19380/17]
• 2017-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and-or semi-State agencies under the aegis of his Department in the past five years to date in 2017; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they supplied his Department with a report on completion of their work; if he will provide copies of reports submitted to him from these firms as a result of this engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16984/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if there were concerns raised within his Department regarding the due diligence information made available to a person (details supplied) when considering a significant share purchase in a bank (details supplied) in 2010; if that concern arose due to the fact the same information was not put into the public domain, therefore possibly facilitating shareholder oppression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16429/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Comptroller and Auditor General has raised concerns regarding the issues associated with IAS39; if the Comptroller and Auditor General has raised IAS39 with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16430/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the legal advice referred to by the former Central Bank Governor (details supplied) in respect of his statement regarding banks' ability to hide losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16447/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT collected from tolls from each of the tolled roads by year, location and amount collected for each of the past five years and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16293/17]
• 2017-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of private investigation firms hired by his Department in the past five years and to date in 2017; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they supplied his Department with a report on completion of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15737/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 7 March 2017, the details of every occasion his Department acted as guarantor in which facility deeds were entered into with the Central Bank; the names of the banks in question; the amounts of the facility deeds; the dates on which they were entered into and their duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13465/17]
• 2017-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of Information requests received by his Department that the Chief State Solicitor's Office has incurred expenses on dealing with for each of the past three years and to date in 2017; and the amount of fees for counsel and other legal costs incurred respectively, for each of the past three years and to date in 2017. [12775/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty collected, by amount and fuel category, on light oil, heavy oil, liquified petroleum gas and substitute fuels in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11205/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 28 February 2017, the reason his Department acted as a guarantor for a bank (details supplied) regarding the €10 billion facility deed from the Central Bank; the purpose and or intended use of the €10 billion facility deed, in view of his Department's involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11858/17]
• 2017-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on the help-to-buy scheme in view of the fact that first-time buyers may not benefit from the scheme (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure the transparency and accountability of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of the 2010 facility deed between a bank (details supplied) and the Central Bank, which was guaranteed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 19 January 2017, the way in which his Department would have been impacted upon; the costs associated with the legal advice his Department received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10042/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will reaffirm his commitment given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 6 October 2016 (details supplied) to establish a statutory commission of investigation into NAMA's sale of Project Eagle, in view of the fact that the committee's report into the sale of Project Eagle is due to be published within the next few weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10030/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 26 January 2017 his views on whether the ECB could clarify more clearly its policy of Article 28 Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, in particular, if a member of the ECB commits a criminal offence the circumstances in which the ECB could rely on Article 28 Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 to dismiss an investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10262/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on whether evidence (details supplied) confirms that in 2008 Irish banks lost control over collateral it advanced to the ECB through target 2 and emergency lending assistance on the grounds that the ECB’s event of default condition was breached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10355/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost per year for the past three years for the retrieval and return of hard copy files stored at off site locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9307/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost per year for the past three years for the storage of data and-or files on cloud storage or third party servers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9405/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of sites identified by officials of the Revenue Commissioners that will be suitable for new customs posts and checkpoints in the Border area with Northern Ireland; if the Revenue Commissioners will reinstate and renovate old customs properties held by the State; the amount of funding committed to date relating to establishing old and new customs posts and checkpoints on the Border with Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8845/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to make a submission on behalf of the State regarding the reform of VAT rates proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the rules governing the application of VAT rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8870/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of funding granted to Horse Racing Ireland directly from betting receipts for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8120/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of betting intermediary duty collected from bets made from track-side bookmakers in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8234/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set down in tabular form the amount of betting intermediary duty collected from bets made instore and online with bookmakers in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8235/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost of upgrading information technology systems and-or databases to incorporate the use of Eircode postcodes; if the use of Eircode postcodes is mandatory in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8632/17]
• 2017-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of visits by Customs and Excise officers to Casement Aerodrome in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of those visits that were not notified in advance to the owners, officials and staff of the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6306/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason joint receivers and NAMA agreed to dispose of a CIÉ site to a person (details supplied) that was connected to NAMA under the section 172(3) of the NAMA Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5928/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether, when regulation 1606 of 2002 was signed into law, the concept of prudence never allowed banks to record loans above the amounts the bank expected to recover; if this concept remains the same now as it did in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6000/17]
• 2017-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on the European Central Bank relying on the secrecy rules of Article 28, Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013, to dismiss a potential criminal investigation into whether a bank (details supplied) has kept proper books of account and the over-valuing of collateral while borrowing funds from the ECB; his further views on whether Article 28 should be used in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 19 January 2017, if he will publish or provide the legal advice he and his officials received in relation to the legal action; the extent to which the legal action impacted on his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3459/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and-or his officials consulted with any parties connected with a legal action against a bank (details supplied) by persons connected with a group of hedge funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he and-or his officials consulted with any parties connected with a legal action against a bank (details supplied) by persons connected with a group of hedge funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2258/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered if the practical application of sections of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009, which require NAMA to contribute to the social and economic development of the State and protect or otherwise enhance the value of those assets in the interests of the State, are being carried out appropriately by NAMA in view of a documentary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1723/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered requesting a temporary halt to all NAMA sales while a full evaluation as to whether the social and economic interests of the State are being prioritised as part of NAMA's sales processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1731/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty on debit cards and-or ATM cards for the past five years, broken down by year and amount collected per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1176/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of stamp duty on credit cards and charge cards for the past five years, broken down by year and amount collected per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1177/17]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT on adult motorcycle helmets and cycle helmets from the standard 23% rate in line with the zero rate on children's safety helmets in view of the fact that they are an essential component in motorcycle and bicycle safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40257/16]
• 2016-11-23
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2016 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–59
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–60
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of excise duty payable on the initial grant of a remote bookmaker’s licence and a remote betting intermediary’s licence collected by the Revenue Commissioners broken down by licence-holders for 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; the amount paid; the number that opted for the equal split payment method for their excise payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35756/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the revenue forgone as a result of consumers choosing to purchase goods online with UK retailers in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35775/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the revenue foregone as a result of consumers choosing to purchase goods online with American based retailers in 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35822/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT and customs and excise collected by the Revenue Commissioners from consumers buying goods online from the United States of America in 2015 and to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35836/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners are taking to ensure that consumers are not being disadvantaged by a marked differential in consumer products priced in sterling and euro (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/16]
• 2016-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 15 November 2016, the reasons that sectors such as print, that is, newspapers and magazines, and hair dressing services, are included in the 9% VAT rate bracket; if he is satisfied that the 9% VAT rate applicable here to the supply of certain goods and services related to the tourist industry should include such sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36067/16]
• 2016-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the 9% VAT rate may be considered as state aid in view of the fact that it gives a select number of sectors a competitive advantage. [34911/16]
• 2016-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 110 and 111 of 2 November 2016, if he will consider the introduction of a method to record the information returned in VAT returns to include the identification of the yield from a particular activity and or product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33904/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to set out in tabular form the number of landlords that have availed of the section 23 tax relief and the number of properties that were subject to section 23 tax relief for each year since the introduction of the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33579/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the European Investment Bank has been approached regarding finance for the Dublin metro north project; the duration of funding sought; the cost of the finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33741/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the valuation the Revenue Commissioners have placed on the Mary Robinson presidential archive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33085/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of section 23 tax relief given as a deduction from rental income each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33104/16]
• 2016-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress to date on the creation of an NTMA fund or other special fund to finance the building of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33179/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT taken by the Revenue Commissioners at the 9% rate for each year to date in tabular form since the rate was introduced, broken down by sector and service provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32860/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT forgone by the Revenue Commissioners at the 9% rate for each year to date in tabular form since the rate was introduced, broken down by sector and service provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32861/16]
• 2016-10-27
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2016

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 59–41
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an analysis of the estimated cost of back-dating the help to buy scheme to the date the Central Bank rules came into effect for first time buyers has been undertaken; if there are impediments other than cost that have resulted in the scheme not being back-dated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31499/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief claimed on medical expenses in respect of expenses incurred in each of the years 2012 to 2015 respectively; if he will provide a breakdown available in relation to tax relief claimed against charges for public services and private services respectively in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32040/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of visits by Customs and Excise officers to a location (details supplied) in 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of those visits that were not notified in advance to the owners and staff of the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30567/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the income to the Exchequer in respect of carbon tax for the years 2014 and 2015 and to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28858/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if former and serving National Asset Management Agency employees and officials are precluded from taking up new employment (details supplied); the period of time for which they are precluded from taking up new employment; the other conditions attached to taking up new employment in any sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28859/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered tax breaks for persons or families renting their unoccupied properties to a person or family with an identified social housing need or emergency housing need to facilitate the provision of housing in this current housing emergency; if any income assessment has been carried out where families do not benefit from renting properties as the cost in taxes due are too prohibitive; to identify a scheme where, if a family shows it is providing housing and covering costs and this is not considered as more cost beneficial to the State than the cost of emergency and hotel accommodation, his plans to develop an innovative scheme that will allow these unoccupied properties to be rented to a third party while being family-assessed for tax purposes where it does not cost the family to provide rental accommodation where mortgage payments plus taxes due on the income from rental are higher than actual rental income; the barriers he has identified to the provision of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24360/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amounts expended on legal fees and associated costs to date on providing a legal team to observe the European Commission's case against a bank (details supplied) when it reached the European Court of Justice; the names of the legal and financial companies contracted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25609/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total estimated cost in relation to the legal challenge to be mounted in appeal to the ruling of the European Commission regarding a company's tax arrangement with Ireland (details supplied); the way this estimate was arrived at; the cost benefit analysis undertaken regarding costs of the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25968/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of anomalies in the property buildings insurance market where flood insurance is available to purchase by mortgage holders, management companies as block insurance and by private unmortgaged households in some areas but where insurance is not allowed by some voluntary housing bodies; the status of interdepartmental efforts to resolve the issue for householders; if there has been a recent change to flood risk mapping in residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22033/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position in relation to the obligations of insurance compliances and their risk assessments to indicate flood risk mapping; the origination of this mapping and in cases of disputes where no proof from the lender was supplied to indicate that a property might be on a flood risk map listing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22034/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the policy in respect of acceptance of registered insurance companies indicating that either a flood risk exists or that no flood risk exists in respect of domestic insurance policies and commercial insurance policies; the position relating to the same for management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22035/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the tax credits legislation to cater for cohabiting couples who are unable to benefit from the tax credit arrangements afforded to married couples where the available tax free allowance gives at least an extra €4,000 in tax free allowances and where cohabiting couples are prevented from claiming this even when living together and supporting a family; his further plans to amend this situation to make the tax credits equal among all citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22145/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided by his Department to Fingal County Council over the past ten years to finance remediation works due to fire safety structural deficiencies in social housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22128/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of his Department's discussions with the National Asset Management Agency officials regarding the decision to shorten the duration of time for disposal of the agency's assets including if these included a discussion on outlining both the pros and cons of such a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17497/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance when agreeing to shorten the duration of time for the disposal of National Asset Management Agency assets, what consideration was given as to the way those assets were bundled into tranches; if those tranches were designed for convenience of sale or for optimum return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17498/16]
• 2016-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the schedule for extinguishing the former Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide promissory notes; why the original schedule was accelerated; his efforts to date and in the future to seek a write-down of this odious debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16477/16]
• 2016-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in view of recent cuts to mortgage interest rates, the steps he intends to take to ensure equitable treatment of customers of majority State owned banks such as a bank (details supplied); how he proposes to address excessive standard variable rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10717/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the changes he has made to the stability programme update following the recent debate in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9458/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded and each State board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department, from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6691/16]
• 2016-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the changes in eligibility for tax relief on mortgage interest in respect of first-time buyer home loans in 2009 and 2010; if first-time buyers who obtained their mortgages in those specific years are entitled to the same or to a higher benefit under the scheme; the reason for this measure; the amounts offered in mortgage interest relief for first-time buyers in each year from 2002 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4569/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4617/16]
• 2016-01-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 15 July 2014, the schedule and periodic amounts, under which the proceeds of the sale of the Central Bank of Ireland's €25 billion floating rate notes and €3.4 billion fixed coupon 2025 bonds acquired following the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation were disposed of since that date; why these amounts are higher than the amounts projected by him; what the revised future schedule of disposals will be at this point; what benefit or disadvantage has accrued to the State as a result of this changed policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1350/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of deferrals on payment of property tax granted in 2015; the total amount involved; the interest rate applicable to such deferrals; the period for which deferrals were permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1420/16]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the process which the Revenue Commissioners has in place for a person who wishes to notify them of tax evasion or any other improper or illegal matter concerning the payment of tax, either anonymously or otherwise; why there is no central national facility in place to enable a person to do this; if leaving the process at local or regional level will allow conflicts to arise given that the reporting person may be known to officials of the Revenue Commissioners, their anonymity may be compromised and this may discourage whistleblowers from coming forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/15]
• 2015-12-11
  VOTE
  Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 45–17
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 17–44
• 2015-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 19 November 2015, why he has come to the conclusion that the Bara judgment case concerned the sharing between two State entities in Romania of data without legislative authority, when in fact, such legislation had been passed by the Parliament of Romania authorising the transfer of data which was subject to the determination of the CJEU in Bara, viz. Article 315 of Law No 95/2006 of the Parliament of Romania on health care reform (details supplied); if, therefore, he will accept that the interpretation of Bara expressed in the former parliamentary question is incorrect, and consequently the premise of that parliamentary question that the data transferred toward the administration of the local property tax was done so illegally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42195/15]
• 2015-11-25
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2015 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 78–45
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 43–74
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the Bara judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered last month (details supplied); if the information in any of the databases assembled and processed by his Department, or by the Revenue Commissioners, towards the administration of the local property tax scheme was gathered using personal data previously collected and held by the State towards a different purpose; if persons whose personal data was gathered in such manner have been notified of the transfer of their data to the administration of the local property tax scheme; if not, his views that all such databases are now illegal in view of the Bara judgment; the measures he proposes to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41124/15]
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in tabular form, all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted and still in force, contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts to allow for the transfer of personal or other data collected, retained and processed by the State for a particular purpose towards another specific purpose; if he will indicate for each such case the financial cost of creating and administering such databases; the projected financial cost for databases not yet complete; the specific legislative provision which enabled such data transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41137/15]
• 2015-11-05
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2015

  A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 69–41
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37362/15]
• 2015-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the differences between the old and new sections 481 for film; the body that administers the new scheme; if he is satisfied that the new scheme is working correctly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35837/15]
• 2015-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the resources in his Department to manage and respond to freedom of information, FOI, requests; the additional staff or staff hours he has made available towards the FOI unit in 2015; if he is satisfied that FOI request response times are adequate for his Department; if the workload from FOI requests has increased this year, and if so, by how much compared to 2014; the number of cases in 2015 where an internal review of an FOI decision was requested; the number of these that were submitted to the Information Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33504/15]