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Question· writtenPQ 335asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
335. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance the reason the medium term objective of a structural deficit of 0.5% will not be met in 2018; the estimated structural deficit for 2018 and 2019 under the proposed budgetary fiscal space as outlined in the summer economic statement, the estimated structural deficit if €500 million of fiscal space for the rainy day fund was committed to capital expenditure; the estimated structural deficit if the €900 million of fiscal space that will not be utilised under the Government's plans was also committed to new expenditure measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34867/18]
Question· writtenPQ 273asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
273. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 10 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to consider the development of a separate method of taxing rental income; if he envisages changes under option 10 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33919/18]
Question· writtenPQ 272asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
272. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 9 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to review provisions for the holding of rental property via pension vehicles; if he envisages changes under option 9 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33918/18]
Question· writtenPQ 271asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
271. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 8 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to provide an incentive to attract investment capital into the construction of property to be let for social and affordable rents; if he envisages changes under option 8 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33917/18]
Question· writtenPQ 270asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
270. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 7 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to provide capital gains tax relief for properties acquired and retained as rental accommodation; if he envisages changes under option 7 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33916/18]
Question· writtenPQ 269asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
269. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 6 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to allow a deduction against rental income for the capital cost of the property in the initial years of ownership of a rental unit; if he envisages changes under option 6 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33915/18]
Question· writtenPQ 268asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
268. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 5 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to improve the collection and sharing of data on the rental sector; if he envisages changes under option 5 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33914/18]
Question· writtenPQ 267asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
267. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 4 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to allow pre-letting expenses to be deducted for previously vacant properties; if he envisages changes under option 4 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33913/18]
Question· writtenPQ 266asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
266. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 3 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to enhance loss relief for landlords; if he envisage any changes under option 3 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33912/18]
Question· writtenPQ 265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
265. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 2 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to allow LPT as a deductible for landlords; if he envisages changes under option 2 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33911/18]
Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
264. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance his views on option 1 of the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers to accelerate restoration of full mortgage interest deductibility for landlords of residential property; if he envisages changes under option 1 of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33910/18]
Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
249. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the treatment of rental income from residential property situated here from a taxation point of view; the rate of taxation that applies by different classes of recipients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33806/18]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated resources that would be borrowed to spend at minimum compliance with the fiscal rules in each year until 2021, including figures for gross borrowing and additional borrowing above Government levels. [33108/18]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 July 2018
183. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the procedures that apply in relation to the exceptional circumstances procedure in the fiscal rules by which a member state may be permitted to spend above and beyond that which is normally permitted under the fiscal rules; if he is satisfied that there is an adequate flexibility under the EU and domestic fiscal rules at present to enable the drawdown of funds from the proposed rainy day fund as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32870/18]
Question· writtenPQ 604asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
604. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €7 million as outlined in appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31303/18]
Question· writtenPQ 579asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
579. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €22 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31309/18]
Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
550. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €2 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 Fiscal Monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31306/18]
Question· writtenPQ 531asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
531. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €17 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 Fiscal Monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31312/18]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
516. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €5 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 Fiscal Monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31301/18]
Question· writtenPQ 492asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
492. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €17 million as outlined in appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31313/18]
Question· writtenPQ 465asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
465. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €5 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31302/18]
Question· writtenPQ 440asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
440. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €10 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31299/18]
Question· writtenPQ 359asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
359. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €8 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31308/18]
Question· writtenPQ 291asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
291. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €16 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31300/18]
Question· writtenPQ 270asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
270. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €11 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31310/18]
Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
229. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €38 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31305/18]
Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
196. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €7 million as outlined in appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31311/18]
Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
160. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which he expects to be in a position in the forthcoming budget to combine prudent fiscal management with the need to accommodate the issues which affect the general population in terms of the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31122/18]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
148. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact allow for the withdrawal of the rainy day fund without breaching the existing fiscal rules. [29131/18]
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
137. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €2 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31307/18]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
126. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €7 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31304/18]
Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2018
102. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the shortage of staff and resources at the Tax Appeals Commission to ensure it can underpin a transparent and fair taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30765/18]
Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2018
204. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason deductions for maintenance, letting agents and other costs on a family home which is used as security on the nursing homes support scheme but let to a tenant to provide some income are not taken into account in the same way that the Revenue Commissioners take such deductions into account for taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29721/18]
Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2018
2. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which departmental deficits and overruns accumulated throughout 2018 will be addressed as carry-over costs in 2019; and the way in which this will impact upon budget 2019 and the fiscal stance for 2019. [29111/18]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2018
106. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 21 June 2018, the annual cost of removing the income tax, including USC and PRSI, on dividend income and replacing it with a flat rate of taxation on dividend income of 20%, 30% and 40%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/18]
Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2018
102. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the State’s debt to GDP and debt to GNI* ratio, both in gross terms and as percentage, if the net fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark, including the €0.5 billion earmarked annually for the rainy day fund as spending, was committed to expenditure for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [28560/18]
Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2018
101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the State’s borrowing if the net fiscal space under the expenditure benchmark, including the €0.5 billion earmarked annually for the rainy day fund as spending, was committed to expenditure for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [28559/18]
Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2018
110. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a proposal. [28111/18]
Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2018
47. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to find support for the Irish position on Brexit and mindful of the need to maintain a common position throughout the EU with a view to achieving a borderless market and taxation economy on the island of Ireland respecting the needs of both communities in Northern Ireland and recognising the importance of a good relationship between the EU and the UK post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28030/18]
Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2018
115. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if a country is not at its MTO, if it is obliged under the fiscal rules to apply a convergence margin; the way in which the convergence margin is calculated; the amount in monetary terms of the convergence margin for 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27701/18]
Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2018
114. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the minimum structural effort required under the fiscal rules to move towards the medium term objective in a year with a structural deficit of 0.9%; if Ireland is obliged under the European fiscal rules to move towards its medium term objective of a structural deficit of 0.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27700/18]
Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2018
103. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of allowing landlords to offset current year rental losses arising under current Case V taxation rules against other taxable income in the same year. [27443/18]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
142. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Health the cost of the agreement reached with consultants in June 2018; the cost of retrospective payments to consultants as a result of the agreement; the cost of additional pay per year; the expected impact on the fiscal space for budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27361/18]
Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
79. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a flat rate of taxation on dividend income of 20%, 30% and 40% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/18]
Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
76. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the fiscal space and the financial contractual obligations to consultants being honoured operating under the 2008 consultants' contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27276/18]
Question· writtenPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
66. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the anticipated cost of the 0% benefit in kind rate has been factored into calculations of the fiscal space. [27195/18]
Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
65. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the anticipated cost of the VRT rebate on the purchase of hybrid vehicles is factored into calculations of the fiscal space. [27194/18]
Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
64. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Finance the date on which the anticipated cost of the VRT rebate on the purchase of electric vehicles is factored into calculations of the fiscal space. [27193/18]
Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2018
63. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if the promised review of the Interdepartmental Pensions Reform and Taxation Group on the cost of funded supplementary pensions will include public sector pension schemes, benefits and contributions; if the promised review is solely for the private sector; the timeline for completion and publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27147/18]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2018
153. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the restrictions on expenditure under the European fiscal rules once a member state is in the preventive arm of the fiscal rules, has met its medium term objective and has reached its target for debt to GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26619/18]
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