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Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Rental (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to a business person otherwise eligible for a National Asset Management Agency rent abatement scheme whose landlord is not co-operating with their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3471/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by each State backed bank in maintenance fees or overdraft facility charges for each of the past five years on bank accounts that have been inactive for at least three years. [3558/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if new regulations on mortgages such as a loan to value ceiling would affect affordable housing schemes such as those run by county councils. [3816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if her attention has been drawn to the serious damage caused to the costal protection and sea defences of a beach (details supplied) in County Donegal following recent adverse weather conditions; her plans to repair these sea defences and remedy this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason single farm payments were withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in granting a person (details supplied) in County Donegal the agri-environment options scheme payment for2014; when payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3721/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 369. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for a hip replacement surgery from Cappagh hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3579/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: How many of the 14 appeals to the Circuit Court in 2013 were upheld?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I will return to that matter shortly. Mr. O'Leary says the Revenue Commissioners are not entitled to appeal to the Circuit Court. One of the presentations, which I thank the witnesses for, suggests the Revenue Commissioners are entitled to a rehearing at Circuit Court. In his latest comments, Mr. O'Leary suggests that is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Have the Revenue Commissioners ever appealed an Appeal Commissioners' adjudication on the basis of capital acquisitions tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: When was the last time the Revenue Commissioners did so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Was it done on more than one occasion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Did the Revenue Commissioners win that case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The option the Revenue Commissioners had, which was of benefit to the State, would no longer be an option if the legislation went through.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It also means the State has lost out financially because the option is not there. Was a substantial sum involved in the one case the appellant appealed to the High Court and won? Can that information be provided? These cases can range from corporation tax, where it involves large bills, to local property tax. I am not asking for the figure but whether it involves a couple of hundred...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The case of the individual who won involved 2013 figures. Am I correct in saying people have taken appeals to the Circuit Court, have won in previous years and have not had their decisions overturned later?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Six cases have been won in the Circuit Court. I am focusing on this because the six cases won in the Circuit Court could not have been won if the legislation had been passed unless the appellants were able to appeal on a point of law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I do not think we can have it both ways. We cannot argue that we are getting rid of the Circuit Court because the Appeal Commissioners stage is a dress rehearsal and then argue that the point of law is so broad that the High Court hearing is really a rehearing of the case. It appears that the system is broken. We have unacceptable delays, and I do not support these delays, but our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: The Circuit Court.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Would the same not apply in the High Court?