Results 401-406 of 406 for speaker:Charlie McCreevy
- Written Answers — Consumer Price Index: Consumer Price Index (17 Jun 2004)
Charlie McCreevy: The Director General of the Central Statistics Office has sole responsibility for and is independent in deciding, the statistical methodology and professional standards to be used in compiling the consumer price index. It is designed to measure the change in the average level of the prices paid by consumers for goods and services. It measures in index form the monthly changes in the cost of...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jun 2004)
Charlie McCreevy: The tax code provides exemption for charities from income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, deposit interest retention tax, capital acquisitions tax, stamp duty, probate tax and dividend withholding tax. The Revenue Commissioners are responsible for the administration of the relevant tax exemptions and for this purpose determine whether a body of persons or a trust claiming the benefit...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jun 2004)
Charlie McCreevy: I am aware of the recent tax reforms in Slovakia which are centred on the introduction of a flat rate of tax of 19% across a number of tax heads including income tax, VAT and corporation tax. The reforms include the abolition of most income tax reliefs and exemptions. While certain other taxes including gift and inheritance tax have also been abolished, the Slovakian reforms also provide for...
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (17 Jun 2004)
Charlie McCreevy: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the taxpayer submitted a total claim for relevant contract tax withheld of â¬11,172.82 in respect of the year 2003. From this, an amount of â¬10,020.17 was offset automatically against income tax outstanding for the four years ending 31 December 2001. The remaining sum of â¬1,152.65 is being held pending receipt of preliminary income tax for...
- Written Answers — Personal Savings Ratio: Personal Savings Ratio (17 Jun 2004)
Charlie McCreevy: The table below sets out the latest available savings rate for Ireland as calculated from data published by the Central Statistics Office, National Income and Expenditure, and data for other countries as published by the OECD, Economic Outlook. It should be noted that the OECD states that countries differ in the way household disposable income is reported. Savings as a % of disposable...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2004)
Charlie McCreevy: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the possible benefits of the geographic clustering of certain industries. The possible benefit of industrial concentration is well-known from studies in many countries over the years. I am not aware of any particular studies of the effect of concentration in public administration.