Results 35,461-35,480 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has had discussions with the Central Bank regarding mortgage deposit requirements for prospective first-time buyers seeking to purchase their home who cannot save a sufficient deposit due to rising residential rent costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1649/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 298. 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. [1673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with the Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Mr. Pierre Moscovici, regarding the common consolidated corporate tax base since December 2016. [1717/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 103. To ask the Taoiseach if any of his special advisers, personal assistants or personal secretaries and other unestablished civil servants, whose contracts were coterminous with his holding the office of Taoiseach, that ceased employment on 6 May 2016 on the election of a new Government, were afforded two weeks' pay in lieu of notice. [1622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Lucan district; the number of community gardaí assigned to that district; the number of new recruits assigned to the district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41068/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Clondalkin Garda district; the number of community gardaí assigned to that district; the number of new recruits assigned to Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41069/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 304. 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 Exchequer 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 Collection (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his Department's work in examining the taxation regime pertaining to the rent of properties under a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the European Commission to make a final report on the tax affairs of a company (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1683/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 289. 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. [1664/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has finalised plans for the recruitment of temporary commissioners to the Tax Appeals Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Agreements (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the technical delegation from his Department to Brazil regarding the decision to by the Brazilian authorities to add the Republic of Ireland to its taxation blacklist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1666/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport have received initial recommendations following a review of rising motor insurance compensation; the status of the review of policy in the insurance sector, which his Department is currently undertaking in consultation with the Central Bank; the reforms he is considering to tackle the problem of motor...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding which has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he has satisfied himself with the current rates of interest being charged to borrowers through the fund; if he is reviewing the operation of the mechanisms through which credit is accessed from the fund; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently expressed view by the Dutch Minister for Finance and the chairman of the eurozone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that European Union finance ministers are worried that the European Commission is not applying budget laws in the same way to large and small countries and is undermining confidence in the rules; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Compact Treaty (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 296. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he is addressing the concern raised by his officials in a briefing note prepared by his Department on his re-appointment to the finance portfolio that Ireland is at risk of breaching EU rules which constrain the rate at which spending can increase in 2017; the impact of the recent revised Estimates for health and justice on this potential...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the way in which the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if 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. [1674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance his proposed plans for reforming the current tax arrangements for the self employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1675/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (17 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 301. 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. [1676/17]