Results 321-340 of 1,037,227 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Only motor insurance has gone down. Public liability insurance has not gone down. We are talking about-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Neale Richmond: We are just starting to see the returns now and it is going the right way.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: The Minister of State said it has gone down drastically.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Neale Richmond: Motor insurance has.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Claire Kerrane: We are moving now to-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is an insult to the companies-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Neale Richmond: The Deputy used CSO figures and 39% is drastic.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Claire Kerrane: We are moving now to Question No. 79-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is misleading.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Neale Richmond: They are the figures the Deputy used himself.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Claire Kerrane: -----from Deputy Stanton who has waited a long time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: It is completely and utterly misleading and companies will be annoyed about what the Minister of State said.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
Vacant Properties
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
David Stanton: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the vacant homes tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28592/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
David Stanton: Will the Minister for Finance give an update on the vacant homes tax, VHT, including how many houses have been included, how much money has been collected and what are the projections for the future?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
Jack Chambers: The VHT was announced in budget 2023 and legislated for in the Finance Act 2022. The key objective of this tax is to increase the supply of homes for rent or purchase by encouraging the owners of vacant, habitable residential properties to bring those properties back into use. The tax applies to properties which are residential properties for the purposes of local property tax, LPT....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and congratulate him on his appointment, as I did not do so when I stood up earlier. Do the Minister or the Revenue Commissioners have an estimate of how many vacant properties might be liable for VHT? Does the Minister agree that the number he quoted of 6,400 and the actual number that paid the tax is very low? Do the Department or the Revenue...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
Jack Chambers: Tackling vacancy is a key priority for the Government and is part of the wider Housing for All strategy. The Deputy has submitted a question on this to my colleague, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. As to the Deputy's question about the Revenue Commissioners, they are engaged around the VHT. It is collected on a self-assessment basis and applies under specific criteria. We have a range of other...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
David Stanton: Does the Minister agree that because the tax is self-assessed, many people might not know about it? What imperatives are on people to report they have a vacant property that might be liable for this tax? If people just sit there and do not do anything and even want to sell their properties later, because it is not on any register there will not be any clawback at that time as there would be...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2024)
Jack Chambers: The Department of Finance has engaged regularly with the Department of housing. The review of the derelict sites levy is also an important context. A number of practical challenges have been identified in addressing dereliction, such as difficulties in identifying properties and their owners. That is one challenge. This tax itself is part of a broader suite of measures which is being...