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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Double Taxation Agreements: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. Guím gach rath air san am atá amach romhainn. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis fá dtaobh den oifig úr atá bainte amach aige. I have just a couple of questions in respect of the double taxation agreements into which we are entering. The Minister of State indicated that the OECD's draft template is being...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his reported comments on 18 September 2014 that getting the deficit below 3% of GDP next year could now be achieved without further spending cuts or tax rises are based on the collection of €500 million in domestic water charges next year or on an assessment that excludes this €500 million. [35969/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the property advisors used by Coillte. [35984/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Irish dancing and ballet lessons are treated differently for VAT purposes; if there are any legal impediments to treating Irish dancing lessons as a cultural activity and to charging them at 9%; and the cost to the Exchequer of such a change. [35234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Money Laundering (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to establish a publicly available register of beneficial owners of companies and trusts in Ireland, as distinct from supporting a system where beneficial ownership can be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35267/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Money Laundering (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if the fourth revision of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive will prevent him in any way from establishing a publicly available register of beneficial owners of companies and trusts here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35268/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will bring forward legislation to amend the universal social charge rates payable on 1 January 2015. [35303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: White Paper on Receipts and Expenditures (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the White Paper on receipts and expenditures will be published. [35748/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the provision of wheelchair equipment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [35221/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the paper on vacant land tax sent to him by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by his Department or Donegal County Council on a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35286/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of times his Department has approved the sending to tender of a scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; the dates of each approval; the outcome of each tender; and the reason in each case it did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of public notices taken out by his Department or local councils to inform people of their liability to the non-principal private residence charge since its introduction and during its lifetime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35751/14]

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: Ordinary citizens and families across the State are being forced to pay yet another regressive tax to repay the banking debt that was not theirs in the first place. Those responsible for creating the economic crisis, the collapse of our public finances, forced emigration and mass unemployment remain unaccountable for their actions. This Bill is a typical Fianna Fáil stunt. Its members...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any legal constraints to reducing the VAT charged on defibrillators to 9%; and his plans to reduce the VAT rate on defibrillators. [33798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Restructuring (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance the persons that own the old Newbridge Credit Union building now occupied by PTSB; and if PTSB is not the owner, if it is paying rent to any State body and the amount of that rent. [33631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Restructuring (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is going to proceed as previously promised with allowing the common bond areas of Kilcullen, Kildare Town and Rathangan Credit Unions be extended to cover the Newbridge area following the loss of the town's credit union. [33632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the State of amending the VAT directives to allow for a 0% VAT rate on voluntary rescue activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform's report on hearings on matters relating to mortgage arrears resolution processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33921/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Sep 2014)

Pearse Doherty: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the apportionment exercise to determine the price of a property for stamp duty purposes in mixed sales is carried out, monitored and verified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34163/14]