Seán Sherlock

Labour Party · Cork East

Activity on Finance — 173 events (2 lobbying · 149 questions · 36 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.
• 2024-11-05
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages

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

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he and his Department are in a position to provide finance to a medical health scheme (details supplied); his views on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42516/24]
• 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
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position with a VAT repayment from a grant for a person in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38863/24]
• 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
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he had on the recent stock market crisis; and if any engagement is being held with his officials on the use of artificial intelligence in the Irish stock exchange. [34264/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if an issue in relation to the exclusion of a person (details supplied) from the help-to-buy scheme will be examined and addressed. [24916/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if there is an appeal on the valuation of the home under the help-to-buy-scheme; if he will consider a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19346/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties currently in ownership by an agency (details supplied), by local authority area, by type of property and suitability for residency, in tabular form. [18632/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of properties that remain vacant following the closure of bank branches in all the banks that the State has shares in, in each county and area, in tabular form; and the average worth each property. [11031/24]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance to allow a claim to be processed (details supplied). [51345/23]
• 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
• 2023-10-25
  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
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Minister for Transport regarding a project (details supplied) to date in 2023, including any meetings held in Government Buildings on the matter and the details of those present. [36839/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding a project (details supplied) to date in 2023, including any meetings held in Government Buildings on the matter and the details of those present. [36840/23]
• 2023-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid by his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 on outside or third-party reports of a technical nature or qualitative and quantitative nature, by payee, in tabular form. [34469/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out to all consultancy firms for any services rendered; and the cost per contract for the year-to-date 2023, in tabular form [31688/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount claimed in mileage for business journeys by all categories of car, motorcycle and bicycle, broken down by county and Dublin area, over the past five years, in tabular form. [19414/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount of prize bonds prizes that are unclaimed or could not be claimed due to the person who held them being deceased, by county of residence last known and amount, in tabular form. [17422/23]
• 2023-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he is in receipt of correspondence or documentation detailing the impact of interest rate rises on mortgage holders on their monthly repayments; and if so, if he will publish those documents. [14488/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he is informed on the type of loans taken out by all customers of all financial institutions in the State; if so, if they are segmented by health needs, personal loan, car loan, mortgage, home improvement and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12585/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update under Housing for All to collection of data on vacancy levels with a view to introducing a new vacant property tax to ensure empty properties are used. [7131/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the audit that has been carried out since 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 on the impact of benefit-in-kind changes in the Finance Act 2019 on notional pay and the subsequent knock-on taxation implications for workers in pay ranges (details supplied), in tabular form. [5279/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of workers that have been impacted on changes in benefit-in-kind made in the Finance Act 2019, per county, in tabular form. [5280/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if data is available on whether workers who avail of benefit-in-kind are better or worse off due to the changes introduced in the Finance Act 2019; and if emissions are up or down as a result of that change. [5281/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to re-examine the benefit-in-kind changes introduced in the Finance Act 2019 due to higher emissions and costs to those workers. [5282/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will devise a scheme similar to the scheme for uilleann pipe makers for hurley makers, given the UNESCO intangible heritage status for the game of hurling. [59443/22]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1469/23]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media advertising in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount spent per platform. [62804/22]
• 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
• 2022-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement his officials have had regarding the current financial status of An Post, either directly with An Post representatives or with persons or entities such as ComReg, who have knowledge of the regulatory accounts and other such annual accounts of An Post [56993/22]
• 2022-10-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not eligible to claim the incapacitated childcare credit given that they have two children in their care though fostering services who are both incapacitated. [54061/22]
• 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
• 2022-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment who will be expected to pay back tax this year and in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [52492/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent media reports that the ECB has purchased millions of dollars in bonds issued by companies linked to deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51232/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has been notified of the withdrawal by a bank (details supplied) of its digital payments service from Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51592/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the collection of data on vacancy levels with a view to introducing a new vacant property tax to ensure that empty properties are used under Housing for All. [43333/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Minister for Education on the matter of school transport since June 2022; and if he will publish any correspondence shared with the Minister for Education on same. [43355/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount his Department has spent on advertising on social media in 2021 and to date in 2022; the amount spent per platform; and the campaigns per platform, in tabular form. [43374/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine a matter for a person (details supplied) regarding benefit-in-kind. [43744/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the deadline for compliance with the European Union Directive on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision II for one member pensions arrangements is attainable; and if an extended deadline is being considered. [40844/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with a bank (details supplied) to put a halt to the switch to cashless branches as announced by the bank this week. [40946/22]
• 2022-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence regarding fuel costs for the haulage industry (details supplied). [34685/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Housing for All plan for the collection of data on vacancy levels with a view to introducing a new vacant property tax to ensure empty properties are used. [17550/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16150/22]
• 2022-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of accounts that will be closed by banks exiting the Irish market in 2022; the breakdown by age and gender of those account holders; and his views on whether the banking sector will take on those accounts. [13710/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the amount paid for each consultant; and the reason for the consultancy. [6037/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1699/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1717/22]
• 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
• 2021-11-10
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 73–54
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38202/21]
• 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
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to restart the spend and save scheme again. [35832/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation to an issue (details supplied). [34278/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of the bike- to-work-scheme for 2020 and to date in 2021. [31974/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that has been waived, exempted and forgone by the Exchequer through residential property tax reliefs inclusive of construction, purchasing, leasing, renting and other related reliefs in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [29548/21]
• 2021-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will address an issue (details supplied) regarding the rebate diesel scheme. [28396/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the end date for the employment wage subsidy scheme is set. [27490/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with banks that made mortgage drawdowns conditional if customers were in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme. [27491/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if there is a policy of data back-up in the operations of his Department and all agencies under his remit. [28118/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if there has been further engagement on tax implications for those in receipt of the €250 SUSI credit. [25634/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the contractor in each case. [22138/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had on the policy of progressing disability services; and if he has contacted other Ministers regarding the policy. [16170/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to international online wine merchants advertising and importing wine to Ireland without paying excise or VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13953/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork, having completed a form 12 application in respect of significant medical costs, did not receive a larger tax refund given the level of expenses incurred. [14671/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with National Broadband Ireland on any aspect of broadband provision in the past six months; and the outcome of any engagement. [12119/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the names and contact details for each special adviser requested for appointment by him, in tabular form. [9596/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the contact details for the sections that deal with all ongoing and established grant funding in his Department and in each agency under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [9128/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the employees at the Revenue Commissioners are considered an essential service to allow parents to avail of childcare. [8199/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the status of the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if it has an end date. [8596/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance to outline details of the contracts for public relations advice and consultancy entered into by his Department over the cost of €10,000 since January 2021; the nature of the contract; and the length of the contract in tabular form. [8891/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if there has been any contact with his counterpart in the United States. [8911/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the timeline for his plans to make necessary amendments to the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994. [7226/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the €250 Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, rebate given in November 2020 will not be taxed. [5164/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the budgetary analysis being carried out to plan for long Covid-19 impacts in his Department and each State agency under the remit of his Department in tabular form. [4486/21]
• 2020-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44021/20]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the status of legislation to protect consumers on PCP. [43410/20]
• 2020-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements being put in place to ensure that all sectors of society which are insured by UK and Gibraltar insurance providers will continue to offer cover beyond their current period of insurance, particularly as it relates to the bloodstock industry, leisure, hospitality and professional indemnity sectors in view of Brexit negotiations. [42281/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will recommence in respect of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers tax concessions scheme 1994. [41335/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on rates of pay and conditions for the early years education sector. [41064/20]
• 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
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to a matter (details supplied). [39621/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a 2020 registration plate will be allowed (details supplied). [39348/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a policy change will be considered to the help to buy scheme whereby if a couple is purchasing a home in which one of the couple is a first time buyer that some relief would be given to assist them to purchase a home. [38848/20]
• 2020-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [37420/20]
• 2020-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the third-party contracts entered into by agencies under the remit of his Department for the operation of community and voluntary organisations; the number of staff employed by the third party; and the cost of the contract in 2019 and 2020. [37561/20]
• 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
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 schemes. [34360/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded the contract; the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 – 2020 and the full value of the contract in tabular form. [33271/20]
• 2020-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a tax and USC refund. [32129/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance his policy in relation to the continuation of the vehicle registration tax, VRT, relief on fully electric cars. [31547/20]
• 2020-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the recommendations of the 2018 Consumer and Competition Protection Commission, CCPC, report on personal contract plans, PCPs, in the car finance market are being progressed (details supplied). [30800/20]
• 2020-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the code of conduct sellers of personal contract purchase, PCP, must adhere to; and the engagement his Department has had on the code. [30515/20]
• 2020-10-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the current PCP loan book currently in operation by county in tabular form. [30516/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has had regard to the Supreme Court judgment that has caused the cessation of the scheme to assist persons with disabilities in mobility grants such as VRT, toll free journeys and VAT. [30190/20]
• 2020-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the measures he will introduce for persons with disabilities in the area of VRT and VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30189/20]
• 2020-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the contracts with public relations agencies and consultants entered into by his Department; and the remit of these contracts including the costs in tabular form. [29352/20]
• 2020-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide information on a matter (details supplied). [29405/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount of PCP loans currently in operation in Ireland; and the cumulative total of those loans. [27576/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if additional tax liability or wage deductions will accrue to employees in cases in which their employer is in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme and the employee has paid his or her statutory tax in full. [27594/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding credit unions. [27678/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Social

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has spoken to the Minister for Finance about extending the pandemic unemployment rate at full pay to September 2021. [26288/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of employers on the employment wage subsidy scheme by county. [24145/20]
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if there are dates by which a new hire must have been hired by a company to avail of the employment wage subsidy scheme. [22860/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has been notified by the Central Bank as to the number of credit unions that have saving and lending restrictions in place; and the number, location and type of restrictions that are in place in tabular form. [22508/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has been notified by the Central Bank that an additional 20% increase in pension contributions is to be awarded to staff at the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22509/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the delegated functions assigned to the Minister of State with responsibility for financial services, credit unions and insurance; and the date those delegated functions come into effect. [15043/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the Covid-19 payments beyond August 2020. [15065/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the costings carried out on the programme for Government; and if he will provide documents on those costings. [14030/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the departmental briefing paper on his role, remits and powers afforded to him upon appointment to the Cabinet. [14525/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a tax credit issue will be resolved for a person (details supplied). [12815/20]
• 2020-06-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme will be extended to second-time buyers. [13304/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the temporary wage subsidy scheme will continue for event and arts workers until the mass gathering ban and social distancing are not required for medical safety here. [12097/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered a reduced VAT rate of 9% for the event and arts sector for three years. [12100/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a grant scheme to purchase e-bikes will be introduced. [8693/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount of applications under the cycle to work scheme in 2019 and to date in 2020. [8759/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct support to the bus and coach sector such as a continuation of the temporary wage subsidy scheme until the tourism and transport sector returns to normal, the introduction of a turnover-linked direct grant to assist with liquidity and the restoration of the fuel rebate for the sector. [8790/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the reclassification of VAT status to harmonise the VAT system on the island of Ireland for the bus and coach sector. [8791/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by his Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in tabular form; and the name of each campaign advertised. [9838/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the terms of the wage subsidy scheme are such that in circumstances in which a PRSI credit has been applied for the duration of the scheme by an employer in respect of an employee that the social protection or pension contributions of that employee are not diminished particularly when retirement of the employee will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6571/20]
• 2019-10-24
  VOTE
  Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions

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

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the categories of flat rate tax expense for workers which the Revenue Commissioners propose to abolish from the beginning of 2020; the anticipated increase in tax revenue arising out of the abolition or substantial reduction of flat rate tax expenses for workers; and if he has discussed this matter with the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact it involves an effective pay cut for the workers concerned and a prioritisation of the measure by the Revenue Commissioners ahead of other reforms of aspects of the tax code which affect higher earners. [41460/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if correspondence by him or to him from all Cabinet Ministers, including the Taoiseach, in respect of policy changes on the collection and ringfencing of carbon tax for the purposes of implementing measures on climate adaptation or mitigation, particularly in the housing and transport sectors, will be provided. [39485/19]
• 2019-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying tax on their State pension. [38432/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying the correct tax on their pension. [27496/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the reason a joint account is frozen in the event of one of the named persons on the account dying when the account is for use in a marital situation between two spouses. [19464/19]
• 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
• 2018-11-07
  VOTE
  Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018

  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
• 2018-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the process and details of his most recent appointments to the Credit Union Advisory Committee; the persons nominated to fill the vacancies on the committee; when the committee is scheduled to next report to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43970/18]
• 2018-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with his European counterparts regarding the proposed digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43971/18]
• 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
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the reason areas (details supplied) are being charged flood insurance premiums for parts of the area in question that have never flooded. [36189/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason long-term tenants with a proven rental record who do not need a council loan to purchase a home and are in a position to partly finance the purchase are being discriminated against in view of the fact they do not fit the eligibility criteria under the tenant purchases incremental scheme. [28694/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate PCP finance packages, particularly in the car loan finance sector. [19067/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with banks in regard to persons accessing their statements without being charged. [9473/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a repayment on taxable income for the past four years. [9496/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is due a tax refund for the past number of years. [4197/18]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if personnel employed by the State Claims Agency branch of the National Treasury Management Agency are eligible for bonus payments; and if so, the way in which these bonuses are structured and attained. [51615/17]
• 2017-11-23
  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 · 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
• 2017-10-26
  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
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the rapid increase in personal contract plan, PCP, credit instruments in the motor industry; if his Department has assessed the default risk of such instruments; and if banks, financial institutions and other financial subsidiaries such as car manufacturers themselves have been sufficiently regulated by the Central Bank to lend to car buyers in the market. [37757/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund for 2016 for a person (details supplied) in County Cork having ceased employment in February. [34917/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the likely publication date for the legislation required to give effect to EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments MiFID II into law, in view of the fact that the official date for transposition of that directive into law was 3 July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32767/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the likely publication date for the legislation required to give effect to EU Directive 2015/2366/EU PSD2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32768/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [30969/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the American Treasury Department and the American Secretary of the Treasury on the impact of US tax reform on Irish businesses; and if an analysis has been carried out by his officials on the impact that the introduction of a border adjustment tax and the introduction of a corporate tax reform in the United States of America will have on Irish exporters. [19232/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with IBEC on US tax reform and the impact on Irish exporters. [19233/17]
• 2017-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will grant the single parent tax credit to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12276/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if the help to buy scheme for first time buyers extends to first time buyers who purchase old houses and build extensions to live in them, especially in a situation where the existing building requires significant structural and other work, is extended by 700 sq ft and currently is uninhabitable. [9794/17]
• 2017-02-09
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in tabular form, on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, interview training and preparation, including details of the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related, and the company or individual to whom such payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6538/17]
• 2016-11-23
  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 to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 47–60
• 2016-11-22
  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 · 30–54
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 26–91
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland has drawn down any funding under the COSME loan guarantee fund; and, if so, the instrument or financial intermediary under which it has been disbursed. [32969/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, report and financial statements to 31 December 2015; and his plans to utilise the SBCI for the purposes of acting as the requisite instrument or financial intermediary for the EU COSME fund. [32971/16]
• 2016-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Jobs

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the COSME, Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, programme improving access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises; and the engagement her Department has had, if any, with State agencies and financial institutions on this matter. [32741/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will account for the extra fiscal space that was allocated for budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31331/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has applied for permission to engage external public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating information on Government policy; the cost of each contract entered into; the name of the contractors; the duration of the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31678/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the impact the repayment of an AIB contingent capital note of over €1.7 billion will have on the public finances for 2016 and thereafter. [26051/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the scope that exists within the fiscal rules for additional expenditure in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26052/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the implications for Ireland’s MTO target and adherence to the expenditure benchmark of the EUROSTAT reclassification of the 2015 AIB share conversion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26053/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance when he will publish updated forecasts of growth and fiscal space in advance of budget 2017 in light of the significant economic events of the summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26054/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the potential fiscal space arising from a greater national contribution to the EU arising from the upwards revision of Ireland’s GDP-GNI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26055/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has determined whether the additional Central Fund allocation to the EU budget arising from the revision to Ireland’s 2015 GDP will detract from the fiscal space available for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the potential cost of extending the capital gains tax restructuring relief beyond 31 December. [26237/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the potential cost to the Exchequer on extending income tax relief on land leases to family members in budget 2017 subject to strict criteria regarding farm transfer. [26238/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the potential cost of allowing farmers to write off capital expenditure on farm buildings and plant and machinery over a period of three and eight years with a floating allowance of up to 50% allowable in any one year in order to facilitate maximum utilisation. [26240/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the number of politically appointed staff working in his Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special advisers, their qualifications and experience relevant to their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22732/16]
• 2016-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the Economic and Social Research Institute's HERMES suggestion that a 1% reduction in the United Kingdom gross domestic product arising from its exit from the European Union will reduce Irish gross domestic product by approximately 0.2% over two years; and if he supports the estimates provided by the United Kingdom Treasury and United Kingdom NIESR. [20105/16]
• 2015-11-25
  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 to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 34–67