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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: In December, Mr. Gerry Mallon of Ulster Bank was before the committee. I asked him some straightforward questions on behalf of the 2,000 affected customers who were waiting for letters in the post to be restored to their original tracker rates. He said the bank would be writing to them that month. I then asked would all customers receive a letter to be put back on their tracker mortgages...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Kissane said he did not believe the treatment of the Governor of the Central Bank, Philip Lane, by this committee was appropriate. However, he asked the committee to have trust in the Central Bank. Why should the public have trust in the Central Bank, given that Mr. Kissane has been raising this since 2009 and nobody listened? The Central Bank is the agency of the State that the Houses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: I thank Mr. Kissane.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures which have been taken to ensure that there will be no future underspend of the asylum, migration and integration fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the EU funds her Department accesses; the plans she is putting in place to access these funds to a greater degree in view of Brexit; if she will outline initiatives she is pursuing to establish access to new funds in view of the challenge of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8810/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance to set down the number of applications to date for the help-to-buy scheme as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out 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. [8087/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out in tabular form the number of successful or pending applications for the help-to-buy scheme in categories (details supplied); and the total potential cost of the scheme in each category. [8088/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance #to set out the total anticipated cost of the help-to-buy scheme based on the applications to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8089/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the services and sectors that attract a 9% VAT rate due to the fact they are related to the tourism sector; the tax foregone to date and in the past year as a result of each service attracting the reduced rate of 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8244/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of all costs due to consultancy and other external contracts with regard to his Department's financial services policy division, including a description in each case of the purpose of the contract in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8261/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cherished numbers registered with the Revenue Commissioners in each of the past ten years; the cost and the revenue associated with this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis on which on-course bookmakers are treated differently for tax purposes than high street bookmakers; if there is any impediment to implementing a similar differentiation for smaller bookmakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry, as opposed to the current 50%; and his plans in this regard. [8296/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount claimed in each of the years 2009 to 2016, inclusive, with regard to tax relief on the full cost of maintaining a person in a nursing home which may be allowed in cases in which the person has not been reimbursed in tabular form. [8335/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount claimed, number of claimants and associated job creation in 2015 and 2016 with regard to tax relief through the employment investment incentive in nursing homes in tabular form. [8336/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount claimed, number of claimants and associated job creation in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, regarding tax relief through the employment investment incentive in tabular form. [8337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount and number of claimants in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, regarding tax relief on retirement for certain income of sportspersons in tabular form. [8338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount and number of claimants in each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, regarding the artist exemption on certain profits or gains earned by writers, composers, visual artists and sculptors from the sale of their work in certain circumstances in tabular form. [8339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consultancy Contracts (21 Feb 2017)

Pearse Doherty: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the external consultants paid by his Department to aid in the preparation of the Central Bank consolidation Bill; and the amount of moneys paid to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8398/17]