Results 20,961-20,980 of 35,882 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank first became aware of issues at a company (details supplied) and the steps it took from that date to protect Irish consumers. [24613/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank is currently in contact with regulators from any other countries regarding concerns the bank has concerning insurance companies operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charities Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether section 8 of the Charities Act 2009 is functioning as intended in preventing the abuse of charity status by special purpose vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24617/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has made an estimate of the revenue forgone each year as a result of lenders claiming mortgage interest relief on interest charges rather than paid prior to the changes in January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24622/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurers that will take part in the EIOPA stress tests in 2016; the percentage of the market the partaking companies account for and the sectors of the market, life or non-life, they represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24624/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department or the Central Bank carried out following the EIOPA stress tests in 2014; and the results of this analysis and the follow up regulatory action taken as a result. [24625/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether lenders here that offer standard variable rate mortgages are complying with the letter and spirit of the directive on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property as implemented by SI 142 of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24634/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason credit servicing firms do not contribute via the industry funding levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Data (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who paid and the amount of revenue raised regarding the 5% USC surcharge on property reliefs in each year since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24884/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies at assistant principal level or higher that have existed in each of the past five years or are currently vacant in his Department; the time taken to fill each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24970/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the effect on gross domestic product or likely effect of the move by a company (details supplied) to domicile here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24988/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of mortgage interest relief in each of the following categories and the number of persons who exceed the ceilings in each of the categories: single person, first-time buyer who bought in the years 2004 to 2009; single person, first-time buyer who bought in the years 2010 to 2012; and single person, non-first time buyers; and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of mortgage interest relief in each of the following categories: and the number of persons who exceed the ceilings in each of the categories: married/in a civil partnership/ widowed/surviving civil partner person, first time buyer who bought in the years 2004 to 2009, married/in a civil partnership/ widowed/surviving civil...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the EU Commission should adopt a four-year potential output forecast horizon for reasons outlined in documents (details supplied); if Ireland has given any view on this issue at ECOFIN or any other EU institutional meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25161/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance the State's policy regarding the remaining bailout funds and the possibility of exchanging or rolling these debts over to maximise the advantage of the current very low interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a comparative table showing tax take, expenditure and investment that is capital spend as a percentage of gross domestic product, GDP, before the most recent GDP figures as published by the Central Statistics Office and after; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Data (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for each bank the State has a share in, the number of cases being investigated by the bank as part of its review into the sale of tracker mortgages; when each bank will conclude its investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25272/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Data (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the tracker mortgage investigations being undertaken by banks if he will provide, for each State-backed bank, the number of cases where the bank has admitted it was at fault; the number of these cases where the bank has made a redress arrangement with the mortgage owner; the number of legal cases being taken overall per bank; the number...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish tax opinions that have been given regarding property investments held through Irish regulated funds structure including AIFs and ICAVs and also for those relating to section 110 companies for each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form, given that typically an Irish tax opinion would be obtained to provide tax certainty for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the landlords that his Department or bodies under his aegis paid rent to in each of the past three years; and the sums paid in each case. [25417/16]