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- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of money market funds domiciled here; the number of them that are Irish owned; the number of persons employed by these companies; and the amount of revenue they provide through corporation tax. [32617/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investment funds domiciled here; the number that are Irish owned; the number of persons employed by these companies; the amount of revenue they provide through corporation tax. [32618/12]
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the expected economic and fiscal impact of the Eurozone bank bailout agreement reached in Brussels on 29 June 2012 and in particular the implications for the State's total national debt; and if he will further report on the Budget deficit, the Memorandum of Agreement with the Troika, the general austerity policy of the...
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The agreement on the banks was described by the Taoiseach, in respect of its effect on Ireland, as a seismic development and greeted with general elation in the capitalist press. Is it not the case that we do not have any specifics as to what the agreement will mean in the Irish context? The Minister indicated a meeting to be held later this month will go into greater detail. Is there any...
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: It seems to me that a single vague sentence referring to this country and generally praising the horrific austerity our people have been suffering to bail out bankers and bondholders is not massively strong ground on which to build. In respect of the national debt, the Minister did not indicate how this will have an impact in respect of a separation of banking debt and sovereign debt. Will...
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Does the timeline extend to the end of the year?
- Employment Rights (10 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the contact he has had with the social partners since Easter. [25366/12]
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I ask about three Bills in the areas of health and medical legislation - the health and social care professionals (amendment) Bill, the HSE governance Bill and the Bill to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. Which of these Bills will deal with the fact that the care of the elderly should not be regarded as a source of profit and speculative investment by business interests? Is this...
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The issue is that our elderly should not be the subject of profiteering.
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I did not have the privilege of hearing what the Minister, Deputy Shatter, said.
- Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Tá géarghá le ghnÃomhú an-láidir maidir le staid na Gaeilge mar theanga labhartha agus staid na Gaeltachta mar áit a bheidh lán de dhaoine gur féidir leo an Ghaeilge a labhairt go laethúil mar ghnáththeanga. Tá sé scanrúil, mar a léirigh an staidéar chuimsitheach teangeolaÃochta ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, go bhfuil aistriú suntasach ó Ghaeilge go Béarla tar éis...
- Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income cumulatively lost to the Exchequer in 2011 due to the various tax reliefs and breaks, grants, credits, expense allowances and exemptions, and double tax agreements available to corporations. [34618/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down the â¬1 billion contribution to the Exchequer provided by the Irelands International Financial Services Centre into corporation tax and payroll taxes, and to break down the payroll tax figures by tax band. [34619/12]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Sector Remuneration: Financial Services Sector Remuneration (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of the wages paid to employees in companies in Irelands International Financial Services Centre by income band, â¬0 to â¬20,000; â¬20,001 to â¬30,000; â¬30,001 to â¬40,000; â¬40,001 to â¬50,000; â¬50,001 to â¬60,000; â¬60,001 to â¬70,000; â¬70,001 to â¬80,000; â¬80,001 to â¬90,000; â¬90,001 to...
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide some details on where the figure of 33,000 persons employed in Irelands International Financial Services Centre comes from; the way it is compiled and by whom; and the number of persons directly employed by companies within the IFSC. [34621/12]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down the figure of 33,000 persons employed in Irelands International Financial Services Centre by division, that is the number employed in banking, insurance, legal services and accountancy services and so on [34622/12]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of the figure of 33,000 persons employed in Irelands International Financial Services Centre by nationality of company. [34623/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of corporation tax receipts by NACE code. [34624/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of corporation tax receipts from Irelands International Financial Services Centre companies by NACE code. [34625/12]
- Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection criteria used to decide which training facilities were no longer required to deliver training in the trades of carpentry and joinery; and if he will consider beginning a process whereby this decision is reversed before irreparable damage is done with Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Dublin. [34409/12]