Mairéad Farrell

Sinn Féin · Galway West

Activity on Finance — 246 events (18 lobbying · 197 questions · 83 votes) full profile →

• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details and progress of any national discussions in relation to the next EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework, with particular reference to Government priorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21697/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether drafting has commenced at a national level on the proposed EU National Regional Partnership Plans; the way he envisages that this process will take place, including scope for input at parliamentary and civil society level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21698/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the price ceiling for the first home scheme has increased by €25,000, while the help-to-buy scheme price ceiling did not; to review the property price ceilings for the help-to-buy scheme in view of this discrepancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12532/26]
• 2026-02-12
  LOBBY
  Retailers Against Smuggling Finance

  • Tackling illicit trade
• 2026-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expenditure for 2025, and the impact it had on the surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance chose to pledge €141.1million to the World Bank in 2025, €10 million more than the World Bank requested, given that the Department’s business case stated that the lower amount of €131.4 million was ‘in keeping with Ireland’s International development policy’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10051/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance ignored pre-Budget 2026 advice from officials within the Department of Finance, to introduce profitability bands to the bank levy, that would result in a greater amount of money paid by AIB and Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 397–403 of 27 January 2026, to clarify whether Section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 prevents the Revenue Commissioners from providing aggregated and anonymised statistical information (details supplied): and, if such information cannot be provided, to identify the specific statutory provision relied upon to withhold each category of aggregate data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10140/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any estimate, internal model or fiscal impact analysis was prepared by the Revenue Commissioners or his Department regarding the cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025, instead of applying the Supreme Court judgment retrospectively; if no such estimate was prepared, to explain if the Government considered that this limitation confers a selective fiscal advantage on participating employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10141/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 399–404 of 27 January 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners obtained any written legal advice of any kind (including internal Revenue legal advice, advice from external counsel or advice from any departmental legal unit) specifically addressing: the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with Articles 107 and 108 TFEU (on State aid); the obligation of prior notification under Article 108(3) TFEU; the principle of sincere cooperation under Article 4(3) TEU; to publish any such advice or if none exists, to confirm explicitly that no written legal advice addressing these EU-law issues was obtained prior to the implementation of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10142/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection further to FOI decision FOI-2026-28668 stating that no documents exist regarding enforcement of PRSI liabilities arising from scope section employment-status decisions, to reconcile this with replies from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Finance which confirm that PRSI liabilities from misclassification are enforceable and material; the Department of Social Protection has been consulted by Revenue on the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity and related PRSI matters; and manual PRSI records for 2024–2025 are now being created under the Karshan scheme to protect workers’ entitlements; in view of this, to clarify whether any internal briefings, guidance documents, emails, or policy notes were prepared in relation to the enforcement or tracking of PRSI liabilities arising from Scope decisions; if such records now exist or previously existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10144/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers that have registered an intention to participate, filed a disclosure, and completed settlement under the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity as of 31 January 2026; the total value of tax, USC and PRSI regularised; the number of affected workers for whom manual PRSI records have been created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6568/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of Karshan Disclosure Opportunity participants by NACE sector, indicating the number of disclosures received from State-linked entities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to publish the legal or actuarial analysis that informed Revenue’s decision to confine the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity for the years 2024–2025; whether this limitation was approved by his Department’s legal advisers or the Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity or any associated settlement arrangement has been notified to the European Commission under Article 108(3) TFEU; if not, to explain the basis on which Revenue considers the scheme outside the scope of EU State-aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6571/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to list all organisations consulted in the design of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity, distinguishing between employer, professional-services and worker or trade-union bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6572/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for the estimated fiscal cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025 rather than the full retrospective period of 2010–2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6573/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of employers denied access to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity on the grounds of deliberate or careless misclassification; the number of investigations opened since September 2025 under the Code of Practice for Revenue Compliance Interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6574/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the Attorney General, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, or any Court has reviewed the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with the Supreme Court judgment in Revenue v Karshan (Midlands) Ltd [2023] IESC 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6575/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Car Rental Council of Ireland Finance

  • Budget Submission
• 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.
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Law Society of Ireland Taxation

  • The Law Society provided a submission on the Finance (Tax Appeals and Fiscal Responsibility) Bill in response to a consultation from the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the continued injustice caused as a result of Project Glas, as the State prepares to exit ownership of Permanent TSB; if he could provide clarity on how legally binding consumer protections are being enforced in practice, how regulatory delays are permitted to continue while enforcement proceeds, and what accountability exists for the ongoing consequences of Project Glas and similar sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4234/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of frontier management enforcement staff at Dublin Airport in each of the years 2019 to 2025, categorised by frontline and non-frontline roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4248/26]
• 2026-01-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the changes to the way in which income from carer's allowance is assessed for tax in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2621/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity Guidance; if the Government has assessed whether this scheme complies with EU law (Art. 31 Charter, Directive 2003/88/EC). [74843/25]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity Guidance, and if he will provide information on the authorisation for this disclosure scheme, if Cabinet approval was sought; the reason the scheme limits disclosures to 2024–2025, when Karshan dealt with misclassification from 2010; the legal basis for the Revenue Commissioners to disregard workers’ backdated entitlements while collecting tax arrears; the reason workers’ representatives and unions were not consulted before launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74840/25]
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of workers his Department has forecast to move up an income tax band in 2026, as a result of the freezing of income tax bands within Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73184/25]
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to payment app fraud using digital banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73185/25]
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people the Government expects to move up an income tax band in 2026, as a result of the freezing of income tax bands within b##udget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69527/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance he breakdown of the number of enforcement staff at Dublin Airport in the years 2022-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73313/25]
• 2025-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the local property tax band changes; the reason Galway city is the area with the highest percentage of people going up a band, at 15%, compared to a 4% national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64221/25]
• 2025-11-26
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages · 7 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 76–60
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 56–75
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 57–77
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 57–78
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 57–79
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 59–82
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 61–79
• 2025-11-06
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2025 · 5 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; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 8–2
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–4
• 2025-11-05
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2025 · 5 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; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–4
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–5
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–3
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 5–4
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–5
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the exclusion of cinemas from the recent hospitality VAT reduction from 13.5% to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57220/25]
• 2025-10-21
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 83–65
• 2025-10-21
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2025

  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 · 82–65
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  Sabrina Joyce-Kemper Foreign Affairs

  • Sale of Israeli Bonds by the Central Bank
• 2025-09-20
  LOBBY
  Chambers Ireland Finance

  • Implementation of the Funds Review Report and reform of government policy on the use of the tax system to incentivise investment in indigenous business.
• 2025-09-20
  LOBBY
  Rockwood Consulting ULC Finance

  • Euronext Dublin Pre-budget submission
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Friends of the Earth Finance

  • Advocacy on Budget 2026
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance when revised criteria to qualify for a primary medical certificate (PMC) will be published; his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a PMC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48483/25]
• 2025-09-11
  LOBBY
  FTI Consulting Finance

  • Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
• 2025-09-09
  LOBBY
  COPE Galway CLG Finance

  • Budget 2026, calling for targeted, adequately resourced, and structurally transformative policies to address pressing social challenges including in the areas of housing, homelessness including youth homelessness, women and children subjected to domestic abuse, older people, poverty eradication, and supports to the Community and Voluntary Sector.
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 29 April 2025, which specific case law he is referring to. [41086/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 29 April 2025, which specific case law he is referring to. [41087/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 3 July 2025, to clarify if land can still apply to be de-zoned despite the deadline having been 1 April if there were mitigating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38696/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the drivers and passengers with disabilities fuel grant is available to be claimed on fuel bought prior to the vehicle qualifying for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme or for vehicles used by a disabled passenger or driver prior to applying for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/25]
• 2025-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide the par value of loans acquired by NAMA from each associated bank; the value of securities/funds provided to each bank in return; and the number of loans received by NAMA from each bank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34596/25]
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages · 4 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 104–48
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–83
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–104
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–82
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 10 June 2025, to outline, given the five tests set by Karshan in 2023 and given that the wages of home tutors are paid by her Department, the teaching hours are set by her Department and her Department is the one who exercises control, and the home tutors are not allowed to subcontract their work, whether the 2015 decision is valid in view of the fact that it says that the parent/guardians are the employees; if this would not be akin to interpreting Karshan’s decision in relation to drivers of a company (details supplied) as saying the person who ordered the pizza was the employer. [33229/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32639/25]
• 2025-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1 million and which failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/25]
• 2025-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million and which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30821/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will review its agreement with the Department of Education to label all home tutors as employees of the parents and not employees of the Department of Education in light of the Supreme Court decision in Karshan. [29318/25]
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • AV room launch of paper on Irelands role in the fossil fuel industry where we shared the findings and recommendations.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Retailers Against Smuggling Justice and Equality

  • Request to place smuggling and enforcement to tackle illicit trade on the committee agenda
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the manner by which the Revenue Commissioners calculate tax forgone for those tax expenditures identified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25817/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the different tax regimes notified to the EU Code of Conduct Group between 1998 and 2023, by year of notification and whether the tax regime was deemed to be harmful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25818/25]
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Rockwood Consulting ULC Finance

  • Sought meeting to discuss Saving and Investment Union
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason that in relation to table 17 of Revenue’s Corporation tax 2023 payments and 2022 returns, it is stated that Section 110 companies contributed €9.6 million in employment taxes in 2023, given that Section 110 companies take the form of special purpose vehicles which do not have employees (details supplied). [21770/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the legal status of postmasters as employees that was recently confirmed by both the scope section and the social welfare appeals office in an individual case (details supplied); and if the Revenue Commissioners will review their contractor agreement with An Post in light of the Supreme Court decision in Karshan. [19481/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if lands which are subject to RZLT and are currently in probate following the death of the landowner will be exempted from the tax until ownership of the lands is settled; if the families of the deceased person should apply for rezoning prior to 1 April 2025 in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13971/25]
• 2025-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated; if he will provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that was raised from the 9% rate of VAT on newspapers in 2022, before this was reduced to 0% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7446/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he accepts the view of other central banks such as the Bank of England on a matter (details supplied) in relation to commercial banks and the process of money creation. [6066/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance for the full list of NAMA project sales to date; the date of each sale; the value of each sale; the corresponding par value of each loan portfolio sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 5 February 2025, which of those treaties contain a limitation of benefits clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4703/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the full list of bilateral double tax treaties that Ireland shares with other jurisdictions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2544/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total spend on the information collected by the Central Bank on financial vehicle corporations (FVC) (details supplied) by all FVCs for 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3161/25]
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 3 returns AgricultureEU Affairs

  • Galway IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
  • De Minimis State Aid Thresholds
  • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns Energy and Natural ResourcesBanking and Financial Institutions

  • Measures Implementing Ireland's Biomethane Strategy
  • Banking
• 2025-01-16
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 4 returns Finance

  • Stamp Duty on Agricultural Land - IFA Submission to all Political Parties and Dáil Éireann Candidates for the 2024 General Election
  • Commercial Rates on Farm Buildings and Agricultural Land
  • VAT & Taxation on Farm Inputs
  • Taxation Measures to Support Climate Action
• 2024-11-05
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 75–55
• 2024-10-16
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2024

  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; to make provision for supports to employers and certain businesses and for that purpose to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 and Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✗ voted to block the bill whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) motion passed · 74–49
• 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
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address in the Budget the lack of targeted regional supports for the film industry, particularly in light of the demise of the Section 481 regional uplift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36332/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason for higher earners receiving greater tax relief than lower earners on the cycle-to-work scheme; if he has any plans to amend the progressivity of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the introduction of tax incentives for philanthropic activities is being considered as outlined in the national philanthropy policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34104/24]
• 2024-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated increase to the Exchequer from USC contributions arising from applying minimum wage legislation to all craft apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30019/24]
• 2024-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of individual taxpayers who claimed tax relief on postgraduate fees in the years 2022 and 2023; the value of refunds in both years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28259/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the situation in relation to the difference in tax treatment of travel and subsistence payments for those working in further education and training (FET) and those working in the secondary education sector (details supplied); the reason for the difference in tax treatment with respect to these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22845/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 144 and 145 of 27 February 2024, it is stated that it is “the responsibility of the employer to ensure that all payments made to the individual are processed through the payroll system with PAYE, PRSI and USC deducted from the payments and remitted to the Revenue Commissioners; Currently the PRSI liability is being “reviewed” by the employment status investigation unit; at what stage will (details supplied) be assessed for commensurate tax liabilities and the reason this has not already happened with the employees already reclassified by (details supplied) and the Scope Section. [11385/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 27 February 2024, if he can clarify if there was no cost of the Exchequer in the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, or if the Revenue Commissioners does not have this information, if he can provide the uptake in terms of the number of properties that were availing of section 50 in each of the years 2000 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10976/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a particular investment product (details supplied) and if he has had any correspondence with the Central Bank in relation to the number of Irish investors which could have been impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance in regard to RTÉ making a voluntary qualifying disclosure of €1.2 million to Revenue in the wake of the Eversheds Review, and given that in 2021, RTÉ stated that €1.2 million was the end of RTÉ's liability, and Revenue had confirmed it was the end of RTÉ's liability, if he can explain under what compliance procedures this figure has grown to €15 million set aside for misclassification by RTÉ. [10556/24]
• 2024-02-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total cost of the seafarers' allowance in the years 2021 and 2022; the total number of recipients per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 104 of 7 February and 220 of 20 February 2024, if he will identify those Irish-registered companies involved directly or indirectly in purpose-built student accommodation, for which the ISIF or a subsidiary thereof holds an equity stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9334/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of contracts for service workers in RTÉ that have had tax deduced at source through PAYE by the Revenue Commissioners since 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8837/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the validation process used by the Revenue Commissioners to validate written RTÉ contracts for employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8838/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 17 February 2021, the value of section 50 tax expenditures provided to purpose-built student accommodation in each of the years 2000 to 2010, and 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9070/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 7 February 2024, the return on investment and internal rate of return for each investment in each year of its existence, compared to the ISIF's annual benchmark, that is, the average cost of Irish Government debt, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if NAMA keeps a record of all properties and sites that it has disposed of, and if this information is publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 30 January 2024, if the initial information requested will be provided in the manner in which it was initially sought, in tabular form with the variables specified therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/24]
• 2024-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the name, year and the initial value of investments made in student accommodation related projects/funds/joint ventures since the Irish Strategic Investment Fund’s inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3768/24]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies with a registered address in Galway that availed of temporary business energy support scheme; and the value of the total value of support received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51477/23]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages · 5 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 80–53
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 51–78
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 50–76
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 52–81
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 52–79
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if there are schemes in which the State provides loans to developers/builders for housing development projects; if he can provide details of any such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49385/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance following the sale of the 5% equity stake in AIB, and in relation to the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, if he can outline the current value of its 'Directed' and 'Discretionary' portfolios, and for the latter, if this can be disaggregated in terms of the Irish portfolio and global portfolio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49629/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if parents who are currently renting themselves and also paying the rent for their children in student accommodation will receive the tax credit once for the accommodation in which they are based, or twice to include the student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47594/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if students who are currently paying for student accommodation but are not currently in employment and paying tax through that employment can avail of the renter's tax credit; and if so, how this will function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47595/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the change in the renter's tax credit which allows for students living in digs accommodation to avail of the tax credit requires the landlord to be registered with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47596/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if it is the case that PhD research students are excluded from the new student renters' credit; if so, if he can outline the rationale for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47666/23]
• 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
• 2023-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will convene a stakeholder forum as a matter of priority in line with recommendation No. 14 of the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight on the section 481 tax credit for film; the dates and times of meetings between her officials and the Department of Finance on the matter until now; and to make a statement on the recommendation. [34627/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the report and guidance that his Department received from a company (details supplied) on behalf of the National Pension Reserve Fund Commission in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34050/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if there are rules in relation to online businesses which hold an Irish web domain address and market themselves as Irish, but yet are not registered for VAT, are not registered with the CRO and do not have a working phone number. [31906/23]
• 2023-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the family of a deceased person can claim tax relief on nursing home expenses on their relative's behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31513/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he has had any engagements with the retail banks to promote switching for mortgage loans held by vulture funds into the mainstream mortgage market. [30158/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with mortgage lenders regarding forbearance measures and finance options for mortgage holders whose properties are affected by defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30157/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the date he will be publishing the terms of reference for his review of section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the work he has undertaken to date with respect to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29025/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his plans for the additional regulation of fintech companies providing banking services and holding an Irish banking licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29294/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the current amount of tax relief of €7,000 that can be claimed per person for postgraduate fees, including the student contribution, to €8,000, €9,000 and €10,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27382/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of allowing tax relief on the first €1,000, €1,500 and €2,000 spent on tuition fees, including the student contribution, for full-time students, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of allowing tax relief on the first €500 and €1,000 of tuition fees, including the student contribution, for part-time students, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing an income tax relief at a rate of €2,000, €3,000 and €4,000 for those tutors training craft apprentices in the education training boards, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/23]
• 2023-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the asset allocation of the National (Surplus) Reserve Fund, disaggregated by asset type and location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23478/23]
• 2023-03-29
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2023 · 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; to amend the Finance Act 2022 with regard to the Temporary Business Support Scheme 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 · 3–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 3–6
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the business energy support scheme to LPG gas and oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8044/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance in a situation where a Minister had responsibility for an area such as consumer mortgage arrears, if his or her own credit history would be relevant and hence should be declared if he or she were currently or previously in significant arrears, given that the ministerial code of conduct requires Ministers to "avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11313/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance in light of his review of the ethics framework, the measures he is considering to improve the oversight of potential conflicts of interest, and sanctions for having failed to declare a conflict of interest when a Minister has authority or jurisdiction over the relevant area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11314/23]
• 2023-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the renter's credit introduced in Budget 2023 is in the baseline and a recurring measure going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11213/23]
• 2023-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total cost of capital allowances related to accelerated depreciation in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9295/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if it is a requirement for aircraft to also be registered for tax purposes in Ireland, given that, according to the Irish Aviation Authority, "an aircraft may be registered in the State subject to the condition that it be managed and operated from a place within the State and based therein or that it be managed and operated by an air transport undertaking holding an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Authority"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the names of any advisers who have taken up employment in his Department since the Government rotation in December 2022; the annual salary they are being paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4123/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will identify the amendments that were made on the foot of a statement (details supplied); the date of these amendments; the relevant legislation that was amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4309/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number that qualified for the special assignee relief programme in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, disaggregated by FDI industry sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4659/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention been drawn to an article in the media (details supplied) reporting that planes had been purchased by the Russian state airline Aeroflot; if those planes were availing of section 110 status; if so, his views on whether this constitutes a violation of European Union sanctions, given his review of the section 110 regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to set credit allocation quotas for Irish banks (with a majority State ownership) requiring a certain percentage of their lending to go to green investment activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3136/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the review of section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2822/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 347 of 8 September 2022, if he will provide an update on in-person Revenue Commissioners services in Limerick, Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63294/22]
• 2022-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the categories of public sector workers and civil servants under his Department whose contracts fall under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60770/22]
• 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 add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 53–79
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 58–74
• 2022-11-15
  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 against the motion motion passed · 6–2
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 6 October 2022, if he will provide an update on the retrieval of said document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54828/22]
• 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
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51255/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Tourism

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of current Screen Ireland board members who are directors or shareholders in companies that have received finance, grants or other financial supports from the state agency. [52000/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 29 May 2013, if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49389/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the offices of the Revenue Commissioners will reopen to the public for in-person consultations; if so, when they will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42573/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the setting of the X factor as part of the price regulation formula is comprised of estimated operational costs, capital expenditure and finance costs over a five-year period; and if he will identify any other costs associated with the regulation of energy networks. [37614/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the home care tax credit from €1,600 to €1,800; the full-year cost of the current tax credit for households that avail of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34197/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of funding included in respect of expenditure associated with Vote 34, housing, for general government balance calculations as determined by the Central Statistics Office for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24784/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market since its establishment; its terms of reference and objectives; the number of engagements it has had with stakeholders; and the success to date in promoting competition in and attracting new entrants to the insurance market. [21486/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he is committed to introducing a vacant property tax following the collection of data on vacancy levels under objective 19.12 of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21487/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the inclusion of a stepped procedure for public whistleblowers in the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 breaches the European Union whistleblowing directive non-regression clause in view of the letter sent to the Oireachtas finance committee by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21483/22]
• 2022-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his plans to examine the tax treatment with respect to capital acquisition tax for couples who are long-term cohabitants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/22]
• 2022-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 29 March 2022, the amount that has been paid out by the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund by way of resolution actions; the amount that has been recouped by the liquidators during liquidation processes to date; the net cost to the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund; the fees that have been paid during liquidation processes to the appointed liquidators in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total number of staff who are employed in the Central Bank; the number who are specifically employed in the Registry of Credit Unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16582/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the amounts paid into the Credit Institutions Resolution Fund by credit unions; the amount paid out of the fund to support credit unions in each year since its inception in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/22]
• 2022-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he will be taking to ensure that banks (details supplied) don’t raise funds again whilst they are under sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13522/22]
• 2022-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that Ireland’s Register of Beneficial Ownership permits the use of legal trustees and nominee shareholders which adds a layer of opacity and disguises the ultimate beneficial owner in view of the risk of possible attempts to circumvent financial sanctions; if he will be taking steps to ensure that the register records the ultimate beneficial owner of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13523/22]
• 2022-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance when he will be making the regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market and honour the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking further to an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the size of the State's current shareholdings in each of the banks; and the current market value of these shareholdings in tabular form. [10916/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down from the European Investment Bank; the date of commencement; the repayment schedule; the interest rate and purposes of each loan in tabular form; and his plans to allocate additional funding for the provision of social housing from the EIB. [10522/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering new laws and regulations with respect to buy now pay later services which are entering the Irish market and raise considerable consumer protections concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the main reasons for a significant number of rejections of consumer complaints by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (details supplied). [9771/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman is taking the position in many cases that the consumer should have been aware of misconduct (details supplied) when they signed a loan offer or when they first went into default on a loan. [9772/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Financial and Pensions Ombudsman is refusing to investigate complaints unless both parties to a joint and several accounts have signed the complaint form. [9773/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the circa 1,200 tracker case complaints outstanding with the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; the actions that have been taken to ensure that the backlog is cleared; and if he authorised the Ombudsman to employ additional internal and external resources to deal with this matter. [9774/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if additional resources required by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to deal with consumer complaints are met by the levy on the industry generating the complaints. [9775/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if is satisfied with the resources employed by the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; and his views on the staff numbers per million of population compared to resources employed by the UK Financial Services Ombudsman. [9776/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman spent a total of €1.8 million on legal fees in 2020. [9777/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason that Ireland has not requested pre-financing from the Recovery and Resilience Fund. [8123/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the consequences for the rights of consumers in cases in which their mortgage is sold as in the case of an agreement between banks (details supplied); and if a guarantee will be given that all rights will be maintained in cases in which a mortgage transfers to the acquiring party. [5595/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the position of Ireland for the reform of the EU economic governance framework; his proposals for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3138/22]
• 2022-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in view of the committee's report on the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021; if he will remove the regressive clauses that were identified by the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2682/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to remove the clauses in the heads of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021 which the Oireachtas Joint Committees on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach deemed to be regressive; if he will be redrafting this Bill given the other serious concerns that the committee outlined in its pre-legislative scrutiny report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2268/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress he has made to date implementing the recommendations of the report that was issued by the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in relation to top public service appointments and remuneration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2269/22]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of protected disclosures made to him concerning his Department and bodies under its aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [59911/21]
• 2021-12-02
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2021 · 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; 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
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 46–67
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 44–66
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 45–64
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 46–69
• 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
• 2021-11-18
  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 to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–5
• 2021-11-17
  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 · 3–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 3–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 3–5
• 2021-11-16
  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 to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–5
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 3–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 2–6
• 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 Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to improve regulation in relation to tax fraud schemes and to ensure that scandals such as in a recent case (details supplied) do not reoccur in view of Ireland’s role in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/21]
• 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
• 2021-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the total spend on external contractors, consultancy services and other outsourcing in 2018 and 2019. [46926/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on and response to recent reports that companies have continued to avail of the single malt despite the Competent Authority Agreement being enacted; and if he or his officials have been in contact with the Revenue Commissioners or the Maltese authorities since the agreement was put in place. [44877/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated qualifying expenditure against which capital allowances have been claimed with respect to data centres and the estimated revenue foregone as a result since 2014; if his Department will undertake an analysis of the use of capital allowances with respect to data centres in the context of the State’s climate action objectives and energy capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44878/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason that business accounts can be used for the purposes of calculating average turnover when an intergenerational transfer of a family business has taken place under the terms of the Covid restrictions support scheme 2019; the reason 2019 business accounts cannot be used when a non-family transfer of a business has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44545/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if banks are entitled to refuse a mortgage to a person whose employer is availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if not, the avenue that is open to employees who are being refused on such a basis. [39101/21]
• 2021-07-14
  VOTE
  Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages · 2 divisions

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

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 93–48
• 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 Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a full and unredacted list will be provided of all reform commitments entered into by the State in the National Plan of the Recovery and Resilience Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35893/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the tax policy changes it is committed to in the National Plan of the Recovery and Resilience Fund recently submitted; the timeframe by which these commitments will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35895/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the way the State will address the country specific recommendations as obligated to do in order to access the Recovery and Resilience Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/21]
• 2021-07-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of forensic accountants employed by the Revenue Commissioners in 2020; and the associated wage costs. [35446/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2022 to 2026 of restoring the PAYE tax credit as it applied to the contributory pension for dependents that was changed as part of Finance Act 2013, in tabular form. [34547/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on reforms which would exempt green capital expenditure in order to address the climate emergency given the review by the European Commission of the fiscal rules are set to reopen. [31885/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on the reform of the EU Fiscal Rules Stability and Growth Pact as they currently stand; if he will be making a submission to the Commission’s public consultation which is reopening in the second half of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20512/21]
• 2021-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the data on general Government net worth in each of the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020, in tabular form. [28401/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department on external professional legal services in 2014, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [28302/21]
• 2021-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the details of the information his Department collates as per circular 20/2019 (details supplied); the date this report was issued; the location on his Departmental website on which it can be found; and the progress in relation to green procurement that has been made to date. [25431/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the expected grant allocations under the resilience and recovery facility in nominal and percentage terms in the periods 2021-22 and 2023, respectively; if the expected allocation has been reduced from the previously committed total of €1,273; if so, the reasons for the reductions; his views on the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17184/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if he has had engagement with the Central Bank regarding unregulated loan notes issued by a company (details supplied) between 2012 and 2019 and administered by another company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17185/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16592/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland’s allocation of the EU recovery and resilience fund is to be reduced in view of better than expected GDP figures; if so, the total reduction in funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16736/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the details of the recommendations from the 2019 report by a company (details supplied) on community banking that have been implemented; his plans to implement other recommendations made by the report in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13352/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the details of contracts of €25,000 or more that have been awarded by his Department or bodies under his aegis that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the value and nature of the contract work carried out in each case; the year of each contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11376/21]
• 2021-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 25 November 2020, if further details of the social clauses in public procurement that the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, has used will be provided, in particular the value of these contracts; and the nature of the contract work and a description of the social clauses used therein in tabular form. [10789/21]
• 2021-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication in his Department. [11179/21]
• 2021-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication by his Department, by goods and service type in tabular form. [11209/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4794/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNP in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending GFCF in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4795/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNP by all income components, that is, dividends, interest, rents in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4796/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNP in constant prices, that is, dividends, interest, rents and so on by all expenditure components, that is, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4797/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GDP by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4428/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GDP in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4429/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GDP by all income components, dividends, interest, rents and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4430/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GDP in constant prices, dividends, interest, rents and so on broken by all expenditure components, personal consumption, central and local government spending, GFCF and so on in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4431/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of gross GNI in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4432/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the composition of real GNI in constant prices for the latest year for which data is available in each of the years 1990 to 2020 or for the earliest and latest years for which this data is available in tabular form. [4433/21]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42478/20]
• 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
• 2020-12-02
  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 to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 52–80
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a group (details supplied) is still chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach; and the reason it no longer publishes the minutes of its meetings. [28276/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason he did not apply for the extension of Covid-19 payment breaks for borrowers by the deadline of 23 September 2020. [28277/20]
• 2020-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39048/20]
• 2020-11-17
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2020 · 6 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 · 3–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 3–6
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–4
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–4
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–4
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–4
• 2020-11-16
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2020 · 5 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 · 4–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 4–6
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 6–3
  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 5–4
• 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 Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of mortgage arrears by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34608/20]
• 2020-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the reason his Department has advised that all medical assessments for primary medical certificates are to be paused of foot of a Supreme Court judgement when there are persons that are severely and permanently disabled and require these vital certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29388/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that those businesses in high profitability sectors should be eligible for the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he is taking measures to ensure businesses that do not need the scheme are not availing of it. [16653/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the sectoral breakdown of the €1.7 billion increase in corporation tax receipts for the first half of the year as shown in the June fiscal monitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16652/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that firms applying for section 110 status notify the Revenue Commissioners rather than making a direct application to the Central Bank which is the financial regulator, in view of recent scandals outlined in the FinCEN files (details supplied). [26638/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a cut to capital gains tax from its current rate of 33% to 25% will be included in the forthcoming budget as promised in the Fianna Fáil pre-election manifesto; and his views on whether it is fair that those who benefited most over the last decade should now receive a large tax cut. [16651/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a list of members of a group (details supplied) in its current formation will be provided. [27347/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if a group (details supplied) has advised on Covid-19 related expenditure measures. [27348/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if there is a requirement for firms that have been afforded section 110 status under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 by the Revenue Commissioners to state in their financial statements that they are availing of this tax relief. [23601/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of direct employees of aircraft leasing firms in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19610/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of audits carried out by the Revenue Commissioners of aircraft leasing firms in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19611/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies with section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 status in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19612/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the tax expenditures and the cost of each to the Exchequer in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19220/20]
• 2020-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests being processed by his Department; the number that have had the deadline for reply extended; the number at least one week, two weeks. one month and over one month overdue, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19351/20]
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent OECD report on corporate tax statistics published 8 July 2020 (details supplied); his plans to enact measures to stop businesses registered here that are engaging in corporate tax abuse from availing of Covid-19 financial supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16145/20]
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of the temporary wage subsidy scheme and the pandemic unemployment payment; the means by which the liability will be calculated; the way in which the Revenue Commissioners plan to collect same; the tax treatment in instances in which liabilities due exceed unused tax credits for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16346/20]
• 2020-07-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the new OECD report on corporate tax statistics published on 8 July 2020 (details supplied); his plans to enact measures to stop businesses registered here engaging in corporate tax abuse from availing of Covid-19 financial supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16347/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated deficit the State will have accrued in public finances as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic; his views on whether Ireland will be necessitated to access funds through the European Stability Mechanism to meet such a deficit; his further views on whether the flexibility of the European Central Bank to deviate from capital key purchase targets and acquire specific quantities of Eurozone countries’ bonds should be exploited in the coming months to fund an economic recovery and ensure the State returns to growth in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6424/20]