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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Taxation Application (4 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I appreciate the Minister's comments. While I completely understand that it is he, as Minister for Finance, who will announce the tax, if it is introduced, on budget day, I believe the key question pertains to the need to furnish us with information on property tax. While the information in the report may be ignored by the Department of Finance, it is important that it be circulated to...

Other Questions: Tax Yield (4 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Without going into the details of any company, the Minister is well aware that the "double Irish" practice exists. Companies set up secondary Irish companies, register in tax havens, base their intellectual rights there and pay a dividend from the Irish resident company to the tax haven resident company. It is not that they are paying less than 12.5%, but the companies' overall profits are...

Other Questions: Tax Code (4 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister has indicated that this has nothing to do with Irish tax law and American tax law is involved. Nevertheless, Irish tax law is at the centre of the issue. I indicated I would not mention a company but 1% of Google's sales were recorded in tax in Ireland in 2008. Where did the rest of it go? Some €5.4 billion of its profits were transferred to a Dutch holding company, and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Note Negotiations (4 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the on-going negotiations with the Troika on the promissory note technical paper and in view of the fact that the paper was to be finalised by February 2012, the reason for the delay and an estimated date for its publication. [42257/12]

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]

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The impression was given in an earlier contribution that we should be grateful this Bill has been published and that the austerity referendum was successful because we lost the run of ourselves and the budgetary and debt rules in this legislation will save us. I agree with the point that we should base our arguments on facts. We should look at the facts to support that earlier comment....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the final reports to the European Commission relating to the Waterford Crystal, SR Technics and the three construction programmes; and if he will provide an estimate of the total moneys due to be returned to the European Commission from all of the now closed European Globalisation Fund programmes. [43117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of unique individuals who have accessed additional supports between December 2011 and June 2012 from the three European Globalisation Fund construction programmes; the total cost of these supports; and the estimated total moneys to be returned to the European Commission unspent under these programmes. [43116/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Increment Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify as of 31 December 2011 and as at 30 September 2012 the number of employees at the Central Bank of Ireland whose annual salary including non-discretionary payments in cash, is in excess of €200,000 per annum. [42677/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Increment Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if a request has been made by him to the Central Bank of Ireland that any staff member earning in excess of €200,000 per annum inclusive of non-discretionary cash payments waive 15% of their salary or a sum to reduce their salary inclusive of non-discretionary cash payments to €200,000 whichever reduction is lesser; if such a request was made, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Recruitment (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the fees paid by the National Asset Management Agency for the recruitment of staff in 2011 and for the nine months ending 30 September 2012. [42679/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the commitment made by National Asset Management Agency to calculate a provision for impairment twice a year, to quantify the provision for impairments made by NAMA for the six months ending 30 June 2012 as contained in the second quarter 2012 accounts which were due to be submitted to him by 30 September 2012. [42680/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate for the financial outturn at the National Asset Management Agency for the 12 months ending 31 December 2012 to include the estimated provision for impairment and the profit before tax. [42681/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency operates a so-called long-term incentive plan as part of its remuneration package offered to some employees; if he will provide an outline of the scheme and indicate the sums of money potentially on offer to employees benefiting from such a plan. [42682/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the timeframe in which to process an application for a VAT EU refund for a business (details supplied) in County Antrim; if he will indicate the average length of time for processing such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact on haulage businesses cash flow arising from delays in the processing of VAT EU refund applications and the potential loss to the Exchequer that could arise if such delays forced businesses located in the north of Ireland to cease sourcing fuel from the south of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing VAT EU refund applications to be made and granted on a monthly basis rather than the current three monthly basis, in order to assist businesses meet their cash flow needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42698/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of raising the 20% bank threshold for married couples/one income and one parent families to the threshold for married couples of two incomes, which is currently €65,500. [42911/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector Regulation (9 Oct 2012)

Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance to assess the improvement to competition in the banking sector. [43263/12]