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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: I appreciate that the Taoiseach is currently in a handover position in respect of his Government. Nonetheless he has always been extremely diligent regarding all the Cabinet committees he has chaired. The review of the capital programme is under way. There is an unallocated €2.65 billion extra to be committed. That has been the understanding up to now. As I said earlier, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: -----the investment in infrastructure, public transport particularly-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: -----in housing and in all the other areas like education and health that require capital finance.

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Joan Burton: In its latest country report on Ireland in which it makes country-specific recommendations, the European Commission adopted an ultra-conservative position in respect of Ireland, so much so that its recommendations will cut the fiscal space for Ireland by €7 billion over the next three years. This means the country will have less capacity to spend on vitally needed infrastructure....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: This is a very good result on the part of the Revenue Commissioners. The Minister took a decision that was contrary to the position I and others took in the debate on the budget when we argued that the six months' notice was excessive. Notwithstanding the six months' notice, which allowed people with more to hide to make other arrangements, by April there were about 530 disclosures. As it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bank account holders involved regarding the Revenue Commissioners' recent request for undeclared income offshore prior to 4 May 2017; the amount of income the Revenue Commissioners has received in respect of their request for undeclared offshore income; the number of settlements agreed; the number of cases outstanding; the amount of revenue in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: My question is to ask the Minister for Finance what the up-to-date figures are in relation to the recovery of tax and penalties in respect of people who have income and assets abroad and who have failed to properly declare them for tax purposes in the Republic of Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Tax justice, as it is understood by hard-working, ordinary taxpayers, has to mean that people who have, for whatever reason, a privileged position of tax exile and then fail to pay their fair taxes have to be pursued. 4 o’clock It is extraordinary in this day and age of so much information being available that the trawl of this category has identified, according to the Minister's...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: The Asian Infrastructure Development Bank is one of a number of development banks around the world with which Ireland is associated, the biggest ones being the IMF, the European Investment Bank and the Asian Development Bank, the founding of which I believe was heavily influenced by the Japanese, just as this one is heavily influenced in its establishment by the Government of China. In...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sale of State Assets (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects the partial sale of a bank (details supplied) to be realised; if he will use the funds generated from the sale towards essential capital investment in the event of a shortage of capital investment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgages Examination (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank's order to lending banks to return affected customers to an appropriate tracker rate of interest has been undertaken; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that banks are free to come up with their own offers of compensation and that many banks are not offering customers effective redress; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide financial support to companies and SMEs that may be adversely effected by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and SMEs that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds are fully protected; if he will consider extending the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding which has been made available through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund for social and affordable housing provision; if he is satisfied with the current rates of interest being charged to borrowers through the fund; if he will review the operation of the mechanisms through which credit is accessed from the fund; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23600/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding the investigation of the establishment of a local public bank network as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23601/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank, EIB, and other Government Departments to establish an off balance sheet special purpose vehicle to draw down funding from the EIB to facilitate large scale mixed social and private residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23602/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the EUROSTAT investigation into the establishment by the Government of a bond to finance social housing investment suitable for credit unions to invest their surplus funds in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners have taken to identify possible customs posts on the Border; the locations that have been examined for these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations (18 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the steps he will take to protect tax sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23605/17]