Results 4,661-4,680 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the exact information sought for indirect taxation on a county basis is not available. However, Revenue sheriffs, county registrars or their officers operate for the purposes of enforcement of tax debt within certain geographical boundaries known as a "bailiwick" which equates geographically with "county". Data on the net receipts of some taxes...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been advised by the Revenue Commissioners that, based on the information supplied, the person concerned has been given the married persons tax credit. A revised certificate of tax credits and standard rate cut-off point for 2009 and a P21 balancing statement for 2008 will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that the information requested is not available on the time basis requested and either the information could not be obtained or could not be obtained without conducting a protracted examination of the Revenue Commissioners' records.

Written Answers — Employment Statistics: Employment Statistics (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The number of civil servants as percentage of the total labour force has varied over the period in question, from 2.4% in 1990 to 1.8% in 2008. Similarly, the proportion of the total labour force employed in the public service has fluctuated, from 17.1% in 1990 to 14.9% in 2008. No final figures are yet available for 2009. The figures requested by the Deputy are in the table. The figures...

Written Answers — Employment Statistics: Employment Statistics (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In relation to the number and percentage of civil servants and public sector workers in each of the 27 EU countries, I would advise the Deputy that this information is not compiled by Eurostat and as such is not readily available. The OECD do not collect this information annually, but instead use the results of the Comparison of Employment in the Public Domain (CEPD) survey. The results of...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As set out in the draft NAMA business plan, which is based on the provisional information available to the interim NAMA, the cash flow produced by loans transferred to NAMA will cover NAMA's costs in 2010. Separately, the NTMA will provide staffing and other business support services. NAMA will refund NTMA for the cost of staff provided and other costs will be charged to the NTMA's...

Written Answers — Employment Protection: Employment Protection (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The safeguarding of employment is a consideration which informs the approach of the Minister for Finance to all budgetary and economic issues. Issues specific to the restaurant sector are a matter for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism.

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: EU approval is not required in advance of the signature of the President in respect of the National Asset Management Agency Bill, and the Deputy may wish to note that the President signed the bill into law on 22 November. My officials, however, are engaged in discussions with the European Commission on a regular basis in order to secure the early approval of NAMA by the Commission in line...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have not had any direct communication with the person to whom the Deputy refers. The matter in question is one which rests between that individual and his former employer and as such I have no direct role in the matter. However, I have encouraged the institution concerned to pursue the issue vigorously and I will continue to raise the matter with the Chairman and Board of that organisation...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Government took steps in October 2007, via an amendment to the Central Bank Act 1997, to provide for an appropriate system of authorisation and supervision of retail credit firms engaged in specialist or so-called sub-prime lending by the Financial Regulator. Such lenders were not previously subject to financial regulation in respect of lending activities. The primary purpose of this...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is a particular priority of the Government to ensure as far as possible that difficulties in relation to mortgage arrears do not result in legal proceedings for home repossession. Home repossession should be and generally is the last resort for the lender. The preferred method of dealing with cases of arrears should be early intervention and engagement. In the revised Programme for...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: NAMA's commercial mandate is to obtain the best achievable financial return on the assets acquired by it. The answer to the Deputy's question is that it entirely depends on the contractual terms of the loans and the security provided for each of the loans when they were advanced by the institution. The issue can only be assessed on a case by case basis and depends on the contracts entered...

Written Answers — Customs Seizures: Customs Seizures (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that Revenue's Customs Service led this particular operation, code named Operation Samhna; and was responsible for the initial identification of the suspect vessel, the MV Anne Scan. The other agencies brought on board at the planning stage of this multi-agency operation were An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: A person in receipt of a public service pension who takes up employment outside of the public service has no liability to the public service pension-related deduction in respect of his or her earnings from that employment. If that person's employment is in the public service then he or she is subject to the public service pension-related deduction in respect of the earnings from that...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Value-Added Tax treatment of intra-EU cross-border sales of goods depends on the VAT status of both the supplier and the customer. Where a UK VAT-registered supplier sells goods, including coal, to a VAT-registered customer in this state the transaction is not subject to UK VAT and the Irish customer must self-account for Irish VAT, which in the case of coal is at 13.5%. If a UK...

Written Answers — Public Investment Projects: Public Investment Projects (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In February, the Government decided to re-allocate €150m to labour intensive activities in the areas of school building and energy efficiency/home insulation measures. This was part of the Government's response to employment difficulties by investing in labour intensive areas which will promote and sustain domestic employment and achieve other policy objectives. Overall capital investment...

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Within the Civil Service for which I have responsibility as Minister, the preferred method of payment of wages is by electronic funds transfer. Under Section 4 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1991, there is an obligation on the employer who utilises this method of payment to provide a statement of wages and deductions to the employee (i.e. a payslip) as soon as may be after payment has been...

Written Answers — Vehicle Seizures: Vehicle Seizures (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the vehicle in question was released to the person (details supplied) on 11 November 2009. The vehicle had been detained on 27 October 2009, on foot of a Notice of Detention issued on suspicion of an offence under S139 (3)(ee) Finance Act 1999. The suspected offence was one of converting a commercial vehicle to a passenger vehicle and the...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Joint Review Group on the Establishment of a Centralised Liquidity Mechanism for Credit Unions, representative of this Department, the Registrar of Credit Unions, the Credit Union Advisory Committee, the Irish League of Credit Unions and the Credit Union Development Association, met on a number of occasions since March 2009 to consider how we might establish a structured framework for...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Nov 2009)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that historical data on the distribution of personal incomes by range of gross income has been published for the year 2006 in their Statistical Report for 2008, which is available on the Revenue website at www.Revenue.ie. The data is available in tables IDS 1 to IDS 18 of the Income Distribution Statistics section of that report. In addition,...