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Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There has been much talk in recent days about truth, transparency and the filling in of gaps in regard to the banking system in this country. Will the Taoiseach indicate, in this context, when the report on Irish Nationwide Building Society will be published? The Taoiseach has mentioned the many documents missing from his office, but this particular report has been in the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Missions Participation (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada, led by Minister for State Costello; the objectives of the mission; the persons the trade mission met; and the suspected benefits for Ireland arising from the mission. [30783/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case in the USA where the Irish International Immigration Centre turned over a young Irish immigrant to the US Immigration Authorities for a minor infringement of their visa conditions; and if his Department has investigated this matter. [30775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Assets Management Agency did not take on outstanding development levies owed by developers when bad loans were transferred to the agency; and in view of the fact that these outstanding levies are now considered to stand at €750 million and some individual councils are trying to pursue individual householders, if he has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the losses incurred by a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford as a result of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits for high income earners were phased out with a reduction of half the credits for income earners between €100,000 and €150,000; by three quarters for income earners between €150,000 and €200,000; and the abolition of tax credits for income earners in excess of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost or saving to the Exchequer that could be made if the use of tax credits was abolished and the system instead returned to tax free allowance up to a cut-off point, followed by the standard and marginal tax rates. [30923/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the current tax treatment of discretionary trusts and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if the once off charge for establishing a trust was increased by 1% and the annual tax of the trust was increased by 0.5%. [30925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the income tax system in Britain where the personal allowance is only applicable up to an income of £100,000; if he has considered abolishing tax credits for income earners in excess of €100,000 and if so, the amount it would raise for the Exchequer. [30927/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing excise duty on fuel by five cent in the litre. [30928/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any expressions of interest in the establishment of REITs in Ireland since the passing of the Finance Act. [30979/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the possibility whereby applicants using the export repayment scheme calculator could provide details of car registration number for definitive verification on whether a car may already have been the subject of VRT repayments (details supplied). [30982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the market value of his shares in AIB and Bank of Ireland respectively. [31110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual cost of introducing two weeks paid paternity leave. [30931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (26 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been undertaken of the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if minimum alcohol pricing was introduced in off-licences, with drinks companies then levied the for the increased price portion. [30926/13]

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: The Taoiseach kept them in employment until February. They were paid salaries of €175,000. He wrote the cheque every year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Training and Development (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a cost-benefit analysis of overseas training and development courses provided to staff of his Department and the Health Service Executive, and funded by the State, for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that persons appointed at senior executive or advisory level in the Special Delivery Unit are paid through overseas companies; his views on whether this is a method of avoiding paying income tax in this jurisdiction; if this method of payment has been or is being used elsewhere in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to take further steps on the treatment of private pensions, specifically with regards to the way they are taxed, for example, if he will look for pension tax reliefs to be standardised; for the earnings ceiling to be further capped; of increasing the imputed distribution rates from super pensions such as ARFs. [30652/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the case of a shopkeeper in County Donegal from whom Revenue has demanded a tax payment in respect of the sale of Mass Cards on a non-profit basis and subject to VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30135/13]