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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of tax collected on the sale of bottled water on an annual basis in the period 2012 to 2016, including excise taxes and VAT on sales; his views on the trends in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the 23% VAT rate on bottled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26799/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been briefed regarding concerns within the higher education system concerning Ireland's falling ranking in the area of high performance computing; the investments by his Department in this area over the past ten years; his plans to address concerns that Ireland's research infrastructure is being undermined by underperformance in this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the latest statistics his Department has on the yield from motor tax for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26798/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Projects (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 487. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he and his Department are concerned regarding future investment on PEACE projects in Northern Ireland and as a result of the Brexit result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policy Functions (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 489. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has in place in his Department's Social Policy and Public Sector Reform Division any arrangement for acting on recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General which have cross-public service implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26803/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: European Council Meetings (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 490. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the discussion at the June 2016 EU Council meeting where the EU fiscal rules were discussed and in particular, the way they were being applied to prioritising Government expenditure on Capital Infrastructure. [27015/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 491. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the way in which EUROSTAT is classifying public private partnerships; and if this definition will impede on any of the Government projects already announced or in the pipeline. [27016/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology (27 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 941. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a table detailing the State investment and-or funding for high performance computing since 2013; if she has any concerns about declining competitiveness in this area. [26800/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is reviewing the way in which rural public houses are being charged for their commercial rates, particularly if they have down sized their square footage to decrease costs as a result of less business on the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to allow rural public houses decrease their commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24341/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a five-year contract extension of the current CEO of Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24333/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current guidelines on extending contracts states a CEO shall be appointed for not more than a single seven-year term; his views on the matter particularly on the way in which it relates to Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all public appointments that come within the remit of his responsibilities have followed Government guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24331/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the board of Horse Racing Ireland discussed or agreed the extension of five years for the current contract of the CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is normal practice for a chairman of a State board to seek approval from their board before seeking contract extensions for the company's CEO; his views on whether this is good governance and if it is in practice for all Government appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: 1495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a chairman presents a business case to his Department does he and his Department presume the board have been consulted to give their agreement to same; if not, his views on whether this is best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/16]

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: Would the Minister care to comment on the manner in which the Commissioner went about making this announcement? She used a fast-track mechanism to announce the decision. I stand to be corrected, but I understand that the College of Commissioners was given a 24-hour notice. The decision was circulated and the other Commissioners were told to revert within 24 hours with informed comments....

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: Why all this choreography and orchestration by the Commission on a major issue that is of significant importance to a member state? Does it suggest a contemptuous attitude on the part of the Commissioner towards the Irish Government? Apart from the issues, there should have been no great difficulty in alerting a government that a serious decision and an announcement of figures were coming...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Micheál Martin: Apple paid over €400 million to our Government alone and it is adamant that it had a worldwide tax rate of over 25%.

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