Results 18,721-18,740 of 35,924 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the anti-avoidance measures which would prohibit a person from changing to a non-resident in order to avoid capital gains tax upon disposal of their shareholding provided there is an uplift in the value of their REIT shares. [27118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue from tapering out the pay as you earn tax credit, the earned income tax credit and the single personal tax credit, that is no taper for married portion credit entitlements of €1,650, credits by 0.02% per €1,000 on individual income between €100,000 and €150,000 per year resulting in no entitlement to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm media reports that there is €200 million in net fiscal space available for 2018 and €3 billion of fiscal space to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential units in the possession of each of the State backed banks that are currently unoccupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of a matter the EU calls the VAT gap, the reduced or zero rates applicable and the cost attached to each instance by product or service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the ten companies that paid 37% corporation tax in 2016 that were members of the same group; and the number of groups of companies that paid 37% corporation tax in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that are dealt with by the Revenue Commissioners' large cases division for the purposes of corporation tax in each of the past ten years; the total receipts from these companies in each of the past ten years; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of total tax take in each of the past 10 years; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate the companies that provided hire purchase products including personal contract plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27676/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Initiatives (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new method of measuring the size of the economy and the growth of same in view of the unreliability of GDP as a measurement in an Irish context; the work which has been carried out by his Department and the Central Bank to date in 2017; the input the EU Commission and the fiscal council have had on the issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the advisers employed directly by a bank (details supplied) or his Department to provide advice or expertise related to the sale of the bank; the dates they were employed; the fees payable to each upfront or at the end of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that were put in place to ensure that no inside information or conflict of interest existed in the recent sale of buy-to-let mortgages to a company (detail supplied) in view of the fact that the company had previously been employed on a pro bono basis to advise a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance further to parliamentary Question No. 143 of 30 May 2017, the impact on the fiscal space in 2017 and the following years if his Department fails to persuade the EU Commission that the retrospective change cited should not be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance if, as per the council recommendation on the 2017 national reform programme for Ireland COM (2017) 507 final, further fiscal adjustments are required in 2017 in order to comply with the fiscal rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance the consequences of the State being found to be in a situation in which a significant deviation has occurred under the fiscal rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 305. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of exempting IREF funds from stamp duty on the transfer of shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28335/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 306. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of exempting IREF funds from VAT on property management fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28336/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 322. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons affected by the tracker mortgage investigation at each of the banks involved in specifying the numbers identified as possible victims; the number of customers to date contacted each bank; the number that have had their case closed with redress and compensation paid at each bank; the timeframe in which all affected persons will have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Data (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the net fiscal space for 2018 of retaining mortgage interest relief; his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pay (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 326. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently agreed public sector pay deal will be counted as investment in public spending under the confidence and supply agreement that there will be a two to one ratio between investment in public spending and tax cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Revenue Commissioners (20 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 386. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requests received by his Department from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners regarding recruiting additional personnel to fill vacant posts in 2016 and to date in 2017; the date on which the request was received; the title of the position; if the vacancy in question related to a new or existing post; if the request was...