Results 30,861-30,880 of 36,036 for speaker:Pearse Doherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm the name or names of the principal person or persons at the Central Bank of Ireland responsible for setting and monitoring targets at the banks for dealing with distressed mortgages. [20016/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation for the €284,000 of ex-gratia payments paid to former directors/dependents referred to on page 127 of the 2012 annual report and accounts of Bank of Ireland, a bank in which he controls 15% of the ordinary shares and €1.5bn of preference shares. [20017/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance further to reports in a national newspaper that a property subject to a loan from Bank of Ireland, in which he owns 15% of the ordinary shares and €1.5bn of preference shares, was sold in January 2012 for circa STG£ 5m and is now on the market with an asking price of STG 12.3m, if he is satisfied that the sale in January 2012 maximised the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance further to a report in a Sunday newspaper on 21 April 2013 regarding the special liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which claimed to quote a Department spokesperson telling the newspaper, if the value of the assets sold is not sufficient to compensate National Assets Management Agency for the bonds it has issued, he will be required to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the procedure used by the National Asset Management Agency when approached by a potential buyer of loans controlled by the Agency, and specifically the way it deals with a specific multi-million euro offer for loans; if NAMA has time targets for acknowledging or responding to such approaches; and if there is no acknowledgement or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 64 of 12 July 2012 and 251 of 16 March 2013, the power the Central Bank of Ireland has to compel banks to write down the value of problem loans to the value of underlying security if the bank changes its primary regulator, for example, if Ulster Bank changes its regulator to the Bank of England and the British...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 16 April 2013, if he will provide a reconciliation between the €3.2bn, which now takes the form of our remaining 15% equity stake and preference shares with a nominal value of €1.8bn, and the net cash position of nearer €1.1bn showing coupons, dividends and ELG fees received by year. [20036/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm the most recent valuation of the State's holding of preference shares in Bank of Ireland. [20037/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if a breakdown will be provided on Capital Acquisitions Tax in 2012 as to the percentage that came from inheritance and the percentage from gifts. [20057/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer if the sale of principal residences were included under Capital Gains Tax. [20058/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised for the Exchequer in 2012 as a result of increased revenue auditing activity and a targeting of black market activity; and his views on whether this amount can be increased through further auditing targets and other measures to reduce tax evasion [20059/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be raised for the Exchequer from the introduction of a third rate of tax of 48% on an individual’s income in excess of €100,000 per annum. [20060/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer by raising the rate of Capital Gains Tax from 33% to 40%. [20061/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer by raising the rate of Capital Acquisitions Tax from 33% to 40% and lowering the thresholds to €187,000 for the child/parent category, €25,000 for the lineal ancestor category and €12,500 for the any other person category. [20062/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer if the Capital Gains Tax and Capital Acquisitions Tax were applied to transfers between spouses. [20063/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer if discretionary tax reliefs were standardised; and if he will provide a breakdown of the discretionary tax reliefs. [20064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance the range of tax reliefs available to business here; and if he will set out the cost of these tax reliefs individually in 2012 or the last available full tax year. [20065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list all current tax reliefs and their individual cost to the Exchequer in the last available tax year. [20069/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the contributions, if any, that have been made by this State to the OECD BEPS project which will be reporting back to the next G20 in June. [20066/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (30 Apr 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate at which landlords can make mortgage interest deductions against rental income for tax purposes; the amount that can be raised for the Exchequer if this mortgage interest deduction is reduced to 40%. [20067/13]