157. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 17 May 2022, if he will specify the proposed levy percentage on the construction industry which is intended to raise in the region of €80 million a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38662/22]
156. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer from decreasing the headline rate of VAT by 1% for 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38661/22]
155. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from raising the VAT rate for the tourism and hospitality sector from 9% to 13.5% in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38660/22]
154. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from a 1% levy applied to wealth in excess of €1 million for a single adult double that for a couple; his views on a recent report (details supplied) that such a levy on wealth would raise approximately €248 million for the exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38659/22]
153. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from capital gains tax for the previous three years; the estimated yield to the Exchequer from reducing the CAT class A threshold to €250,000, the class B threshold to €25,000 and reducing the class C threshold to €13,000 at a rate of 33%, 36% and 40% respective in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38658/22]
152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from removing the PAYE and earned income tax credits which reduce final income tax liabilities from taxpayers with incomes above €100,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38657/22]
151. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated saving to the Exchequer that would accrue from abolishing the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38656/22]
150. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from reducing the scale of agriculture and business capital gains tax relief respectively from 90% to 50% of the taxable value of the relevant assets and capping the relief at €3 million. [38655/22]
149. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from abolishing capital gains tax relief that is given to property acquired between 7 December 2011 and 31 December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38654/22]
148. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from capital gains tax retirement relief from applying a limit of €3m or €1m respectively to disposals or transfers to children or certain other close relations between the ages of 55 and 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38653/22]
147. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from abolishing the capital gains tax retirement relief from reducing the limit that currently applies to that stated relief on disposals or transfers to children or certain other close relations if made after the age of 66 years from €3 million to €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38652/22]
146. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from abolishing entrepreneurs' relief as provided under section 597AA of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38651/22]
145. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield from abolishing the primary private residence relief from capital gains tax from capping the primary private residence relief from capital gains tax at €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38650/22]
144. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer by reducing the standard fund threshold from €2 million to €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/22]
143. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated savings to the Exchequer by abolishing the current tax-free lump sum that can be withdrawn from a pension pot upon retirement, by reducing the current tax-free lump sum that can be withdrawn from a pension pot upon retirement from €200,000 to €100,000 or €50,000 respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38648/22]
142. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated total savings to the Exchequer from applying only the standard rate of tax to all discretionary tax expenditures costing in excess of €5 million in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38645/22]
141. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield to the Exchequer from applying a higher rate of local property tax of 0.25 % or 0.2875 % on the balance of properties valued over €750,001 and €1 million, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38644/22]
140. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional yield to the Exchequer from applying a higher rate of local property tax of 0.25% or 0.2875% to properties valued over €750,001, from increasing the higher rate of the tax to 0.3% on the balance of properties valued over €1.05 million and .4% per cent on the balance of properties valued over €1.75 million in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38643/22]
139. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs exempted from the high-income individual restriction; the estimated additional yield if those reliefs were not exempted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38639/22]
138. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance savings to the exchequer by decreasing the current tax relief on bike to work schemes to €500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38638/22]
137. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who availed of the bike to work scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the cost of the scheme in each of the years; the number of persons who accessed the maximum amount of tax relief in each of those years; the average tax relief in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38637/22]
136. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the projected yield from every €1 per tonne increase in the carbon tax; the estimated yield if there were a €10 increase in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38636/22]
135. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the projected yield from abolishing relief under section 604A; the cost to date to the Exchequer annually of this relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38635/22]
134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the e-worker tax relief for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38628/22]
133. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the domicile levy for the past three years in tabular form; the estimated revenue that would be raised from doubling the domicile levy from €200,000 to €400,000 under the existing criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38627/22]
132. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated savings to the Exchequer in 2023 from the ending rent-a-room relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38626/22]
131. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated savings to the Exchequer in 2023, from ending the employment and investment incentive scheme, the key employee engagement programme, the special assignee relief programme and the foreign earnings deduction in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38625/22]
130. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of removing stamp duty on credit cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38624/22]
129. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the gross amount of tax relief provided for pension contributions in each of the past five years for which full figures are available in tabular form [38623/22]
128. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the process that led to the increase in the amount under tax measures from the €0.5 billion in the Stability Programme Update to €1.05 billion in the Summer Economic Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38620/22]
127. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the projected yield to the Exchequer of introducing a new windfall profits tax on energy providers if the corporation tax rate on their profits was increased from 12.% to either 25%, 27.5% or 50% respectively; the additional yield if a different approach of a 25% levy on profits was introduced; if any work has been carried out in his Department to evaluate a windfall tax on energy companies; if briefing or discussion papers have been prepared on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38613/22]
126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in each of the past five years from dividends from the State shareholdings in banks; the projected yield in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38612/22]
125. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the yield to the State in each of the past five years from dividends from the State shareholdings in banks; the projected yield in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38611/22]
124. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the amount raised annually by the bank levy since it was introduced in 2014; the projected yield in 2022; the details of the current method of calculation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38610/22]
123. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance when the Tax Strategy Group papers will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38609/22]
112. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reform the calculation method for quarterly, half-yearly and annual charging for motor car tax; his views on whether the system unfairly and excessively overcharges those motorists in the lower income brackets that avail of the quarterly or half-yearly charge; and his plans to reform the motor car tax system [38642/22]
98. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost to the Exchequer of ending the additional charge on quarterly and half-yearly motor tax payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38689/22]
92. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated yield from a 10 or 25-cent levy on each plastic bottle sold in Ireland; the estimated yield from a 10 or 25-cent levy on every fruit and vegetable sold in plastic in Ireland and a 10 or 25-cent levy on disposable takeaway containers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38677/22]
91. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the introduction of the proposed disposable coffee cups; the estimated yield to the Exchequer from a 25-cent levy on disposable coffee cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38676/22]
90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the introduction of the coffee cup levy; the estimated yield from a 25-cent levy on every disposable coffee cup in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38675/22]
89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated revenue that could be raised from raising the landfill levy by €5 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38671/22]
88. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the introduction of the proposed levy on waste recovery that takes place in Ireland and on waste exports from Ireland for recovery elsewhere in the European Union and outside of the European Union; the estimated revenue that could be raised from a waste recovery levy at €5 a tonne to apply to the three key waste recovery options landfill, incineration and export; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38670/22]
87. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated amount that would be raised by introducing a levy of €2.50 per tonne on aggregates extracted from the ground such as rock, sand, gravel and so on used in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38669/22]
78. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a €200 credit for those with an income of up to €50,000 and living in a home with a BER rating of less than B2g; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/22]
357. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the provisions providing protection to volunteers will be formally commenced on enactment of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill, 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38033/22]
354. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unspent money contained in the Covid Contingency Fund as of 30 June 2022; the estimated expenditure from the fund on the provision of supports and services to refugees from Ukraine and Covid-19 related expenditure to 31 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37875/22]
122. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a policy issue raised by a group (details supplied) regarding the development of offshore wind farms in County Louth; the status of the work of his Department to address such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36222/22]
275. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will confirm that contract cleaning staff (details supplied) are eligible for the pandemic special recognition payment subject to the detailed terms of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35024/22]
157. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grounds on which a local authority may refuse families or individuals seeking emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/22]
106. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any beneficiaries received an additional €200 electricity credit with respect to a holiday home; if so, the number of beneficiaries who received a further payment in respect of one, two or more holiday homes, in tabular form; the number of payments that were made in regard to holiday homes in cases in which the beneficiary lived in Northern Ireland or elsewhere abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35027/22]