Results 38,381-38,400 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Fiscal Policy. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: What if they do overtime?
- Tax Collection. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the widespread use of avoidance mechanisms in respect of development land and stamp duty, particularly the use of licensing arrangements and the transfer of property via the sale or transfer of shares in a company; if his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have carried out an examination of the actual and potential loss of stamp...
- Tax Collection. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: According to the pre-budget outlook, first-time buyers will pay â¬70 million in stamp duty. Does the Minister know how difficult it is for them to understand how he can endorse in the House a situation in which, one month ago, a deal on land transfers to the amount of approximately â¬400 million in respect of the Irish Glass Bottle site was made? It involved a share transfer and attracted...
- Tax Collection. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Does the Minister have figures on the amount of stamp duty avoided by these mechanisms, the number of such transactions and the amount involved? Does the Minister agree the situation is a scandal and that it is open to him to close these loopholes to ensure a sense of justice and equity between ordinary people buying family homes and big developers and builders, the type of people who go to...
- Tax Collection. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: We are discussing stamp duty.
- Tax Collection. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Does the Minister know the cost and the number of transactions?
- Fiscal Policy. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent financial stability report from the Central Bank and its warning that Ireland is more indebted than in 2005, more exposed to interest rates and that house prices have reached unreal levels with a high risk of investors destabilising the market as they exit the market at short notice; the measures he is taking to address...
- Fiscal Policy. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Has the Minister seen a report in the October 2006 issue of the Irish Property Buyer which includes an analysis of the impact of interest rate increases on average mortgage repayments? Between July 2005 and December 2006 the average monthly mortgage repayment, due to interest rate increases, will have risen by over 50%. The figures show average repayments increasing from â¬1,057 to...
- Fiscal Policy. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: The Minister spoke about his desire for a soft landing but, with a 50% increase in the average mortgage repayment over the past 18 months, how soft will that landing be? The softest arrangements for people in the property market are geared towards investors rather than owner occupiers. The Minister did not address the issue of empty houses, which in a number of economies are taken as a...
- Fiscal Policy. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: However, 5.5% is a significant increase compared to the rate that obtained when people took out their mortgages.
- Fiscal Policy. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: People have borrowed based on low interest rates.
- Tax Code. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: I proposed the establishment of a taxpayer advocacy office about three years ago following a visit I made to the equivalent office in the United States. Despite what the Minister said about an improvement in the revenue system, which improvement I acknowledge, the ordinary taxpayer is not sufficiently empowered and does not have sufficient entitlements vis-Ã-vis the Revenue Commissioners....
- Tax Code. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Did the Minister telephone the Revenue Commissioners himself?
- Tax Code. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Did the Minister try dialling the service?
- Air Services. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: I have raised this issue with the Minister before. The country is being swamped by drugs, particularly my constituency, which is adjacent to Weston Aerodrome. It is unfortunate that such remarkable loss of life is associated with drug crime and the easy availability of drugs. Has the Minister for Finance given any thought to what the reform might entail? He previously told us there had...
- Air Services. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: I am sure the Minister passes through Dublin Airport from time to time. People routinely arrive two or three hours before their flight to go through wide-ranging and intensive security checks. However, the situation at small aerodromes seems extraordinarily lax. I understand the Weston issue first came to attention because of the Ryder Cup. Some of the Americans using the airport were...
- Mortgage Lending. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: I have previously raised sub-prime lending with the Minister for Finance and the Committee on Finance and the Public Service. I find it paradoxical that the Financial Regulator takes, no doubt correctly, a reasonably tough attitude to building societies, which are the people's banks, particularly for those with whom ordinary banks will not deal. He is even stalling on facilitating very well...
- Mortgage Lending. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: Will the Minister for Finance send out a message to some of those entering this potentially hugely profitable market that he will seek to protect consumers? He is passing all responsibility for this issue to the Financial Regulator as though it is nothing to do with him. Will he let it be known that he will not let some of the poorest people in our society be completely ripped off by...
- Mortgage Lending. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: The Financial Regulator is not even aware of this problem.
- Mortgage Lending. (22 Nov 2006)
Joan Burton: I raised it with the Financial Regulator but it did not know about it.