Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 16 Dec

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 16 Dec – 22 Dec 2019 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 32 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Pensions (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2017

2019-12-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 77–37

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Section 39 Organisations

2019-12-18 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 38–76

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Environmental Policy

2019-12-18 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 38–76

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 32 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 32 total

Finance 15 questions
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers of a residential property. [52559/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue from a 1% stamp duty surcharge on residential property purchases by REITs, IREFs and section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52560/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated by stamp duty receipts from residential property purchases by REITs, IREFs and section 110 companies per annum since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52561/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue from a 1% stamp duty surcharge on residential property purchases by non-Irish resident purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52562/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review taxation of REITs, IREFs and section 110 companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52563/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the annual anticipated number of recipients of the help-to-buy scheme in 2020 and 2021; the anticipated median payment under the scheme; and the anticipated expenditure per annum. [53212/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by Home Building Finance Ireland; and the staffing costs per annum. [53417/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the amount of finance available per annum for Home Building Finance Ireland to lend to developers; the amount loaned out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53418/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the potential impact of a €650 million increase in Home Building Finance Ireland borrowing on the general Government debt, general Government balance and calculations of available financial resource fiscal space under EU and national rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53419/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of introducing a special 9% VAT rate on residential construction. [53420/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing local property tax deductibility for landlords when calculating rental profits. [53431/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of establishing an enhanced loss relief for landlords to allow relief for rental losses against other income sources in the same year. [53432/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing a deduction against rental income for the capital cost of the property in the initial years of ownership of a rental unit; and the corresponding reduction in the base cost of the property on a future disposal. [53433/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of allowing CGT relief for properties acquired and retained as rental accommodation. [53434/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the first and full-year cost of developing a separate method of taxing rental income, for example, a flat tax or a separate rate of tax, as a policy lever to support the sector as a whole; and if he has considered supporting specific sub-sectors, for example, affordable housing and urban housing. [53435/19]
Housing 9 questions
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of finance available per annum for the Housing Finance Agency to lend to approved housing bodies; the amount loaned out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53424/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-cost of replacing revenue from residential construction development levies with funding to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53421/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the potential impact of a €650 million increase in the Housing Finance Agency borrowing for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme on the general Government debt, general Government balance and calculations of available financial resource fiscal space under EU and national rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53422/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Finance Agency; and the staffing costs per annum. [53423/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current capital plan expenditure allocations of achieving 10,000,11,000,12,000,13,000,14,000 and 15,000 intervals of new build social housing units, respectively. [53425/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53427/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current serviced sites fund allocations of achieving 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 and 10,000 intervals of new build affordable housing units, respectively based on current criteria and funding per unit. [53429/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average Dublin and national sales price by unit type of an affordable loan under the affordable housing scheme. [53430/19]
- 2019-12-18 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the proposals to modernise the electoral registration process following public consultation in early 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53456/19]
Employment 5 questions
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of bogus self-employment; the steps she plans to take to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53164/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inspectors in the employment status investigation unit established to focus solely on bogus self-employment; the number of inspectors she plans to have in place; the target number of investigations to be carried out by the unit in 2020; the percentage of workplaces that will be inspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53165/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inspections carried out by inspectors in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 focusing solely on the issue of false self-employment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53166/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of suspected false self-employment cases that were and are being dealt with in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53167/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full-year cost of increasing rent supplement payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53428/19]
Education 3 questions
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52564/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the review of a decision not to expand a pilot shared apprenticeship scheme for the construction sector in 2018; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52565/19]
- 2019-12-17 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full-year costs of reinstating the payment of apprenticeship fees in phase 4 and 6. [53426/19]

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.