Results 13,201-13,220 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason full-year yield and cost figures were not included in the summary of 2017 budget measures and policy changes; if he will provide these figures, for each item, as has been the case in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has a detailed plan on the way to achieve the reduction of the debt to GDP ratio to 45% by the mid-2020s as outlined in budget 2017; if he will provide specific details of the growth and other projections underpinning this objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce for SMEs generally a loan scheme similar to the €150 million loan fund for the agrisector announced as part of budget 2017; the reasons for his position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30885/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Returns (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the gain for the Exchequer in 2017 through the non-indexation of the taxation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30886/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to explore the possibility of establishing a national hedging strategy, involving the expertise of the NTMA, which may be able to give practical assistance to Irish SMEs dependent on the UK export market which are currently suffering from the fall in sterling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30887/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers his Department expects to avail of the help to buy scheme, announced in the budget, in 2016, 2017 and 2018; if he is putting any cap on the maximum cost to the Exchequer in respect of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30888/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected outcome if a person availing of the help to buy scheme for first-time buyers announced in the budget does not live in the property for five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30889/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (18 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his Department's policy and plan to address the disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents in having to provide funding for a free primary education system, as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (19 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of any impact assessment on the property market carried out by his Department in respect of the help to buy tax rebate for first time buyers; the person or body that carried out such an assessment; if he will publish the assessment; the other analysis that was completed by his Department on this measure; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Compact Treaty (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has sought any flexibility from the European Commission in terms of the application of the fiscal rules to capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis of his Department's estimate, as contained in the economic and fiscal outlook accompanying budget 2017, that the euro-sterling exchange rate will be at €1:£0.85 for the 2017 to 2021 period; if he will confirm, for example, the impact on projections for exports, economic growth and employment levels if the exchange rate averaged...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the estimated fiscal space of €1.2 billion for 2018 that has already now been accounted by the taxation and expenditure items announced in budget 2017; if he will provide a breakdown of the items that use up 2018 fiscal space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31349/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department and other State agencies are taking to ensure that Ireland is a beneficiary of Brexit in the area of financial services; the strategy designed to ensure this is achieved; the resources that have been allocated to this objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31352/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons projected to benefit in 2016 and 2017 from the help to buy tax refund; the average benefit expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31415/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected cost of the help to buy tax refund in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31416/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from non-indexation of the tax bands and credits in 2017; the number of taxpayers impacted by the decision not to change the bands and credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31417/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the change in the monetary value of the PAYE and personal tax credits in 2017, if they had been indexed in line with expected earnings growth and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the change in the entry point to the top income rate for a single person, currently at €33,800, if it had been indexed in 2017 based on expected earnings growth and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31419/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2017 (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the full year impact of the tax measures announced in budget 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31420/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (20 Oct 2016)

Michael McGrath: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from the exit tax on life assurance polices in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31421/16]