Results 25,521-25,540 of 27,019 for speaker:Michael Noonan
- Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a number of changes have taken place recently in relation to the registration of vehicles, including tractors. Section 61 of the Finance (No. 2) Act of 2008, made provision to allow Revenue to appoint a competent person to carry out a pre-registration examination on all vehicles presented for registration, in order to ascertain that all the...
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The Programme for Government sets out that the Government is committed to the future development of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) as a source of future employment growth subject to appropriate regulation. More than 32,000 people are directly employed in international financial services, in over 500 firms. Substantial indirect employment is also generated, and the...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: Under a public works contract the contractual relationship is between the public body and the main contractor. A public body has no contractual ties with a subcontractor engaged by a main contractor. Any contractual relationship is exclusively a matter between the main contractor and its sub-contractor. In addition, I would point out that public procurement rules are governed by EU...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that they have public offices in Sligo, Letterkenny, Monaghan and Dundalk that handle a range of queries including those relating to cross-border employments from Irish resident individuals. I am further advised that the majority of queries from Irish resident cross-border workers are relatively straightforward and are resolved without difficulty....
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the exercise of his duties under the Valuation Act 2001 and I, as Minister for Finance, have no function in decisions in this regard. However, I am informed by the Valuation Office that they received an application to have a pre-school facility exempted from rates on the grounds that it is exclusively used under the Early Childhood Care and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I presume that the Deputy's question refers to the Report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities. The Government intends to consider the Report this week and I expect that it will be published shortly thereafter.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I presume that the Deputy's question refers to the recommendations in the Report of the Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities. The Government intends to consider the Report this week and I expect that its recommendations, including those with respect to Coillte, will be made public shortly thereafter.
- Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 96 together. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to help homeowners in distress to weather the recession. The Government will examine a number of proposals, outlined in the Programme for Government, in relation to this commitment. One of these proposals relates to making amendments to mortgage interest relief for homeowners in...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: In respect of my Department, no applications for transfer to the Department of Social Protection Offices in Donegal were received.
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a PAYE Balancing Statement P21 for the year 2010 has recently issued to the person concerned.
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that a PAYE Balancing Statement P21 for the year 2010 has recently issued to the person concerned.
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The latest published estimates of the structural deficit are presented in the table. These figures were compiled on the basis of economic and budgetary forecasts produced last autumn, and were published in graph format by my Department as an annex to the previous Government's national recovery plan. Table 1: Structural Balance, % of GDP 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Headline GGB +3.0 +0.2...
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: In relation to State support for the banking sector, in 2009 the Exchequer funded a â¬4 billion capital injection into Anglo Irish Bank. In 2009 also, the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) provided for the separate â¬3.5 billion recapitalisations of Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and Bank of Ireland (â¬7.0 billion in total). The 2010 one per cent of GNP Exchequer contribution to the NPRF...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: In my Department 4 people, detailed below, are assigned to work on constituency matters. 1 Personal Assistant 1 Executive Officer (EO) 2 Clerical Officers (CO) My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform also has 4 people, detailed below, assigned to work on constituency matters. 1 Personal Secretary 1 Personal Assistant 2 Clerical Officers (CO) Their roles require that they...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The Government has agreed that Departments will invite expressions of interest in vacancies on bodies under their aegis on their own websites.
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The Government has committed in the Programme for Government, to lower the 13.5% reduced rate of VAT to 12% up to the end of 2013. It is estimated that a reduction of 1.5% in the reduced VAT rate with effect from 1 July 2011 would reduce Exchequer receipts for 2011 by â¬118m. The cost of reducing the rate to 12% in 2012, and in a full year, would be â¬353 million.
- Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I would draw the Deputy's attention to the supportive statement issued by Governing Council of the ECB following the publication of the capital and liquidity assessments of the Irish banks on 31 March. The Council stated that the Eurosystem would continue to provide liquidity to banks in Ireland. In addition, the Council announced that it would accept securities under Irish Government...
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: I have noted that the IMF, in its most recent World Economic Outlook (WEO), has revised downwards its forecast for real GDP growth in Ireland to 0.5 per cent in 2011. I would point out, however, that there has been no change to the IMF's forecasts for 2012 and further out. It is normal that economic forecasts are reviewed from time to time as additional information becomes available....
- Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The core pillar banks are expected to provide new lending in excess of â¬30 billion in the next 3 years. SME and new mortgage lending for these banks is expected to be in the range of â¬16-â¬20 billion over the 3 year period.
- Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (19 Apr 2011)
Michael Noonan: The Deputy will be aware that the Expert Group on Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt produced two Reports, an Interim Report published in July 2010 and a Final Report published in November 2010. All of the Expert Group's recommendations are listed in Chapter 2 of the Final Report. They can be accessed at www.finance.gov.ie. Since the publication of the Reports, the Code of Conduct for...