Results 2,221-2,240 of 2,341 for speaker:Paul McGrath

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the tax treatment of the housing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30129/04]

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: I would appreciate if the Minister would forward to me the figures to which he has referred rather than put them on the record of the House. The figures put forward by the Construction Industry Federation, to which the Minister appears to be alluding, suggests that on a house in Dublin costing €295,000, VAT amounts to €35,000; site taxes, €30,000; labour taxes, €29,000; and profit...

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: May I ask the Minister a question?

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: The Minister is filibustering.

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: How can the Minister condone the payment by a first-time buyer of €75,000 in tax on a new house in Dublin costing €300,000?

Tax Collection. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Miriam Lord was right.

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to use budget 2005 to make further announcements on decentralisation. [29917/04]

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Will the Minister comment on the fact that he has not included any figure for decentralisation in the Estimates for 2005? Was this an oversight or the deliberate policy of the Minister? The Minister of State responsible for decentralisation has already acquired eight facilities for decentralisation throughout the country. The Minister's predecessor, Deputy McCreevy, in last year's budget...

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Will the Minister forward to me the information on the properties?

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (2 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 12 October 2004, if Fingal County Council will reserve a secondary school site in the Castleknock electoral area as much of the increased population in the Dublin 15 area will be in this general locale and nowhere near the proposed sites in Mulhuddart-Tyrellstown and Castaheany-Ongar....

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political situation in Chechnya; the level of support being given by the Government in the aftermath of the Beslan school siege; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/04]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the development control plan for phase 2[i]B[/i] of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar was lodged in her Department; if she will make this plan available for review; and the indicative time frame for the implementation of this plan. [25084/04]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stages through which the proposed phase 2[i]B[/i] of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar must proceed on its progress to the finalisation of this project. [25085/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the ownership by the Government, past and present, of an area (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [25476/04]

Written Answers — Land Reclassification: Land Reclassification (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is a timeframe within which persons who have acquired land from the Land Commission cannot dispose of such property. [25086/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing a flat income tax of 20% while retaining the existing tax credits. [24174/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that would be raised by charging a residential property tax on all residential properties at 0.5% of the value of the property in excess of €250,000. [24175/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that would be raised by charging a residential property tax on all second and additional residences at 0.5% of the value of the property in excess of €250,000. [24176/04]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of persons who are retired from the public service and are in receipt of pensions from the State, the categories of such persons who can resume working in the public service and retain their pension payments. [24545/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in the PAYE sector who availed of the home caring spouse tax credit in 2003. [24546/04]