Results 27,901-27,920 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the impact on retail sales here and on VAT receipts of the differential of 6.5 points on VAT in the North and in the UK. [45210/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the new level of permitted purchases which a person can bring into Ireland without being subjected to border taxation; the level of revenue collected by the authorities here on goods being brought in that exceeded the old limit in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available; and his views on whether there is a large undetected tax...
- Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the money which she had made available in the 2009 Estimates for implementation of the nursing home support scheme; if it will be funded on a demand led basis from the date of its introduction; the number of months she expects this budget to cover for the scheme; and the planned commencement date. [45919/08]
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of rented properties which have been registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board in Dublin City. [45920/08]
- Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the objections which have been lodged to his proposed special protection order for Dublin Bay; if the advisory body has assessed these objections; if he has set a date by which the advice must be furnished to him; and when he plans to make a decision. [45921/08]
- Written Answers — Dublin Bay Task Force: Dublin Bay Task Force (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will ensure that the master plan being developed for Dublin Bay by Dublin City Council and by the task force which he has appointed are ultimately given legal effect. [45922/08]
- Tax Yield. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: What has been the rise in the cost of borrowing by the Minister to date? He predicts, based on the figures he quoted and the likely outcome, that he will borrow approximately one sixth of gross national income next year â â¬24 billion. Does he believe he will be able to fund this without a very sharp escalation in the cost of borrowing? Is he confident he will place that borrowing? How...
- Tax Yield. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Will the Minister answer my questions? Does he rule out tax increases next year, as he said only a couple of days ago on the radio? Does he rule out cuts in capital expenditure? I share Deputy Burton's dismay at the Minister's saying the Opposition is not facing up to reality. We said the pay agreement into which he entered was unaffordable. That is harsh medicine. That is telling...
- Public Sector Remuneration. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: How did they fail on half their objectives?
- Public Sector Remuneration. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: It was. The Minister said it was all taken up.
- Public Sector Remuneration. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: It was all taken up, with half the targets missed.
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Minister did not answer the question of whether there was a mandate which they were to execute in the public interest. I am concerned that if we put in these directors, who are all worthy people, with no public mandate as to their duties, with no banking experience apart from one of them, we are putting lambs in among wolves. Unless we equip people with a serious mandate that can give...
- Pension Provisions. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Ten years ago the value of the public service pension liability was â¬25 billion. In 2007, it had trebled to â¬75 billion, 50% of GNP. The Minister claims it will double again. By then, 100% of GNP will be tied up in pension liabilities to public servants who constitute 15% of total employment. Is that a sustainable model? We have defined benefit schemes which are being closed in other...
- Pension Provisions. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: No, I was referring to the liability being 50% of GNP. The Minister is referring to the annual payment on that liability which has trebled in a decade.
- Pension Provisions. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: From the dependency ratios published by the Minister, we will move from six workers for every dependant to two workers for every dependant. The Minister has already envisaged that the costs of pensions will double. The irresistible force and the immovable object are at stake here. These are trends that will cause major problems. While the Minister talks about reviews and funds, I do not...
- Pension Provisions. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: How many months?
- Availability of Credit. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of whether there is a flow of credit to Irish business; and his strategy to deal with this problem. [45544/08]
- Availability of Credit. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: I find the Minister's complacency in the face of these statistics quite alarming. The figures show that there has been a sharp contraction in the level of lending to non-financial institutions. People outside the finance and development land sectors are having their credit squeezed. The number of undrawn overdrafts has decreased by 25%. I can give the Minister examples of businesses that...
- Availability of Credit. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Two and a half months have passed since the Government introduced the guarantee scheme. Where is the Minister's strategy? He is saying there will be a credit flow. He mentioned that other strategies, in the UK and elsewhere, have failed. What is his strategy to get credit flowing? That is the question everyone wants answered. If the strategy does not involve the recapitalisation of the...
- Availability of Credit. (11 Dec 2008)
Richard Bruton: Is the Minister saying he has a solution?