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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a need to revise double taxation treaties, especially with regard to other member states of the EU and key trading partners if those treaties have been in place for over 40 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56042/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a list of the double taxation treaties currently in preparation within his Department; the countries involved; when the treaties are to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56043/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a list of countries with which Ireland does not have double taxation treaties; if there are specific priorities on that list that he intends to address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56044/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for the work he did in Doha. It did not get the coverage it deserved. I believe, however, that it is a weak deal and that does not reflect on the Minister. We are heading for a warmer world and the reports of PwC, the World Bank and the UN demonstrate that there is a lack of willingness to translate the discussions and talks out there into action. It is noticeable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: They are in front of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It says that they would be available by the end of the year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is being dealt with at the last Cabinet meeting, the last minute of the last hour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister is interrupting me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: This is not acceptable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is not acceptable. When we discussed the roadmap, the Minister said he hoped to hit the targets much earlier. The Minister should read the report of the meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: In fact we are hitting them at the last minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I am prepared to read them myself and apologise if I am wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I am disappointed that we are only reaching it now. I am disappointed in the group that did not get involved at Doha. I was surprised to see the disappointing rules of Canada and New Zealand, countries which I thought were role models for dealing with climate change. I thought they would be more progressive. We need to encourage them along the line. When we start laying out the roadmap...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is nearly 40 years since rates were abolished. The former residential property tax was confined to Dublin. Some speakers have recommended adopting elements of taxation systems in other countries such as the wealth tax in France but not its property tax and another tax from somewhere else. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett's views on the increase in DIRT were very balanced in the debate on the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Now we see the effects of his campaign. Therefore, I take the views of the two previous speakers with a grain of salt. The Bill provides that commercial and residential properties will be subject to tax in order to fund local government services. I ask the Minister if he will consider a tax on land. I have concerns that the tax cheque is to be handed over to the Custom House with no...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of taxation to which credit union dividends are subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56214/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (18 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance if credit union dividends will be subject to PRSI in 2014; if they are classified as unearned income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56215/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (18 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the announcement in his 2012 Budget statement that the base for PRSI would be broadened to cover rental, investment and other forms of income in 2013, has been pushed back until 2014; if it is possible to bring it forward to the coming year; if it is further possible to collect it from September 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of persons under the age of 25, 30, 35 and 40 years respectively that availed of tax relief on pension contributions from 2007 to date in 2012 on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56376/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for each publicly funded hospital in the country, if it prescribes or provides patients with generic or branded paracetamol as required during their stay; and if in the table he will indicate whether that hospital medicates patients with the paracetamol product (details supplied); the amount that was spent by the Health Service...