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- 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...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (4 Jul 2024)
Michael Moynihan: On the primary medical certificate criteria, we had an awful lot of submissions for the all-day meeting on 8 April, particularly on single amputees who had been involved in accidents in which they acquired injuries that changed their lives. This in particular was one of the issues raised. We had many correspondents from throughout the country on this. I cannot underestimate the frustration...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (4 Jul 2024)
Violet-Anne Wynne: I will send on the information about the case I mentioned. I heard in one of the responses earlier that another group will be established and it will report in the autumn. People watching at home will see another group and another report and will ask whether it is absolutely necessary. In a response I received in February, the Minister's predecessor outlined to me that he submitted a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (4 Jul 2024)
Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. I accept the ongoing frustration leading to both points that have been made. We are pursuing the reform of this in the context of the structure that has been established in the Department of the Taoiseach. As I said to Deputy Pringle earlier, I will be pursuing a timeline on the matter when the report is received. To respond to Deputy...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Insurance Industry
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the cost of insurance; if he will support legislative proposals through the Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021 to ensure that reduced claims costs are passed onto insurance consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28559/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: This is an issue I have raised numerous times. It is about insurance costs. The insurance industry continues to rip-off motorists and small businesses with high prices. Since 2020 the insurance industry has recorded sky-high profits while paying out dividends to their shareholders. For years the insurance industry called for reforms to reduce the cost of claims. This is what it got...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Neale Richmond: I take this opportunity to wish the Minister, Deputy Chambers, all the best in his new role. So far he has proven to be a very understanding and kind boss and I hope that continues for the next few months of the Government. I thank Deputy Doherty for the question. Insurance reform remains a key priority for the Government and the reform agenda has been set out via the action plan for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Pearse Doherty: That is perfect. I am sure the Minister of State's new boss will be as good to him as his predecessors were. I will note that the Minister has not started in the same way as his predecessors did. When there was a clash with the ECOFIN meeting and the budget in the past his predecessor asked the Minister of State at the Department of Finance to travel to the ECOFIN meeting. The Minister of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (4 Jul 2024)
Neale Richmond: As Deputy Doherty knows, not every ECOFIN Council is the same. Agendas are different. We all know that we are at an acute time in the European legislative calendar. It is not fair to cite two previous examples. They are not all the same.