Results 35,141-35,160 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for reforming the current tax arrangements for the self employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34102/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Institutions Levy (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the way the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34098/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government Implementation (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance when he envisages the help to buy scheme as proposed under the programme for Government will be launched; the amount the scheme will cost; the level of assistance that will be offered under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34099/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government Implementation (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the ongoing review of the Central Bank mortgage lending limits as specified in the programme for Government; the role of his Department in the review process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34100/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Programme for Government Implementation (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks as per the recent programme for Government commitment; when this process will begin and conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34104/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance if he expects that the State will still move to sell off all or part of a bank (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for this; the expected yield to the Exchequer; if this yield will be ring fenced for a particular purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34101/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability Programme Data (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed development of alternative models for forecasting medium term potential growth as has been suggested by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council as an additional safeguard for detecting overheating in the economy. [34103/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Directors (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ceased appointing new public interest directors to the banks; the reform of the procedures for the appointment of bank directors by the State that are currently being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase enforcement and sanctions for fuel laundering in view of the programme for Government commitment and the estimates in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly report on cross-Border crime of the loss to the Eexchequer by fuel fraud to be in the range of €140 to €260 million per year; if he has met his Northern Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance when he envisages a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which he considers the new tax should be set and the types of drinks included within its scope; the preparation currently being undertaken by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34107/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank (details supplied) that technological innovation may alter the role of central banks in managing the money supply and acting as a lender of last resort in the context of widespread adoption of private sector digital currencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34108/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to get loan approval and access to credit; his views on the refusal rate of 35% for requests for credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the work his Department has carried out in ensuring that a minimum effective tax rate is paid by companies offsetting substantial losses accrued against their tax liabilities during the crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34400/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The group is very welcome here. I wish to raise a couple of issues. Yesterday a report was released on teacher participation rates by people from various social groups and nationalities. The issue is fundamental, particularly for students who come from a disadvantaged background because many of the students desire to become teachers. I have a general question on the support available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Join the club.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education: Discussion (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: The witnesses are all very welcome. The Technological Universities Bill has unfortunately not made any progress in the current Dáil. Do the witnesses regard it as very important for the future of the sector? Could they update us? A great deal of work has gone into addressing various concerns that people have raised. I favour it because it would be a strong way to help the sector to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: I raised this issue at a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and I am grateful to the Revenue Commissioners for the figures they supplied on it. The Minister is correct that every country in the world has a regime in place for dealing with business losses. The issue is that institutions that return to strong profitability are being allowed, as a consequence of built-up losses in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Deputy Doherty spoke about the consultation I initiated with the Minister. There is a great deal of bogus self-employment in Ireland and it is not helpful to the long-term sustainable growth of the Irish economy not to review our systems with a view to limiting this. It is pervasive in other areas, too. Has the Minister received any report on the outcome of Revenue's examination? Many...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: Does the Government intend during its lifetime, however brief or long that may be, to hold any referenda? There is a great sense that this, like a lot of other stuff, has been long-fingered. There will not be another consultative process in respect of the various decisions of the Constitutional Convention. We should salute its members. They completed their work but it is clear that their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2016)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service last met; and the status of its work. [34889/16]