Results 241-260 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Data (24 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: 381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if organic farmers will receive a grant for a fodder growing system. [11890/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Direct Payment Scheme Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: 393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was issued with a 5% cross compliance penalty for 2013. [12073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (24 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reducing the medical card prescription charge for persons with severe disabilities. [12074/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome the witnesses here this morning and thank them for attending. I congratulate Mr. Cody on his new appointment and wish him well. As regards the 19 accounts that were investigated, Mr. Cody said 60% of that revenue, of the €4 million that was recovered, was to do with interest and penalties. Do I take it that the other 40% was due to tax evasion, where money was actually...

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: Whether it was a disclosure or not.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: I am more interested in the 40%. Was that income tax, VAT or corporation tax?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: Can Mr. Cody clarify what he means by no underlying tax issues?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: So the money was returned here for those who had to return it, Irish-resident people had paid their taxes on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: And were there many that had?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: Out of the total number, 88 individuals and 270 corporate entities, based on what we have investigated at the moment, we are down to nine cases in which there was real tax evasion.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: Am I correct in saying that the majority of those reported pertain to the funds industry and everything was normal?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: For clarification, it was all completely above board and there was no issue with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: There were also negative balances, as I understand. There were 176 corporate accounts that had a maximum value of assets during the period of minus $95.89 million. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: There were 20 individual cases considered for prosecution, with four selected for further investigation. Does four out of a total of 20 cases seem low? Why only four? What were the outcomes of the other 16 cases?

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: From my experience with them, the Revenue Commissioners generally do a very good job. Our job as a public accounts committee is to make sure there is no loss of revenue to the State. From the work Mr. Collins has done to date, is he happy and confident in his role that everything that needs to be done has been done in this case, and that there is nothing out there that has not been looked...

Public Accounts Committee: Revenue Commissioners Investigation of HSBC Offshore Accounts (12 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: I thank Mr. Cody and Mr. Gallagher.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (10 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he received advice from the Attorney General on whether there is an obligation on the Government to properly compensate farmers in the designated areas whose lands and right to private property under the Constitution have been devalued or made worthless by the designation. [10269/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (10 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: 628. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she received advice from the Attorney General on whether there is an obligation on the Government to properly compensate farmers in the designated areas whose lands and right to private property under the Constitution have been devalued or made worthless by the designation. [10270/15]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The main policy objective of this Government from the start has been the restoration of the economy. The Taoiseach has constantly emphasised that the best and most immediate way to do this is to get people back to work. At the recent launch of the Commission on Low Pay, the Taoiseach said that it is morally unacceptable for families of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (3 Mar 2015)

Áine Collins: 618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made a decision on the timeframe for the testing of vintage vehicles, on a 30-year rolling basis, and if any qualifying vehicle that is 30 years of age or older would automatically be exempt from testing. [9215/15]