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Other Questions: Excise Duties (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: The elephant in the room in relation to alcohol is the predatory practises being pursued by the multiples. That is an issue that the Minister's Department will have to address. I accept it is not possible to treat the on-trade, the independent off-trade and the multiples separately in respect of excise duty. However, below-cost selling of alcohol by multiples is damaging to the on-trade,...

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance the role the restructuring board has played to date in activities of the credit union sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37057/14]

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: The question also relates to the credit union sector and questions the Minister about the role of the restructuring board in restructuring credit unions around the country. The board is playing an important role on a voluntary basis, trying to incentivise credit unions where consolidations and mergers are needed. However, a number of issues arise in respect of the future of the credit union...

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: Many credit unions are feeling the heavy hand of regulation, particularly when it comes to lending. Lending is their core business and many credit unions have onerous lending restrictions. ReBo needs to incentivise credit unions to merge where that is the appropriate solution. We need weaker credit unions to join stronger credit unions and the regulator must allow that process to take...

Other Questions: Credit Unions Restructuring (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: I am hearing from credit unions that they are feeling the heavy hand of regulation. Legislation was passed to strengthen regulation of the sector because it needed to be strengthened. Credit unions have been damaged by the economic crisis, not just in their core business but also because many of them invested in expensive buildings which have had to be revalued. This is having a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the additional funds raised from the increased pension fund levy in 2014 and 2015 which in his budget statement he said were required to make provision for potential State liabilities which may emerge from pre-existing or future pension fund difficulties; the circumstances in which such a call would arise; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of initiatives he has announced which have not commenced as they are awaiting EU state aid approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37056/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency has not made greater progress in supplying social housing to date; the way this can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37059/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of plans to repay Ireland’s IMF loans early; when the formal process of repaying loans is likely to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37058/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider introducing protections for deferred members of defined benefit pension schemes being wound up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37438/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the book value and market value of bonds currently held by the Central Bank of Ireland as a result of the promissory note transaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37444/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Process (2 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 will be enacted including the provision which makes changes to the liability of certain sports clubs to local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37601/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Water Charges Introduction (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the financial implications for the Exchequer if Irish Water were not to charge domestic consumers for water use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37932/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing - from 5% to 10% - the Universal Social Charge surcharge on income covered by property-related reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38172/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would be generated from standard rating tax relief for expenses allowable to employees under schedule E; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38173/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the revenue that would be raised from reducing the annual earnings limit along with age-related percentage limits for maximum tax relievable contributions for pension purposes from €115,000 to €100,000, €90,000, €80,000, €70,000 and €60,000, respectively, if tax relief is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing betting duty to 1.25% and 1.5%, respectively, while also extending it to online bets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38175/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would be raised from a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks as proposed by the Irish Heart Foundation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from increasing the excise duty on tobacco by €1 per packet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38177/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Oct 2014)

Michael McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the situation whereby a parent who is the primary claimant and who has no use for the single person child carer credit has to give their explicit consent for the credit to be transferred to the secondary claimant who meets all the other qualifying criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38242/14]