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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of senior staff in his Department that were in the Department at the time of the banking guarantee in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31965/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Taoiseach the number of senior staff in his Department, who were there at the time of the banking guarantee that are in the same positions they held at the time. [31967/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Numbers (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 152. To ask the Taoiseach in view of his statements regarding the banking guarantee, in which he stated that there were no files of any import held in his Department regarding events at that time, if he has asked officials in his Department for oral or written recollections of what happened at that time. [31968/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the payment options available to a person wishing to pay the local property tax with no current account and whose only income is jobseeker's benefit; and if he will consider allowing persons in such cases to pay by standing order, as it is the cheapest option. [31585/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider developing a mechanism whereby new contractors setting up businesses may avail of a reduced rate of relevant contracts tax similar to that of existing contractors; his views that such a provision would be conducive to the creation of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31637/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer if tax credits for a person's earnings were capped at €100,000, and of every €2 earned after €100,000, €1 in tax credits was lost. [31665/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts of VAT, excise duty or other indirect taxes taken as a proportion of income tax, for example, for every €1 taken in income tax, €1.20 is taken in VAT. [31717/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the additional 3% universal social charge on income for self-employed earners over €100,000. [31721/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by increasing the top rate of USC paid by PAYE workers by an additional 3% on income over €100,000, similar to that charged to self-employed top earners. [31727/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance the total taxable profits of companies here in 2012 and the corporation tax paid that year, in value and as a percentage. [31756/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered setting a minimum threshold for profits to be retained here for corporation tax purposes, if the company is incorporated here and or resident for tax purposes. [31757/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the practice of all Irish banks to make recordings of internal land line phone calls; and if these recordings are kept within the banks or are provided to the Central Bank of Ireland. [31763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the practice of Irish banks to keep records of phone calls between banks and if these recordings are provided to the Central Bank or Ireland. [31764/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the Special Liquidator who is in possession of all recordings/transcripts of phone calls made at Anglo-Irish Bank/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation until its liquidation, as well as minutes of meetings; and if not, does the Central Bank hold this information or would it have been submitted to the Gardaí as part of its ongoing investigation....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if any of the auditors assigned to Anglo-Irish/Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, or the Garda investigation team into the bank and potential fraud, have identified any gaps in the minutes of meetings held in the run up to the guarantee and subsequently, or in recordings of phone calls. [31766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance following the revelations made by a national newspaper regarding internal recorded phone calls in Anglo Irish Bank, if his attention has been drawn to the way those tapes came to be in possession of that newspaper. [31767/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or anyone in his Department issued a request to Anglo for copies of recorded phone calls between bank employees prior to the release of such tapes by a national newspaper. [31768/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that his Department has issued all material held by it to the Gardaí investigating potential fraud at Anglo Irish bank. [31769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Investigations (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if the former Government appointee to Anglo Irish bank (details supplied) was aware of the existence of recorded phone conversations at Anglo Irish Bank which appeared to reveal a concerted attempt to defraud the Irish State by bank employees; and if so, if he alerted the previous or the present Government to the existence or content of these tapes. [31770/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made inquiries regarding the existence of other recorded phone calls in existence in the other State owned, or proportionately owned State banks, around the time of the guarantee; and if he has sought such information. [31771/13]