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Order of Business. (10 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: The roof is off the centre and it is closed.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the contract awarded to a person (details supplied) to provide public relations services to his Department will expire; the total paid out in respect of the contract in terms of remuneration and expenses; if it is intended to renew the contact or to seek new tenders for the services supplied; if not, the...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital value of assets held in trusts liable to the 6% entry and 1% annual tax on such trusts; and the declared value of such assets, and classes thereof, on an annual basis from 1997 to date. [4181/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the medical services and expenditure by a taxpayer which qualifies for tax relief; and if plastic surgery or other medical works on procedures undergone to provide cosmetic improvements qualify when such work is undertaken for bodily enhancement as opposed to medical necessity. [4189/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance the situation for tax relief purposes of medical expenses incurred outside the State by a taxpayer; if they are allowable for tax purposes; and if there are any limitations or conditions on qualifying expenditure. [4190/05]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status, terms and conditions of the appointment of the envoy (details supplied) to the tsunami region; the rank in terms of the foreign service which applies; and the remuneration or expenses which attach to the post. [4191/05]

EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that Ireland will comply with the EU energy performance of buildings directive by 1 January 2006; if all buildings which are under construction or which will commence construction in 2005 will comply with the requirements of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/05]

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: That was a Charlie McCreevy special. I spoke about that yesterday.

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (8 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that mobile phone customers here will have to pay significantly more than British subscribers to use third generation mobile phone technology; his views on whether Irish mobile phone charges continue to be excessive in comparison to European norms; his plans to tackle...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: I echo Deputy Bruton's good wishes to the Minister on his first Finance Bill, which is a momentous responsibility and occasion. I put a modest proposal to the Minister's predecessor who was not inclined to entertain my suggestions, namely, that our tax system should develop the office of a tax ombudsman or advocate, as it is called in some countries, on behalf of the taxpayer. This is long...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage. (8 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Yes, that is what I am saying. They are the good ones, but has the Minister seen the new ones that have been built in remote areas, the provision of which is more to do with property development? I doubt if they will even last as nursing homes for ten years. This incentive applying to them has not been examined or studied but was introduced on the personal hunch of the former Minister,...

Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (2 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position in relation to the review being prepared at EU level with regard to meeting the world millennium development goals adopted in September 2000 at the United Nations General Assembly in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2755/05]

Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (2 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's views on the recent report of the group of experts on world poverty to United Nations General Secretary, Mr. Kofi Annan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2756/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken by the Revenue Commissioners to determine the exact amount of any overpayment by PAYE workers; the procedures being put in place to ensure repayment of any such amounts; the steps which are planned to alert taxpayers that they may have overpaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2463/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent suggestion made that high income earners who are paid more than €200,000 per year should pay a minimum 20% tax; if he intends to take steps to ensure a minimum tax contribution from high earners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2462/05]

Tax Code. (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister undertake, in regard to the consultation, to publish all the documentation because a critical issue in respect of many of these schemes, as initiated by his predecessor, is that a cost benefit analysis was not done? In the Finance Act of two years ago, the generous tax breaks available for private hospitals were initiated by a letter from a general practitioner in the former...

Information Society. (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Does the State have statistical breakdown of the assets, the property, in particular, intellectual property generated as regards Media Lab Europe in Ireland? I ask in the context that this was an important element of the State's information society policy.

Tax Code. (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance if a preliminary finding has been received from the European Commission that this country's tax exemption for income from stallion fees is in breach of EU competition law; when the exemption was first drawn to the attention of the Commission; the details of the response which the Government has made to the finding; the action he will take arising...

Tax Code. (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister accept that, in effect, the European Commission has made a preliminary finding regarding the tax relief for stallions? Has the Government made any further responses recently to inquiries from the Commission for more information, particularly on the point that Irish tax rules relating to stallions breach competition law and act as a State aid to stallion owners and companies...

Tax Code. (1 Feb 2005)

Joan Burton: Stallions can be non-resident for six months a year with their owners still benefitting from the tax break. This tax break is in place at a time when pensioners pay tax on modest incomes. Are there tests of what constitutes six months non-residence for stallions? In particular, does the Cinderella rule apply? For example, if a stallion is out of the country before midnight, does that count as...