Results 26,021-26,040 of 27,019 for speaker:Michael Noonan
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: This is a three-year budget. The Department got it wrong for 2011.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: When consultants, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, advise the Minister on matters like this and it subsequently turns out their forecasts are wildly incorrect by large margins, does he still pay them? Does he keep them on his list for subsequent employment? Does he believe a payment system based on accurate results should be introduced? Does he feel those who do not do what is written on...
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Are there penalties in law for people involved in banking who knowingly supply false information to the Minister, the Department, the regulator's office and the Central Bank? When will we see some action in the pursuit of people who knowingly supplied false information on which major decisions were taken? This is now costing the taxpayer â¬32 billion, which is seeping back into the...
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: The fraud squad is in there.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: The fraud squad has been there for almost two years. What is happening? There are 40 people in jail in America.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: He is in a Cabinet that includes the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and the Attorney General. On the direction of the Government the Garda Commissioner sent the fraud squad in there in January two years ago. What is happening?
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: It is going very slowly.
- Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: This is not a national issue. Approximately â¬350 million is paid out in allowances to private landlords or their tenants. I understand that last year the Government decided to transfer responsibility from the HSE to the Department of Social Protection in respect of this payment but this is being held up by an industrial dispute internal to the Department.
- Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: It is about legislation. If the Ceann Comhairle bears with me, every Member in the House will be interested and I shall take only 20 seconds. When that transfer is made will the Taoiseach legislate to ensure that the code of behaviour which applies to the behaviour of tenants will apply also to this scheme? There is a code of behaviour that applies to local authority tenants but not to the...
- Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: I did so but did not receive a proper answer. Why does the Ceann Comhairle think I am asking the question?
- Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: They do not answer.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Is the Taoiseach saying they will make up the forecast again next year?
- Written Answers — Electoral Commission: Electoral Commission (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his commitment to set up an Electoral Commission to safeguard our electoral integrity and provide an independent well structured and adequately staffed office to oversee electoral function in a fully transparent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/10]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will sign the ministerial order regarding the leisure sector arising from section 117(2)(b) of the 2010 Finance Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37674/10]
- Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance the seizures and prosecutions arising to date in 2010 from the Revenue Commissioners' Operation Downstream; the way these figures compare with operation activities in 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37724/10]
- Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Revenue Commissioners' analysis of the economics of tobacco here; the terms of reference, methodology, persons conducting and objectives of this study; the anticipated completion date; if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37725/10]
- Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have telephoned Revenue's cigarette smuggling hotline since its introduction; the number of these telephone calls which have directly led to cigarette seizures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37726/10]
- Written Answers — Illicit Trade in Tobacco: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland has the highest level of cigarette smuggling in all of the 27 EU countries; from the information which he has received both from secondary and primary sources, where, in his view, Ireland ranks compared to other EU countries and globally for cigarette smuggling proportionate to our population; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will arrange that when responsibility for rent supplement is transferred from the Health Service Executive to his Department, adherence to a code of conduct for tenants will be a prerequisite for eligibility and that tenants who break the code will lose the supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37550/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2010)
Michael Noonan: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if they may appeal the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37605/10]