Results 441-460 of 3,523 for speaker:Lucinda Creighton

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Meetings (26 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form, the dates of meetings of his Department's management advisory council in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants present at each of these meetings; if he or his Department's Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45484/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (26 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form, the dates of meetings of her Department's Management Advisory Council in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the civil servants present at each of these meetings; if she or her Minister of State was present at each of these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45471/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (25 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 263. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reform proposals that have been acted upon arising from a consultation seminar held on justice reform in Farmleigh House on 20 June 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the minutes of all meetings of the Irish Water consultative group in view of the fact that this group agreed service level agreements which will have significant financial implications for Irish taxpayers for many years to come. [45493/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 13 November 2014, if he will provide a list of all the names of the individual representatives of his Department, the County and City Management Association, the Local Government Management Agency, the Water Services Transition Office, Irish Water, and Irish Congress of Trade...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Irish Water Staff (25 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 13 November 2014, when his Department will revert on the information sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44805/14]

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: It is unfortunate that this Social Welfare Bill is yet again a missed opportunity. I want to address two key issues in my contribution. First, the social welfare system is failing to achieve its purpose, which is, supposedly, to give people a hand up and to help them get out of poverty and unemployment. Second, the system discriminates between the employed and self-employed and this cannot...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: My understanding is that this arose from concrete proposals that came from the Global Irish Economic Forum. I appreciate where Deputy Doherty is coming from but I am not sure the measure is a realistic one, that the use of this scheme to create one job would then lead to the creation of a number of jobs ranging up to 50 or 60. Is the purpose of the relief to attract and maintain certain...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the forecasted yield in capital acquisition tax revenue from proposed changes to section 82 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidated Act 2003 for 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of persons who paid capital acquisition tax from 2011 to date in 2014; if he will itemise each asset class that capital acquisition tax was paid on for each year; if he will provide the total capital acquisition tax paid on inheritances for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44510/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the group threshold as defined in the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 was not increased to reflect rising house prices and the rise in the consumer purchase index in the previous year; his views that the lowering of the group threshold in budget 2013 was based on falling house prices; the reason the threshold has not been...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the way an incapacitated person over the age of 25, who became permanently incapacitated after reaching the age of 21, but was not in full-time education or training for a trade or profession for a minimum of two years but receives financial support from their parents who had previously relied upon section 82 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidated Act...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to publish the detailed public statement which they intend sending to practitioners, outlining the way the newly amended section 82 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidated Act 2003 will work in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44540/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Whistleblowers (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda whistleblowers that have come forward since May 2014; if she will provide a comprehensive update on the way each individual whistleblower complaint or allegation has been dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reform (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken, on foot of the Guerin report, to change the governance and management of her Department; the concrete improvements that have been made to the performance of her Department since the Minister's statement on 13 May 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41142/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time he expects it will take to negotiate with the European Commission on the commencement of the capital gains tax scheme for entrepreneurs which was passed into law on 18 December 2013; his views on it being a reasonable delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the time it will take to negotiate with the European Commission regarding the commencement of section 45 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 which provides the capital gains tax relief for entrepreneurs as announced in budget 2014. [44035/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will indicate the timescale for approval from the European Commission to make the amendments to the employment and investment incentive which was announced in budget 2015. [44036/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to make to the capital acquisitions tax; if he will confirm that he will not amend section 82 of the Act which states that money paid by a parent for support, maintenance or education of a child will not be considered as a gift or inheritance for tax purposes; and if he will confirm that he does not propose to limit the exemption to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Commissioner Appointment (18 Nov 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the appointment procedure for the appointment of a new Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41144/14]