Results 36,101-36,120 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: In terms of the direction international tax affairs are going, the discrepancy between a 12.5% rate and a 2% to 6% rate for foreign banks, which I suspect are largely registered in the IFSC, is very large, and in his reply the Minister seemed to concede this. We deserve a more detailed response on what is actually causing this. I know timing can affect the difference between effective tax...

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: How can they be doing this in Ireland, given that they do not by and large, as far as I am aware, have a retail presence in Ireland? This is deserving of a very detailed explanation to the Dáil.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: At the time of the budget, I warned the Minister that this would constitute a direct transfer from Fine Gael to builders and developers. It was designed as such and has had the impact that I forecast at the time of the budget. To be honest, at the time the Minister was aided and abetted by Fianna Fáil. Essentially, the Minister is turbo-charging the housing market on an inadequate...

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: I can take the Minister to signboards in my constituency where the cost of houses went up by €20,000 almost immediately after the Minister put this scheme, which he was advised against, into effect. The Minister must take responsibility for it.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: That is a joke. It is unworthy.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: The Government is creating a housing bubble.

Other Questions: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: It is going directly into the builders' pockets.

Other Questions: Tracker Mortgages (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank's order to lending banks to return affected customers to an appropriate tracker rate of interest is being addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks are free to come up with their own offers of compensation and that many banks are not offering customers effective redress; and if he...

Other Questions: Tracker Mortgages (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: This is a simple question on the tracker mortgage process and redress being effected to bank customers. The requirements provide that banks must place customers on an appropriate tracker rate of interest. However, the banks are free to come up with offers of compensation and are not required to ensure customers obtain redress. This is a serious wrong on an issue that has affected many...

Other Questions: Tracker Mortgages (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: We have, on one side, a powerful institution, namely, a bank, and, on the other, an individual mortgage holder, usually a family. The Minister has confirmed that unless the mortgage holders are well advised and informed, the interest rate on their mortgages may not be returned to an appropriate rate which gives them the redress to which they are, as the Minister stated, legally entitled....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide financial support to companies and SMEs that may be adversely affected by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland is facing unfair competition in attracting banking, insurance and other jobs here as a consequence of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the partial sale of a bank (details supplied) to be realised; if, in view of the shortage of capital investment here, he will commit to using the funds generated from the sale towards essential capital investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views as to whether recent comments by the chair of the eurozone finance Ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, that certain eurozone member states spent their money on liquor and women were a reference to countries such as Ireland that were in a troika bailout programme; if so, if he contested these comments; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme that have been deemed valid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he is considering to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and small and medium enterprises that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds are fully protected; if he is considering extending the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 in this regard; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he is satisfied 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 he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Institutions Levy (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 182. 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. [16354/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 183. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16355/17]