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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected effect of pre-budget publicity of an increase in non-residential stamp duty on such transactions in advance of 10 October 2017; his views on market reports that the projected 2018 yield from the 4% increase will not be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44872/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: I wish to ask the Minister about the extensive leaking in the days before the budget of his intention to raise significantly the rate of stamp duty from 2% and, potentially, to double it. Such leaks have never been as blatant or widespread as in the run-up to budget 2018 and certain individuals may have been in a position to profit very significantly from them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget Measures (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: An examination of media reports, in particular for the 48 hours before the budget, would suggest differently because those reports very specifically said that the stamp duty was going to increase by a very significant amount and generally suggested an increase from 2% to at least 5%. Such reports were carried by practically all of the major national newspapers and organisations such as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the additional €100 million he plans to raise in compliance activity in 2018 as per budget 2018 documentation; the reason this revenue was not previously collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to launch a public inquiry into the tracker mortgage scandal; the actions he plans to take to ensure persons who lost their homes and paid too much in monthly payments are suitably compensated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Settlements (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeal cases worth more than €1 million in appeal or dispute; the amount outstanding; the amount expected to be realised in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44709/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the key employee engagement programme up to the end of 2023; if it will be subject to the high-income earner restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sell additional stakes in a bank (details supplied); his further plans to fast track the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is proposing to help SMEs tackle the challenges they face in view of Brexit in particular providing credit for SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department is to take on foot of the CUAC report published by his Department, Viability and Irish Credit Unions, on 19 May 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s engagement with the public banking investigation being conducted by the Department of Rural and Community Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44754/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent publicity regarding an organisation's (details supplied) work here regarding the establishment of a public banking network; if the organisation invited officials from his department and the Department of Rural and Community Development to participate in a field trip to Germany to examine the public banking network...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of income to the Exchequer in respect of bogus self-employment which forces low income workers to register as self-employed causing a loss to the Exchequer in income tax, PRSI and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he has made in the reform of EU fiscal rules in respect of allowing capital investment and the ongoing review of the capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues on the common consolidated tax base; the steps he has taken in the interests of protecting Ireland's tax sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of the retention of the help-to-buy scheme; the anticipated affect this will have on house price inflation over 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44793/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the national debt level as calculated in GDP and GNI; the schedule for the repayment of debt due in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the UK Chancellor, Philip Hammond, on 31 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44544/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Collective Asset Management Vehicles (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of assets held in Irish collective asset management vehicles, ICAVs; the average value of such assets; the tax contribution that has been realised or estimated arising to date from ICAVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44786/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2018 (24 Oct 2017)

Joan Burton: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ESRI analysis of budget 2018 by a person (details supplied) that all households have lost income due to the lack of indexation of budget changes in both tax and welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44787/17]