Results 33,201-33,220 of 36,274 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Proposed Legislation (4 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Finance (Property tax) Bill 2012 will be published. [42258/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (4 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the report of the expert group on property tax in advance of the publication of the Finance (Property tax) Bill 2012. [42258/12]

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I have asked this question a number of times and I have been promised a note by the Taoiseach. When will the legislation relating to the strategic investment bank be forthcoming? The Strategic Investment Fund is supposed to be a forerunner for legislation but the House has been informed that this legislation relating to the fund will not be coming forward until next year at the earliest,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to invest additional funding in the development of the high nature value farming programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42027/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the State from introducing a 5% on course betting tax. [42115/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the potential for a patent box similar to that in operation in Britain and the Netherlands; if he has, if any estimates have been undertaken of tax that would be forgone if such a provision was made, or if there would be a tax gain from attracting companies to this tax jurisdiction. [42193/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by reducing the level at which persons and companies may claim interest repayments against tax for residential rental properties from 75% to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be raised in a full year by reducing the tax exemption for lump sum pension payments to the level of the average industrial wage with the balance taxed at the marginal rates of income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of the payments made by the State to private land owners in 2010 and 2011 to acquire land for use in the public capital programme. [42104/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (3 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer from applying PRSI to rental income. [42192/12]

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: One year ago last week, the Taoiseach announced the establishment of the strategic investment fund and he is well aware that we need an amendment to the existing legislation, the National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000, to allow the National Pensions Reserve Fund to invest in the strategic investment fund that is supposed to help venture capital and long-term capital for small and...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: We are now one year on.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that he is taking to create jobs and stem on-going emigration. [41598/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fall in labour force by 95,000 in the age group 20-34 over the past two years. [41597/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of business startups on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41523/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total number of business closures on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41524/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form employment and unemployment levels as a percentage of the work force and in nominal terms on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41525/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of people in long term unemployment as a percentage of the workforce and in nominal terms on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41526/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Poverty Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the number of children living in relative poverty on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41529/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Poverty Statistics (2 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the number of children living in consistent poverty on an annual basis from 1992 to 2011. [41530/12]