Results 36,081-36,100 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Lottery Funding: Lottery Funding (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance the action taken in view of the Government decision in the White Paper Supporting Voluntary Activity in 2001 to establish a national lottery fund monitoring committee including representatives of the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39476/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on circumstances in which a non-executive director of a charity who receives no payment apart from out of pocket expenses from the charity is nominated by the charity and is subsequently appointed to sit on the board, advisory body or committee of another organisation which is not a charity for which they receive and retain a fee; the...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it would be appropriate for the Revenue Commissioners to take into account fees and payments apart from out of pocket expenses paid to non-executive directors of charities from other bodies to which they were nominated by their charity when determining or reviewing the designation of the charity for tax purposes despite the...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Finance the average effective rate of corporation tax paid by companies which were liable to be taxed at the nominal rate of 12.5% in 2007; the number of companies that were in this category; the average effective rate of corporation tax paid by companies which were liable to be taxed at the nominal rate of 10% in 2007; the number of companies that were...
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was foregone under each of every property tax-based scheme in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39627/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that was foregone under the business expansion scheme and the seed capital scheme respectively in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39628/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures for the assessment of major public projects; the way they are decided upon; the methodology of the cost benefit analysis; the time taken in deciding on the projects; the financial thresholds for deeper analysis; the reporting and dialogue mechanisms within the various Departments and his Department for major capital projects; the...
- Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (11 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost of the Luas extension to Cherrywood; when he will publish the cost benefit analysis of this public investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39630/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the solvency ratios of firms operating in the insurance market here; if he instructed the Financial Regulator to seek monthly solvency data from such firms; if contingency plans have been drawn up by his Department in the event that an insurance firm had to be underwritten by the Government in order to ensure it could fill its...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his position on draft EU proposals that originating banks be required to retain a portion of assets which they securitise on their books; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38845/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance if credit default swaps and certain related derivative contracts are regarded by the regulatory authorities here as valid financial instruments creating enforceable rights or as void and unenforceable as wagering contracts; the manner in which dealing in such contracts is regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39000/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the nature and extent of dealing in contracts for difference in Irish publicly quoted companies; if he proposes to take steps to restrict or otherwise reform the regulation of these instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39001/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain what a market notice is; the persons to whom it is addressed and under what authority; the circumstances in which his Department issues such a notice; the number of such notices issued in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39002/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if contracts for difference are a declarable interest under the Standards in Public Office Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39025/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are ethical, legal or conflict of interest issues relating to the use of spread betting by public representatives, public sector officials, officials of entities regulated by the Financial Regulator or others to profit from changes in the share prices of Irish publicly quoted companies in which they may have had access to information...
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of national lottery funding administered by his Department in 2007 and 2008 and anticipated lottery revenue in 2009; the amount distributed and expected to be distributed to each Department in each of these years; the level of matching and expected matching provided by each Department in each relevant year; the ratio and expected ratio...
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a fall of 10% in the amount that Irish residents held in their current accounts between August 2007 and August 2008 from â¬32,857 million to â¬29,601 million, that there was a 12.6% fall in their demand deposits over the same period from â¬29,601 million to â¬25,733 million, that...
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outstanding Irish bank loans to property developers within Ireland only, were estimated to be â¬86.7 billion in June 2008 and that expert commentators estimate that the banks are expected to be forced to write off up to â¬45 billion of these loans over the next two years; if there is a proposal...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgeted expenditure, and actual expenditure where relevant, of the Garda Reserve force, including resources diverted from other areas of Garda activity, for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38993/08]
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (6 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the projected balance of the social insurance fund for end 2008, end 2009 and 2010; if she expects it to fall significantly into deficit over that period; her views on projected trends in the fund's balance; if she proposes corrective measures to ensure that the fund remains broadly in balance or in surplus; and if she will make...