Results 36,141-36,160 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a separate air travel tax regime for aircraft with fewer than 20 passenger seats, for luxury helicopters or for air freight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38851/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt IVF treatments from the reduction in tax relief from higher to standard rate relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38852/08]
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to ensure that the Government can obtain sufficient sterling to meet its liabilities to British customers of Irish banks should one or more of the banks covered by the guarantee scheme fail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38853/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individual taxpayers he expects to avail of the cycle to work scheme in any full year in view of the full year forecast cost of the scheme to be â¬0.4 million; if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of administering the scheme; if he proposes to extend the scheme to the self-employed; if he proposes to introduce measures to...
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated receipts for 2009 from the income levy from people with incomes under â¬100,000 and â¬100,000 and above; the number of taxpayers who will pay in each income category; the number who will be exempt from the levy following the arrangement announced by him to exempt people on certain low incomes; the estimated reduction in revenue as...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the treatment of older people in respect of the proposed income levy; if income from occupational pensions will be liable to the levy; if age exemptions will apply as in the case of income tax liabilities for people over the age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of income tax payers who have a taxable income of â¬100,000 to â¬200,000, â¬200,000 to â¬300,000 and â¬300,000 and above; the number in respect of each of these income categories who are married couples; the number who are individual taxpayers; the number who are PAYE taxpayers; the number who are self-employed, carrying on a...
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who declare income annually for income from property rental; the number of such taxpayers who derive annual rental income of zero to â¬10,000, â¬10,000 to â¬50,000, â¬50,000 to â¬100,000, â¬100,000 to â¬200,000, â¬200,000 to â¬300,000 and â¬300,000 and above; the number in respect of each of these income...
- Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (5 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Transport the expenditure allocated for 2009 in respect of preliminary work on metro west and the Dublin rail interconnector respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38855/08]
- Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which revenue raised by the forthcoming increase in third level registration fees will be spent; the reason, if extra revenues are being raised by the third level sector, that there was no commensurate increase in third level funding in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/08]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the aspects of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 that have been deferred and will not implemented by the target date of 2010 as per his speech on budget 2009; when the Act will be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38016/08]
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis under which non-governmental bodies can be prescribed for inclusion under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38119/08]
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure and the criteria for determining if organisations, other than public bodies, can be prescribed for inclusion under the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the details of the consultation process with affected organisations prior to the decision being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38120/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the property based tax incentives and reliefs in operation; the full cost to the Exchequer in terms of taxation foregone or otherwise of each of these incentives and reliefs for the years 2007, 2008 forecast and 2009 forecast; and his plans for the termination or phasing out of these reliefs or incentives and those for which there are as yet no...
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax payers, with gross income in ranges (details supplied) in respect of the tax years 2007 and 2008 projected, as projected by the Revenue Commissioners using relevant models; the income of each group; the tax paid by each group and its proportion of the total income tax take. [38190/08]
- Fee-paying Schools. (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: On top of all the other cuts.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: Solicitors' letters.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: That is not an explanation.
- Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)
Joan Burton: That is a year and a halfââ
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (30 Oct 2008)
Joan Burton: It is now some weeks since the enactment of the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008, which was introduced to rescue the banks, and it has been some days since the publication of the guarantee scheme. This Act has given extraordinary unilateral powers to the Minister for Finance, basically to do what he likes. Although he set out certain conditions which were to apply to banks...