Results 4,441-4,460 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the help-to-buy scheme that have been deemed valid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he is considering to ensure that mortgage holders, tenants and small and medium enterprises that have loans or credit from non-bank lenders or vulture funds are fully protected; if he is considering extending the provisions of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Act 2015 in this regard; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Management (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that 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 is reviewing the operation of the mechanisms through which credit is accessed from the fund; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations and contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Institutions Levy (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full report on the way in which the annual €150 million banking levy will be calculated as it extends to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16354/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested the Central Bank to procure an independent assessment of the arrears and negative equity loan books of the banks as per the recent programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Interest Directors (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has ceased appointing new public interest directors to the banks; the reform of the procedures for the appointment of bank directors by the State that is currently being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase enforcement and sanctions for fuel laundering in view of the programme for Government commitment and the estimates in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly report on cross-Border crime of the loss to the Exchequer by fuel fraud to be in the range of €140 million to €260 million per year; if he has met his Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance when a new tax on sugar drinks will be introduced; the estimated annual yield from such a tax; the rate at which the new tax should be set and the types of drinks included within its scope; the preparation currently being undertaken in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed the most recent quarterly bank watch study from ISME on the ability of small and medium firms to receive loan approval and access to credit; his views on the refusal rate of 35% for requests for credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance when the European Commission will make a final report on the tax affairs of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16360/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 189. 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 establishment of a local public bank network here as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16361/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his Department has had with the European Investment Bank 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. [16362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made in respect of 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. [16363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 193. 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. [16365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance when the results of the consultation process into the impact of bogus self-employment arrangements will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Negotiations (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in the interests of protecting Ireland's tax sovereignty in view of the recent developments in respect of the common consolidated tax base; the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he has made in the establishment of the credit union advisory committee; when the first meeting of the implementation group will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Services (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made with the Central Bank on the request by a number of credit unions to expand their debit card and mortgage services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if end of course exams are a mandatory requirement for visa required students on interim list of eligible programmes, ILEP listed courses; if schools are asked to provide evidence of course work completed; if students are presented with certification of exam results: if such information is provided to his Department and to An Garda...