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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the number of employee tax credit certificates for 2013 that have been issued to date to employers; if he will confirm the number that are still outstanding; the reason certain tax credit certificates have yet to be issued; and if he will confirm the basis on which employees in respect of whom a certificate has not been issued will be taxed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the policies being implemented by his Department on which he wrote to the EU / ECB / IMF troika; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3882/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of loans maturing under the EU / IMF programme in each year from 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4106/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has asked the IMF to consider extending maturities of loans to Ireland in a manner similar to the consideration being given to extending loans from the EFSF and EFSM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4107/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the preconditions which apply in order for Irish Government bonds to be eligible for purchase under the ECB's outright monetary transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the Troika in respect of the possibility of putting in place precautionary funding lines when the Ireland EU / IMF programme concludes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the usefulness of his carbon tax relieving measures for environmentally friendly heat and power cogeneration in Finance Act 2012, when it is proposed to designate competent authorities under Section 81(g) of the Finance Act 2012 to review and approve systems appropriate to the relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4136/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Scheme (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the recent reduction in interest rates paid on State Savings products, if he or his Department had been lobbied by any of the covered institutions in favour of such reductions; if he or his Department expressed a view to the National Treasury Management Agency in respect of the pricing of these products; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Programmes (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the supervision process that is imposed on countries who have exited the excessive deficit procedure but who still have over 75% of loans drawn down from the European Financial Stability Facility outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Mechanism (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought a deferral of interest payable on loans from the European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism; if he sees merit in such a course of action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4202/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of houses that will be entitled to an exemption from the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4205/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Leases (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the average length of time that the National Assets Management Agency takes for processing applications for rent abatement for commercial clients; the process for making such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4206/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency has requested a lifting of the restriction on it selling properties back to defaulting debtors; if he sees merit in such a course of action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4207/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if a High Court judgment against a person would disqualify that person from serving on a board of a credit union under the new fitness and probity regime. [4214/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the levies currently being applied to home, motor and commercial insurance, including a history of each of the individual levies; and his views on the timeframe that he expects each levy to remain in place. [4251/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Agreement (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will show separately in respect of each source of funding, EFSF, EFSM, IMF each bilateral arrangement, under the EU/IMF programme of assistance the blended cost of funding drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation obligations of a person who is paying rent to an overseas landlord; if he will clarify the nature of the guidance or advice provided to such a person; the way a tenant will be dealt with if they were dealing with an agency and were genuinely unaware the landlord was based abroad. [4437/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Securities Markets Programme (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with the ECB in respect of the disbursement of profits on its purchase of Government bonds under the Securities Markets Programme including the possible disbursement of these profits solely to Ireland as the ECB has agreed to do in the case of Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of residential mortgages that were subject to write-down by covered banks in the period 2008 to 2012; the amount of balances written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 Jan 2013)

Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a town (details supplied) in County Cork was chosen as one of the locations in which parents of children aged 0 - 12 years are being asked to complete an online survey; if he will explain the general criteria used in selecting the locations; if he will state the number of locations that were chosen; and if he will make a statement on the...