Results 2,461-2,480 of 3,523 for speaker:Lucinda Creighton

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is the case that all private sector workers' pensions are subject to a pension levy but it is only the very high earners of public pensions which are subjected to a levy; if he will detail the exact number of pension arrangements that have been subjected to the pension levy for 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance if he detail the consultation he had with the Department of Health concerning the removal of the tax relief restriction on private health insurance for the 577,000 policy holders which the Revenue estimate will be affected by this removal; if he will explain the reason the Revenue Commissioners estimates that the relief change will impact 577,000 policy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exports Data (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have met with any pharmaceutical companies already located in here in advance of budget 2014 to see if there are any measures which he could take to improve their exports and offset some of the losses experienced from drugs coming off patent; if he is concerned that the 3% drop in exports year on year, according to the latest...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Creation (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of meetings he or his officials in the Department of Finance held with ADC Therapeutics since 2011; if he will detail the number of meetings the National Treasury Management Agency or the National Development Agency held with ADC Therapeutics since 2011; if he will detail the total investment that ADC Therapeutics sought from the State in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Jobs Initiative (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated total number of full time jobs that have been created from initiatives which have been directly funded by the pension levy since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 390. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of meetings he or his officials in the Department of Jobs and Innovation held with ADC Therapeutics since 2011; the total number of meetings the Industrial Development Agency held with ADC Therapeutics since 2011; in he will explain the reason the ADC Therapeutics investment failed and the amount of investment they...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 391. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of full time and part-time jobs which were created directly as a result of the reduction in employers PRSI for lower paid workers from 8.5% to 4.25% since it came into effect and up until to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45947/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 484. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the increase to PRSI for lower paid workers from 4.25% to 8.5% if job growth stalls or unemployment for that grouping rises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45946/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 504. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the impact of the proposed changes in the Social Welfare Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46162/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax Code (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 483. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of full time and part-time jobs which were created directly as a result of the reduction in employers PRSI for lower paid workers from 8.5% to 4.25% since it came into effect and up until to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45945/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 525. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail in tabular form the total public expenditure for each individual benefit detailed in the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013 in euro for every year between 2001 to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46369/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 529. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any disproportionate welfare checking of migrants versus non-migrants as part of the Department's investigations into welfare fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46410/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 659. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail in tabular form the total combined figure in euro for all local authorities for deficits, outstanding bank debt, paid overtime, current revenues used to pay pensions; if he he will detail the total number of sick days accounted for in all local authorities; if he will detail the cumulative payroll cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 1110. To ask the Minister for Health when a review will take place on the fair deal system of financing nursing home care; when a review might be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46201/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details on the figures regarding the health insurance tax relief changes impact that he referred to at the Health Committee meeting on 17 of October 2013 in response to questioning from this Deputy; if he favours a reversal of the Department for Finance's restriction on tax relief for health insurance; if the decision by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (5 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 1277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the attached correspondence (details supplied) regarding Dublin Bus. [46494/13]

Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: In the context of the Local Government Bill, when the property tax was introduced, we were promised that in 2014 some 80% of the revenue generated would be ring-fenced for use in the local authority areas in which it was collected. I understand the position has changed and that this will not now happen until 2015. Given the level of dysfunction in a huge number of local authorities in the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: I echo and support the comments of Deputy Denis Naughten on the need for much more medium and long-term planning in terms of economic and financial planning. I also made this point on budget day. The idea that we come in here every single year to debate measures that have been already determined and decided by the economic management council, agreed by our partners in the European Union,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Redeployment (6 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the severance settlements and pension arrangements for the local staff not diplomatically accredited to the Irish Embassy to the Holy See when it was closed; the total number of local staff not diplomatically accredited to the Irish Embassy to the Holy See at the time of its closure; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (7 Nov 2013)

Lucinda Creighton: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will confirm the situation concerning liability for local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47546/13]